Josh Bell
Story Archive
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Film
Film review: The ponderous 'Zero Theorem' suffers from a poor central performance
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 The man who gave us Twelve Monkeys now gives us ... this.
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Film
Film review: Gleeson's wonderful performance anchors the otherwise uneven 'Calvary'
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 Too many one-dimensional characters. Not good.
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Film
Film review: 'If I Stay' is TV-movie bland
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 Comas. Check. Flashbacks. Check. Cheesiness. Check.
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Film
Film review: 'Magic in the Moonlight' lacks the spark of Allen's finest work
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 We're beginning to sense a trend with Allen's recent 'comedies.'
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Film
Film review: In the YA film generation, 'The Giver' is too little too late
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 It's still a great book, though.
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A&E
Disaster flick 'Into the Storm' is no whirlwind
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 For a superstorm, this tornado underwhelms.
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Film
'I Origins' is a flowery story in sci-fi drag
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 Mike Cahill's second effort is plagued with hollow solemnity.
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Film
Steven Soderbergh elevates TV drama 'The Knick'
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 It's on Cinemax, but it belongs on HBO.
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Film
The Las Vegas Film Festival steps up in its seventh year
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 There’s still room for improvement at next year’s event, but for the first time, it’ll have an established high standard to live up to.
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Film
Meager meal: 'The Hundred-Foot Journey' is a little too tasteful
Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014 Its characters may cook up dishes that are vibrant and daring, but this food flick is strictly bland comfort food.
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Entertainment
Must-watch movies at this year's Las Vegas Film Festival
Thursday, July 31, 2014 Gregory Popovich's movie is near the top of our list.
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Film
Film review: James Brown gets the biopic treatment in 'Get on Up'
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Not interested in saying or doing anything contentious, the flick is purely celebratory.
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Film
Marvel heads to space for the solid 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Bradley Cooper demonstrates the greatest range of his career ... as a genetically modified raccoon.
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Screen
'Partners' goes through the motions, corny jokes included
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 A desperate tone, disingenuous life lessons and recycled, outdated jokes. Sounds about right.
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Screen
Sundance’s new miniseries is a serious bummer
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 The Honorable Woman is a more effective spy thriller than a political drama.
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Entertainment
Film review: For a movie about brain power, 'Lucy' is surprisingly dumb
Thursday, July 24, 2014 At least you get to see Scarlett Johansson kick some ass.
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Entertainment
Film review: 'A Most Wanted Man' is a bit too similar to 'Tinker Tailor,' but still fascinates
Thursday, July 24, 2014 It also features Philip Seymour Hoffman's final starring role.
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Screen
Film review: 'Le Chef'
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Every so often we get a glimpse at the foreign equivalent of a dumb mainstream comedy.
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Music
Nine Inch Nails & Soundgarden at Planet Hollywood: concert review + setlists
Sunday, July 20, 2014 Although the two bands played for almost the same amount of time, NIN came off like the main attraction.
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television
FX sitcoms 'Married' and 'You’re the Worst' get off to uneven starts
Thursday, July 17, 2014 The twentysomething hipsters of 'Worst' provide more fun, if not more laughs, than the irritating 'Married' couple.
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Film
Film review: 'The Purge: Anarchy' squanders its dystopian premise
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 The movie’s main characters spend the majority of the time running from various gangs that are out to kill them, with very little variation in the peril.
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Entertainment
TV review: Gory 'Strain' is too inconsistent
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 And its vampire apocalypse is never really convincing.
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A&E
Spike and Mike's 30th Festival of Animation hits the Sci Fi Center
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Two different programs are coming to town, including the resurrected Classic Festival.
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Screen
Manipulative and contrived, Paul Haggis's gloomy 'Third Person' crashes.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Even when Haggis seems to acknowledge that he actually has nothing to say, he does so in the most obnoxious, smug way he can.
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Film
Those clever apes take over, try to quash remaining humans in 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 Impressive ape-versus-human action.
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Screen
'Extant' is a bold first step in summer sci-fi TV
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 With Halle Berry and Steven Spielberg, this is the TV equivalent of a summer blockbuster.
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Film
'Snowpiercer' delivers a unique sci-fi experience
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Korean director Bong Joon-ho fought to have his uncut film shown in this country, and his weird, haunting vision remains intact.
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Entertainment
Film review: McCarthy's passion project 'Tammy' is a modest, forgettable film
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 It's an odd mix of humor and drama, and doesn't really work.
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Entertainment
Film review: 'Earth to Echo' little more than a low-budget 'E.T.' ripoff
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 They did this kind of thing way better 30 years ago.
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Film
Film review: 'The German Doctor'
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Josef Mengele hides from Naci-hunters in 1960s Argentina in this slow-burning thriller.
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Film
'The Leftovers' turns the Rapture into a turgid drama
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof returns to TV with this similar HBO series.
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A&E
TV review: Middle East drama 'Tyrant' is troubled but promising
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Political intrigue grounded in family dynamics.
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Screen
'Think Like a Man Too' is no 'Hangover'
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 At least the sequel doesn't reference Steve Harvey's relationship-advice book.
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Screen
'Jersey Boys' makes a vibrant stage musical into a rote biopic
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Clint Eastwood’s movie version turns into something mundane.
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Entertainment
TV review: 'The Last Ship' looks fantastic, but suffers from weak writing
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Still, it could generate some excitement before foundering.
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Entertainment
TV review: 'Mystery Girls' is bottom-of-the-barrel summer filler
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 It's like TGIF all over again -- only worse.
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Entertainment
Film review: 'How to Train Your Dragon' sequel is cluttered and mediocre
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Too many plot threads, not enough screen time.
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Entertainment
Film review: 'Jump Street' sequel goes up to 22 -- too bad the humor doesn't
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 It's a rehash of something that was tired to begin with.
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Film
Film review: 'Words and Pictures'
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche are both strong actors, but they can’t salvage this bran muffin of a movie.
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A&E
Dedicated metalheads rock out at Doom in June festival
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Sludgy guitars, British heavy metal and dark stoner-rock.
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Film
A look back at CineVegas
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 If the fest were alive, it would be gracing the silver screen right now.
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Screen
Film review: 'For No Good Reason'
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 The artist known best as Hunter S. Thompson's collaborator doesn’t even get to take center stage in his own movie.
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Screen
Tom Cruise fights aliens in the clever 'Edge of Tomorrow'
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 The action spectacle becomes much more engaging once our hero discovers he’s acquired the ability to relive the same day over and over again.
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Entertainment
Film review: 'The Fault In Our Stars' may be a bit hokey, but it's also heartfelt
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 And it jerks the tears—believe it.
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Music
Album review: Miranda Lambert's 'Platinum'
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 With loud rockers and twangy country throwbacks, the artist's fifth album showcases her entire range.
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Entertainment
Film review: 'Ida' is a haunting look at World War II's legacy
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 It's quiet and deliberate, but extremely powerful.
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Film
‘Maleficent’ makes an iconic villain into a mediocre heroine
Friday, May 30, 2014 Instead of replicating classic Disney magic, Maleficent feels more like one of the CGI-cluttered fairy tale retellings of recent years.
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A&E
'Halt and Catch Fire' makes the PC revolution into serious drama
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Get ready for the Mad Men of the personal computer industry.
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Entertainment
Film review: Seth MacFarlane leaves no dirty joke unturned in the messy 'Million Ways to Die in the West'
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Really? Three writers for a bunch of poop jokes?
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Entertainment
Maleficent's got her own movie; what about these other Disney villains?
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Because don't you want to see things from Scar's perspective?