Stories By Nicholas Bell
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Reviews
The Pact | Review
July 6, 2012One muddled alliance: Seek Out McCarthy’s Short Version Nicholas McCarthy’s feature debut, The Pact, expands upon...
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Reviews
2012 LAFF: The Banishment | Review
July 3, 2012Retrieved from Exile: Zvyagintsev’s Dismissed Sophomore Effort a Neglected Masterpiece Newly minted Russian auteur Andrei Zvyagintsev’s...
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2012 LAFF: The Breaking Point (1950) | Review
June 26, 2012Point of No Return: A Curtiz Classic Resurrected While history prizes a 1944 adaptation of Ernest...
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Review
June 25, 2012Lars Von Trier Would Weep: Scafaria’s Roadtrip Romance Facelifts Apocalypse Old Hollywood studios had it good....
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LAFF 2012: Dead Man’s Burden | Review
June 20, 2012Dry-Eyed Narrative: Jared Moshe’s Western Exercise An Intriguing Effort Producer Jared Moshe’s directorial debut, Dead Man’s...
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People Like Us | Review
June 20, 2012Alex Kurtzman’s Debut A Bombastic, Exercise in the Unsubtle With several successful (quality questionable) screenplays under...
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To Rome With Love | Review
June 18, 2012Roma, Ti Amo: Woody Allen Sketches Snippets of the Eternal City Say what you will about...
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The Tortured | Review
June 14, 2012Apt Title Foretells Effect on its Audience: Lieberman’s Absurd Attempt at Horror Robert Lieberman’s latest film,...
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Film Festivals
The Woman In The Fifth | Review
June 13, 2012May try Your Patience to the Nth: Pawlikowski’s Comeback Thriller Travels in Familiar Territory Highly esteemed...
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Film Festivals
Extraterrestrial | Review
June 12, 2012Perhaps not as extra as it thinks it is: Vigalondo’s Sci-Fi Romance Mash-up is Forgettable The problem...