Articles by Robert Bell

Grave Encounters 2

John Poliquin

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2012

Falling mostly into the category of "passable" within the ever-expanding lexicon of found footage horror, the original Grave Encounters mov...

Citadel

Ciaran Foy

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2012

In trajectory and execution, Ciaran Foy's relentlessly intense ode to urban paranoia, Citadel, is much like a nightmare in its refusal to g...

After

Ryan Smith

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2012

In confronting annihilation anxiety and bigger questions of purpose and identity, the inevitable topic of fatalism (or determinism) versus...

People Like Us [Blu-Ray]

Alex Kurtzman

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2012

Reiterating the dominant Western cinematic conceit that any smug douchebag ―often Ben Affleck or Matthew McConaughey ― can demo...

Iron Sky [Blu-Ray]

Timo Vuorensola

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2012

On the audio commentary and in the "Making of" included with the Blu-Ray release of Finnish/Australian co-production Iron Sky, director Tim...

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World [Blu-Ray]

Lorene Scafaria

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2012

Traditionally, American movies about the end of the world work as allegories about hope and survival, featuring sweaty alpha-males flying o...

Mad Men: Season Five [Blu-Ray]

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2012

The fifth season of absurdly successful AMC series Mad Men starts more traditionally than previous instalments, following time in a forward...

In Their Skin

Jeremy Power Regimbal

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2012

Drenched almost entirely in a formally composed brown-grey aesthetic, the Canadian home invasion thriller, In Their Skin, is exceedingly aw...