Articles by Robert Bell

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  Quantum of Solace

  Marc Forster

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2012

  In conception and theme, the 22nd Bond film, a direct sequel to the 2006 series reboot, Casino Royale, has a rich and complex focus on char...

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  Death Valley [Blu-Ray]

  Dick Richards

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2012

  In titillating rudimentary emotions and visceral thrills, the slasher genre is, at its core, the most simplistic and sensationalist of genr...

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  The Portrait of a Lady [Blu-Ray]

  Jane Campion

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2012

  Though Henry James's novel, The Portrait of a Lady, is widely considered an existential text, insomuch as the titular "lady," Isabel (Nicol...

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  The Apparition [Blu-Ray]

  Todd Lincoln

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2012

  In concept and trajectory, generic PG-13 spook-fest The Apparition holds some promise. It follows lovebirds Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (...

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  Deadfall

  Stefan Ruzowitzky

  PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2012

  Set in a snowy landscape on the American Thanksgiving weekend, Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky's English-language debut, Deadfall, is a...

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  Hellraiser

  Clive Barker

  PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2012

  Prurient in nature and thematic composition, Clive Barker's Hellraiser, a psychological examination of aberrant sexual desires in relation...

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  Casino Royale

  Martin Campbell

  PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2012

  With the later Brosnan Bond installments having a commercialized staleness that inevitably comes with reiterating a concept to the point of...

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  Die Another Day

  Lee Tamahori

  PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2012

  After The World is not Enough did its damnedest to capture the populist zeitgeist and youth market with various cross-promotions and MTV ti...