Josh Bell
Story Archive
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A&E
Film review: 'The Lorax'
Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 The animation is lovely, but overall this one's second-rate Seuss.
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Reviews
Film review: 'Act of Valor'
Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 Using real Navy SEALs in a movie sounds promising -- until you realize they can't act
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Winners and (should-be winners) at the Oscars
Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 Look into the future with Josh Bell and Jeffrey K. Howard.
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A&E
The Oscars are upon us—and the Oscar shorts are headed to town
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 Also: a nominated-films marathon at the Orleans
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television
TV review: 'Life's Too Short'
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 Another year, another mediocre Ricky Gervais HBO project - 'Life's Too Short'
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Reviews
Film review: 'This Means War'
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 Is Reese Witherspoon worth fighting over? Not in 'This Means War'
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Screen
A damn fine festival
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 Boulder City's Dam Short Film Festival has become an institution
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Entertainment
Three days, 100 titles at the Dam Short Film Festival
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 Championing an underrated art form in an underrated city.
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A&E
CD: Van Halen's 'A Different Kind of Truth' is surprisingly decent
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 David Lee Roth's first album with the band in 28 years is much better than its first track would indicate.
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A&E
Film: Denzel can't save 'Safe House' from action-thriller mediocrity
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012 Even Washington’s mischievous smile can’t elevate it.
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A&E
TV: Broadway drama 'Smash' is tuneful and smart
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 Please, don't call it a Glee rip-off!
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A&E
TV: 'The River' navigates choppy waters
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 The found-footage trend hits the small screen, with solid enough results.
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Reviews
Film review: 'The Woman in Black'
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 Daniel Radcliffe ditches the Harry Potter robe and heads to Creepyville.
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Screen
Jewish Film Festival scales back on the scope, but not on the quality
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 This year's Jewish Film Festival offered fewer films, but still had plenty of quality
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CD Review
CD review: Tim McGraw's 'Emotional Traffic'
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 Tim McGraw's 'Emotional Traffic' feels nothing but anticlimactic
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Reviews
Film review: 'Chronicle'
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 Found footage + superhero origin story = meh.
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A&E
Few thrills in the gimmicky ‘Man on a Ledge’
Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 The movie sure delivered on its title, but did it deliver much else?
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A&E
HBO horse-racing drama 'Luck' gets stuck in the mud
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 The new series has big names attached. So why is it so lifeless?
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A&E
Film review: 'Albert Nobbs'
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012 Glenn Close is unconvincing as a woman posing as a man.
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A&E
Hits and misses from today's Oscar nominations
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 Josh Bell likes the "Man or Muppet" nod but wonders why Albert Brooks didn't make the cut.
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A&E
Film review: 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 Josh Bell says Stephen Daldry’s adaptation feels empty and reductive.
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A&E
Film review: 'Red Tails'
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 George Lucas' turn as uncredited director results in—guess what?—wooden dialogue.
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Entertainment
An hour spent in hell -- er, watching 'Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas'
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 Josh Bell watches 'Bad Girls Club: Las Vegas' and lives to tell about it
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A&E
Tool: concert review + setlist
Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 Guess who showed up to jam with the band ...
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Entertainment
Is 'Alcatraz' just another show trying to be the next 'Lost'?
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 Just piling on the mysteriousness isn't enough.
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Reviews
Even Meryl's great acting chops can't save 'The Iron Lady'
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 Hungering for a movie about Margaret Thatcher? You still probably won't find much to like in 'The Iron Lady'
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Screen
The Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival screens the Sherman Brothers, Gustav Mahler and the history of Nevada's Jewish communities
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 The longest-running film festival returns for its 11th year
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Reviews
Film review: 'Contraband'
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 Mark Wahlberg stars in yet another heist movie
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Reviews
Film review: 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 A spy thriller without explosions or car chases? Josh Bell is so there
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television
TV review: 'House of Lies'
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 Showtime's newest show, 'House of Lies', is a mixed bag
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Entertainment
TV review: 'The Firm'
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012 Is 'The Firm' still fresh 19 years later? Josh Bell has the answer
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A&E
Guns N' Roses puts on a surprisingly strong NYE show
Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 Axl Rose's 'new' crew ushers in 2012 in entertaining fashion.
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A&E
The Year in Review: Film and TV
Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 Our critics pick their favorite films and shows from 2011.
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Reviews
Film review: '8 Murders a Day'
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 Great title, but that's about it for '8 Murders a Day'
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'Tintin,' 'War Horse,' and the career of Steven Spielberg
Monday, Dec. 26, 2011 Josh talks it out with Roger Erik Tinch.
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A&E
Steven Spielberg is back with two new films. Should we be excited?
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 'The Adventures of Tintin' and 'War Horse' are both family-friendly ... and fairly skippable.
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Film
Film review: 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 Sherlock Holmes is known as a guy who solves mysteries. But he does more booty-kicking in Guy Ritchie's interpretation.
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Reviews
Charlize Theron is stunningly awful in the great 'Young Adult'
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 Can you go back home? Charlize Theron finds out the hard way in 'Young Adult'
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Entertainment
Josh Bell's week of entertainment at this year's NFR
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011 Weekly critic Josh Bell takes in the entertainment during this year's NFR
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Christmas movie miracles
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 From heartwarming classics to heart-stabbing horror movies.
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A&E
Film 'New Year's Eve' is a perfect storm of bland superficiality
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 No joke, the team behind 'Valentine's Day' is taking another holiday.
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A&E
TV review: 'Bag of Bones'
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 The latest Stephen King adaptation fails to capture its source material.
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Film
Pet Project
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 Local filmmakers Jerry and Mike Thompson follow Thor at the Bus Stop with another project.
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Entertainment
Film review: 'The Sitter'
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 Josh Bell recommends you don't spend time with 'The Sitter'
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A&E
Peter Pan's world gets gritty in 'Neverland,' and not in a good way
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 Sci-fi dreck just a step or two above Sharktopus.
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Music
CD review: Michael Jackson
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 Immortal doesn’t function well as a hits package, but it works for Cirque.
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CD Review
Whose CD sucks more? Nickelback's or Daughtry's?
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 Both CDs are pretty lame, but which one is lamer -- Nickelback's or Daughtry's? Josh Bell investigates
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A&E
Film review: Grief feels overly pleasant in 'The Descendants'
Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 Latest from 'Sideways' director doesn't sting the way it should.