Josh Bell
Story Archive
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A&E
Social Media Film Festival needs a stronger hook
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 If the Social Media Film Festival is going to continue, the organizers probably need to develop a stronger hook to reel in an audience.
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Checking out fall TV
Friday, Sept. 7, 2012 Erin Ryan joins Josh to look at some of the most high-profile new shows from the upcoming fall TV season.
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LV Weekly
2012 Fall A+E Guide: Movies
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 There's plenty of cinematic goodness in store for the rest of the year -- oh, and more of Twilight, too
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television
2012 Fall A+E Guide: TV worth watching
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 Josh Bell watched 24 fall pilots so you wouldn’t have to.
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A&E
Sitcom 'The New Normal' is an inconsistent mess
Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 The show offers a cartoonish portrayal of the lives of gay men.
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A&E
Bradley Cooper plays a dishonest author in 'The Words'
Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 Is the movie, too, a big cheat?
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A&E
Interact with the Social Media Film Festival
Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012 Twittamentary to screen for free at Emergency Arts.
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Reviews
Film review: 'Celeste & Jesse Forever'
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 Despite its indie cred, Celeste & Jesse Forever is just another romantic comedy
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Screen
Film Review: ‘The Imposter’
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 Engrossing documentary details French con artist posing as missing teen.
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Screen
‘Robot & Frank’ is charmingly low-key science fiction
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 Peter Sarsgaard voices the robot, and Frank plays Frank.
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Reviews
Film review: 'Hermano'
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 All we can say about Hermano is ... Oh, brother
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A&E
Get ready for grotesque body painting and lightbulb eating
Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 Third annual Cannibal Night fundraiser set at Erotic Heritage Museum.
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Reviews
Film review: 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green'
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 Obvious lessons from a magical child.
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Screen
TV Review: 'Copper'
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 New York City period police piece is all bluster and no depth.
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A&E
Film review: 'The Campaign'
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 Is the Will Ferrell film a political satire, or just an entertaining movie about politics?
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A&E
'Ruby Sparks' is a fresh take on the familiar rom-com genre
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 Don't expect the usual, except the quintessential indie rock montage.
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A&E
'The Bourne Legacy' is a poor substitute for the real thing
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 Is the new film an unnecessary footnote for the trio of films it follows?
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Reviews
Q&A with 'The Queen of Versailles' director Lauren Greenfield
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 Lauren Greenfield talks about her role in one of the year's most compelling documentaries
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Screen
TV spin-off 'Major Crimes' makes a poor case for itself
Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 "The Closer" was a clever crime drama that deserves better.
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TV
'Go On' awkwardly mixes snark and sentiment
Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 Friends alum Matthew Perry leads new NBC comedy.
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Screen
Alien-invasion comedy 'The Watch' fails to launch
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 The Watch finds talented creators coasting on mediocre storytelling and lazy jokes.
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Screen
Las Vegas Film Festival continues to improve
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 Local festival has come a long way in five years.
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Screen
Notable highlights at the Las Vegas Film Festival
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 A look at military families, Asian films, Lea Thompson, Louis Gossett Jr. and Bob Marley
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Screen
Actress Cerina Vincent returns to Vegas with the thriller 'MoniKa' at the Las Vegas Film Festival
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 “I grew up going to Mount Charleston and Lake Mead, and shooting guns out in the middle of the desert and riding four-wheelers.”
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Screen
'Beasts of the Southern Wild' is unique but disjointed
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 'Rather than making a poignant statement about poverty or natural disasters, it mashes together a bunch of disparate elements into a clumsy (if sometimes striking) mess.'
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A&E
‘Bill W.’ is a dull tribute to the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Friday, July 13, 2012 Josh Bell says the movie is "almost completely fawning and uncritical."
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Television
TV review: 'Political Animals'
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Sigourney Weaver's new political show is only weak when it focuses on ... politics
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Screen
More of the same prehistoric antics with latest 'Ice Age'
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Mediocre, innocuous animated filmmaking equals worldwide phenomenon.
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Screen
‘OC87’ documents one man’s recovery process
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Filmmaker turns the camera on his own mental illness.
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Noise
What do hair metal rockers (and insiders) think of the term 'hair metal'?
Thursday, July 5, 2012 Can we get a fan in here?
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Music
How Las Vegas became Hair Metal, U.S.A
Thursday, July 5, 2012 Welcome to the new capital of spandex and swagger.
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A&E
Film review: 'To Rome With Love'
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 The latest Woody Allen flick hits theaters Friday.
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Screen
The new 'Spider-Man': an amazing retread
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man is a tired superhero rehash.
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TV
'Anger Management' feels like leftovers from an unsatisfying meal
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 What the heck is this show doing on FX?
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Screen
'Magic Mike' is a dull story in a slick package
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Magic Mike turns out to be an unremarkable story of excess and remorse, and even Soderbergh can’t make it into much more than that.
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Reviews
Film review: 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 We're seeking a slightly better movie
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Reviews
'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' sounds awesome, but it's ... not
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Skip this crap and read a history book; you'll thank us later
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TV
Aaron Sorkin repackages the familiar on HBO's The Newsroom
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Despite the noble efforts from Sorkin and the cast, The Newsroom ends up closer to Studio 60 than to The West Wing.
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'Rock of Ages' and the state of movie musicals
Friday, June 15, 2012 What has Tom Cruise done to (or for) the movie musical?
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A&E
CD review: The Smashing Pumpkins' 'Oceania'
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Corgan's "album within an album" sounds woozy and unremarkable.
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Reviews
CineKink mixes steamy sex and good storytelling
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 There wasn't a huge turnout for this year's CineKink, but it was still a lot of fun
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Screen
'Hysteria': Vibrators! Brits! And Maggie Gyllenhaal!
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 For a movie about the invention of the world’s most popular sex toy, Hysteriais rather coy and giggly about sexual relations.
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Screen
'Rock of Ages' takes all the fun out of hair metal
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 It might be a good idea to just hold off on seeing Adam Shankman’s new film adaptation.
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'Prometheus' and the versatile career of Ridley Scott
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Josh talks Ridley Scott's new sci-fi epic.
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A&E
Tropfest a study in contrasts: film culture vs. Strip nightlife
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Cosmopolitan hosts awkward but exciting exploration of short films.
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A&E
Film festival Cinekink offers a mix of sophistication and smut
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Selections range from coy, tongue-in-cheek sex comedies to full-on hardcore pornography.
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Reviews
'Prometheus' falls just short of being a classic
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Ridley Scott's followup to Alien is visually stunning but thematically a bit hollow