Articles by Robert Bell

Haven: The Complete Second Season

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

Having established its broad plotlines, clumsy Canadian dynamic and "monster (or mystery) of the week" template in the first season, Haven...

Supernatural: The Complete Seventh Season [Blu-Ray]

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

When the seventh season of surprisingly consistent and grim CW series Supernatural opens, the angel Castiel (Misha Collins) has absorbed al...

Family Guy: Volume Ten

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

Featuring 14 episodes from the ninth season of the notoriously irreverent cavalcade of offense and non-sequiturs known as Family Guy, this...

Damsels in Distress

Whit Stillman

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

Ever the incisor of a cultural fad or era, noted wordsmith Whit Stillman's first film in 12 years takes a decidedly manic approach to the s...

The Proposition [Blu-Ray]

John Hillcoat

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

Sharing an abundance of signifiers with the American inception ― having developed from a process of (primarily) European emigration a...

Take This Waltz [Blu-Ray]

Sarah Polley

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

Amidst the discussions on the extremely comprehensive 40-minute "making of" supplement included with the Blu-Ray of Sarah Polley's astutely...

Taken 2

Olivier Megaton

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

Within moments of the opening, the premise of this uninspired sequel retread of surprise id-impulse action hit Taken is crystal clear. Mura...

Winnie

Darrell Roodt

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2012

South African director Darrell Roodt's style, or auteur vision, if you will, might be best described as "television-friendly." What this me...