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Josh Bell Hates Everything

Weekly film critic Josh Bell is tough to please. Hear his take on the week's new releases in theaters and on DVD. Subscribe to the audio podcast via iTunes

02.5.10 · 2:12 PM

From Vegas, with hate

Las Vegas Weekly Contributing Editor Ken Miller joins Josh to talk about the Oscar-nominated military drama The Messenger, plus a takedown of John Travolta’s attempt to be badass in From Paris With Love, and both the best and worst movies of 2009 now out on DVD. Read more...

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01.29.10 · 10:37 AM

Mel’s back, and he’s mad

Brian Black joins Josh to talk about Mel Gibson’s attempted comeback in the thriller Edge of Darkness, plus Jeff Bridges’ potentially Oscar-winning performance in Crazy Heart, the horrors of rom-com When in Rome and actual horror movie The House of the Devil on DVD. Read more...

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01.14.10 · 5:15 PM

A lovely failure

Jeffrey K. Howard of Vegas Film Critic joins Josh to chat about Peter Jackson’s disappointing adaptation of The Lovely Bones, plus Colin Firth in A Single Man, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards and what’s good right now in theaters and on DVD. Read more...

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01.8.10 · 7:55 PM

A couple of pleasant surprises

Ken Johnson of 97.1-FM The Point joins Josh to talk about Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, featuring Heath Ledger’s final performance, and Youth in Revolt, the latest teen comedy starring Michael Cera, both surprisingly enjoyable. Plus Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker and sci-fi mindbender Moon on DVD. Read more...

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12.23.09 · 5:50 PM

The best movies of 2009

Film critic and historian Tony Macklin joins Josh to count down their picks for the top 10 movies of 2009. Hint: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel does not make an appearance. Read more...

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12.18.09 · 7:19 PM

Bringing out the big guns

Comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris joins Josh to talk about high-profile releases Up in the Air (overrated), The Road (unfairly overlooked), Avatar (pretty but empty) and Nine (a musical failure), opening in theaters over the next two weeks. Read more...

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12.10.09 · 5:27 PM

2009: The year in suck

Las Vegas Weekly‘s Ken Miller joins Josh to chat about the worst movies of 2009, including Bride Wars, New in Town, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Couples Retreat and a heated debate over Land of the Lost. Read more...

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11.20.09 · 8:34 PM

New Moon Lacks Bite

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. Plus, inspirational sports movie The Blind Side, and Italian crime epic Gomorrah on DVD. Read more...

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11.12.09 · 2:41 PM

Destroying the world, one movie at a time

Film historian and critic Tony Macklin joins Josh to talk about Roland Emmerich’s latest disaster movie 2012, plus three movies set in Britain in the 1960s and ’70s (Pirate Radio, The Damned United, An Education), and excellent action blockbuster Star Trek on DVD. Read more...

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11.5.09 · 3:39 PM

Christmas in November

Jeffrey K. Howard of Vegas Film Critic and KVBC Channel 3 joins Josh to talk about Robert Zemeckis’ new motion-capture take on A Christmas Carol, plus the military satire The Men Who Stare at Goats, and the alien-abduction thriller The Fourth Kind. Read more...

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Cocktail of the Week Feb 4, 2010
by Xania Woodman

Bramblin Man

For this, Andrew Pollard’s first solo menu at Noir Bar, he presents a twist on the classic Bramble. A gin-based cocktail made popular in 1980s London by Dick Bradsell, the ...
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