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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

12.21.12 · 9:49 AM

Talking Tarantino

Chad Clinton Freeman of the PollyGrind film festival joins Josh to talk about Quentin Tarantino’s new film Django Unchained and the themes of the inventive and influential director’s career. Click here to download this and other episodes. Read more...

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12.17.12 · 9:57 AM

Hitchcock and ‘Hitchcock’

With the new biopic Hitchcock now in theaters, film critic and historian Tony Macklin (tonymacklin.net) joins Josh to talk about legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, his greatest films and the way he’s been depicted in both Hitchcock and HBO’s The Girl. Click here to download this and other episodes. Read more...

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12.12.12 · 10:50 AM

Returning to Middle-Earth in ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’

Las Vegas Weekly Managing Editor Spencer Patterson joins Josh to talk about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first in Peter Jackson’s planned trilogy of movies adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy novel. Does it live up to Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy? Listen and find out. Click here to download this and other episodes. Read more...

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11.12.12 · 9:28 AM

Talking James Bond and ‘Skyfall’

Ken Miller joins Josh to talk about new James Bond movie Skyfall, plus the long history of the spy-thriller franchise and its various ups and downs. Click here to download this and other episodes. Read more...

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10.8.12 · 8:22 AM

Frankenweenie’ and the Tim Burton style

Brian Black joins Josh to talk about Tim Burton’s new stop-motion animated movie Frankenweenie as well as Burton’s long career, from Batman and Beetlejuice to Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows. Click here to download this and other episodes. Read more...

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09.20.12 · 9:44 AM

Paul Thomas Anderson: ‘The Master’ filmmaker

Roger Erik Tinch of Drafthouse Cinema joins Josh to talk about master filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson and his new movie, The Master, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, as well as Anderson’s entire acclaimed body of work, including Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood. Click here to download this and other episodes. Read more...

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09.7.12 · 10:27 AM

Checking out fall TV

Las Vegas Weekly staff writer Erin Ryan joins Josh to look at some of the most high-profile new shows from the upcoming fall TV season, including locally set crime drama Vegas, high-concept thrillers Last Resort and Revolution and comedies Ben & Kate and The Mindy Project. Click here to download this and other episodes. Read more...

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06.15.12 · 10:15 AM

Rock of Ages’ and the state of movie musicals

Comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris joins Josh to talk about the new hard-rock musical Rock of Ages and the state of the movie musical, including recent favorites and beloved classics. Click here for Josh’s review of Rock of Ages. And don’t forget to catch last week’s episode of Josh Bell Hates Everything on sci-fi epic Prometheus. Read more...

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06.13.12 · 9:27 AM

Prometheus’ and the versatile career of Ridley Scott

Weekly Associate Editor Ken Miller joins Josh to talk about Ridley Scott’s new sci-fi movie Prometheus and the career of its director, whose work ranges from sci-fi classics Alien and Blade Runner to Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and the underrated Matchstick Men. Read more...

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02.24.12 · 10:58 AM

Winners and (should-be winners) at the Oscars

Jeffrey K. Howard of Vegas Film Critic joins Josh to talk about this weekend’s Academy Awards, picking the likely winners (and who really deserves to win) in the annual awards show’s major categories. Read about the Oscar shorts categories—and where you can see the nominees in theaters—here. Want even more Josh Bell? Of course you do! Click here to download this week’s podcast and previous episodes of Josh Bell Hates Everything Read more...

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