Josh Bell
Story Archive
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television
Ricky Gervais’ animated leftovers
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 Ricky Gervais has apparently reached the point in his fame arc at which anything he says or does is noteworthy enough to become its own television show.
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Film
Oscar-nominated shorts on the big screen
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 As any Oscar-pool veteran knows, the short-film categories are usually the toughest to predict.
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Film
Dam Short but satisfying
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 It’s heartening to walk into Boulder City’s Boulder Theatre at 3:30 on a Thursday afternoon and see the place at least two-thirds full of people, there to catch a program of documentary short films.
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Film
Making noise for silent films
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 The Sci Fi Center offers classic genre films with a twist.
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television
Not quite making it: 'Entourage' east
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 Take "Entourage," move it to New York and subtract two friends and you've got HBO's new comedy.
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Film
Valentine’s Day
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 Here is"'Valentine’s Day," filled with big stars coasting through insubstantial roles in sketchily drawn stories that never need more than the most basic of plot details.
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Film
Love is a battlefield
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 The Messenger and Dear John offer different takes on military romance
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TV
Falling down on the job
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 Undercover Boss’ intro plays up the idea that it’s some zeitgeist-capturing insight into American life, but is it?
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Film
Stories of tolerance and identity
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 Exploring the range of Jewish culture at the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival
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Music
Taking Dawn
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 Taking Dawn’s debut album is an unabashed throwback to the bombastic days of hair metal.
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Mel's back, and he's mad
Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 Oh the horror! A Mel Gibson comeback and rom-com in Rome on this week's podcast.
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Screen
Robots and relationships
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 Galactica prequel Caprica is an odd mix of sci-fi and soap opera
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Screen
Sundance in your living room
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 Now you can watch (some of) Sundance from the comfort of your living room.
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Screen
Extraordinary Measures
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 Nothing extraordinary here. Just more adorable terminally ill kids.
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A lovely failure
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 Josh Bell weighs in on "The Lovely Bones" and director Peter Jackson's pulled punches.
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television
Missing the target with "Human Target"
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 It’s never a good sign when the first two episodes of a new show have essentially the same plot.
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Film
"A Single Man"
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 Fashion designer Tom Ford makes his directorial debut with a movie that’s classy and restrained but still comes off mostly like, well, a glossy fashion spread.
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Film
Filling the void: A look at the state of local film festivals, post-CineVegas
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 Film fans, don’t give in to despair just yet. A handful of smaller festivals are working to keep the spirit of independent, artistic film in Vegas alive.
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A&E
Scanning the Jewish Film Festival’s schedule
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 “You don’t have to be ‘chosen’ to attend” is Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival director Joshua Abbey’s way of saying the event isn’t just for those who put away their menorahs last month.
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A couple of pleasant surprises
Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 Josh talks Heath Ledger, Michael Cera and a certain sci-fi mindbender.
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television
Two decades of 'The Simpsons'
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 This week Fox marks the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons with a special produced by documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me). The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice!.
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Film
Youth in Revolt
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 Just how many times can Michael Cera play this part? Youth in Revolt finds the former Arrested Development star once again playing an awkward, timid, virginal teen.
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Film
Terry Gilliam 101
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 A guide to the filmmaker’s triumphs and tribulations.
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Film
Heath Ledger, freak accidents and pure imagination
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 Like a lot of Terry Gilliam’s movies, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has been a bit overshadowed by the events surrounding its production.
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Dining
Pass the Leninade
Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009 At Rocket Fizz's soda tastings you can sample communist drinks and "Sopranos" soda.
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The best movies of 2009
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 Hint: "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" does not make an appearance.
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Film
Nine
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 With "Nine," we get a photocopied photocopy of Fellini’s landmark film, "8 1/2."
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Film
It’s Complicated
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 Nancy Meyers’ ascent to the top of the female-filmmaker heap is a triumph of mediocrity.
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Film
New 'Holmes' a little too elementary
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 Purists can protest all they want; everyone here is having too much fun to care.
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Bringing out the big guns
Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 Find out which Oscar favorite Josh thinks is overrated on this episode of the podcast.
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Reviews
Avatar: Visually stunning, narratively empty
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 Take 12 years in between films, and no matter what you do next, expectations will be high.
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Reviews
The Road
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 The actual end of the world would just be incredibly shitty.
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2009: The year in suck
Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 Las Vegas Weekly's Ken Miller joins Josh to chat about the worst movies of 2009.
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Film
Red Cliff
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 Director John Woo returned to China to make the most expensive Chinese movie ever made.
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Film
The Princess and the Frog
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 "The Princess and the Frog" announces the return of the traditional Disney animated fable.
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Noise
Metallica
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 Metallica should come to Las Vegas more than every five years. Maybe every three months.
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television
"Men of a Certain Age" tackles the perils of getting older
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 Ray Romano has apparently reached that point in a comedian’s career where he wants to be taken seriously as an actor.
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Noise
AC/DC
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 It’s something of a travesty that a band as huge as AC/DC doesn’t have a proper greatest-hits collection.
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Reviews
Ninja Assassin
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 If you like ninjas who assassinate people, then, well, you’ll probably find something to like in this movie.
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New Moon Lacks Bite
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 Roger Erik Tinch of The Auteurs joins Josh for an in-depth look at The Twilight Saga: New Moon and the mysteries of the vampire-romance franchise.
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Film
'New Moon': Quiver. Swoon. Yawn.
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 If you haven't gotten your fill of pouts and sad eyes from the New Moon stars on tabloid covers, the new film serves up another helping in the next installment of the Twilight vampire saga.
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Music
Them Crooked Vultures
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 Put John Paul Jones, Josh Homme and Dave Grohl in a band together, and you’re bound to grab people’s attention.
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Destroying the world, one movie at a time
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 Film historian and critic Tony Macklin joins Josh to talk about Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster movie 2012, plus Pirate Radio, The Damned United, An Education.
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Screen
Pirate Radio
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 Set sail for an education in debauchery from some hedonistic DJs.