Articles by Robert Bell

Turbo

David Soren

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2013

With a premise that could easily have been formulated by the very demographic it caters to, the latest animated DreamWorks effort, Turbo, p...

Fondi '91

Dev Khanna

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2013

In setup, Fondi '91 takes the obvious approach to a coming-of-age melodrama, injecting a bit of nostalgia into the enterprise and hyperboli...

Quartet [Blu-Ray]

Dustin Hoffman

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2013

Ignoring Michael Haneke's Amour or, to a lesser degree, Michael McGowan's Still Mine, cinematic depictions of the elderly tend towards glib...

Upside Down: 3D [Blu-Ray]

Juan Solanas

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2013

As indicated during the opening 3D animation, the realm of Upside Down is one of class system distinction — two parallel worlds with...

Damages: The Complete Fifth Season

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2013

When the fourth season of Damages left off, Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) was looking into starting her own law firm and Patty Hewes (Glenn Cl...

21 & Over [Blu-Ray]

Jon Lucas & Scott Moore

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2013

Having written staunchly Republican and disturbingly insular breeder "comedies" The Hangover and Four Christmases, Jon Lucas and Scott Moor...

The Call [Blu-Ray]

Brad Anderson

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2013

Amidst the supplemental materials included with the Blu-Ray release of surprisingly effective high concept thriller The Call, we're given a...

Spring Breakers [Blu-Ray]

Harmony Korine

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2013

Ever one to ingeminate and catapult quasi-bohemian, crudely mainstream pop culture signifiers and bric-a-brac of past and present, the infl...