Josh Bell

Contributing Editor

Josh Bell is the film critic for Las Vegas Weekly.

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Talking Tarantino
Friday, Dec. 21, 2012
Chad Clinton Freeman joins Josh to talk about Quentin Tarantino's new film Django Unchained.

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Hitchcock and 'Hitchcock'
Monday, Dec. 17, 2012
Film critic and historian Tony Macklin joins Josh to talk all about Alfred Hitchcock.

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Returning to Middle-Earth in 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012
Will the new Hobbit movies live up to the original Lord of the Rings trilogy? Listen and find out.

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Talking James Bond and 'Skyfall'
Monday, Nov. 12, 2012
Time to talk Bond. James Bond.

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'Frankenweenie' and the Tim Burton style
Monday, Oct. 8, 2012
Josh welcomes Brian Black to discuss Tim Burton's latest film and long, stylistic career.

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Paul Thomas Anderson: 'The Master' filmmaker
Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012
Josh welcomes Drafhouse Cinema's Roger Erik Tinch to discuss Anderson's new film and body of work.

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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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'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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'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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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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The best movies of 2011
Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011
Josh and Tony Macklin break down their favorites.

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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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Christmas movie miracles
Friday, Dec. 9, 2011
From heartwarming classics to heart-stabbing horror movies.

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'Breaking Dawn' and the 'Twi'-hard phenomenon
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011
Josh talks with Anna Smedley, who's both a Twilight fan and a researcher of the fan phenomenon.

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Werewolves and vampires and zombies, oh my!
Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011
It's iconic horror time with Josh and friends!

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'The Thing' and the best and worst of horror remakes
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011
Which remake takes the cake: 'The Thing,' 'The Fly' or something else entirely?

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Fall TV preview bonanza!
Friday, Sept. 16, 2011
Josh Bell talks shows to DVR (and to skip) in the new fall TV season.

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The long, strange journey of Steven Soderbergh
Friday, Sept. 9, 2011
From 'The Girlfriend Experience' to the 'Ocean's' series, Josh checks in on the career of Steven Soderbergh.

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A summer of hate
Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011
The joys of "Super 8," "X-Men: First Class" and "Bridesmaids," the horrors of "Cowboys & Aliens", the laziness of "The Hangover: Part II" and how "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" may contribute to hearing loss.

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Potter-mania!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
The epic fantasy series is ending.

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'Cars 2' and the Pixar standard
Thursday, June 23, 2011
How does Cars 2 measure up to the standard set by the animation studio that brought us The Incredibles, Finding Nemo and the Toy Story movies?

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Terrence Malick: genius or fraud?
Friday, June 17, 2011
Film critic and historian Tony Macklin joins Josh for a heated debate about Terrence Malick's new film The Tree of Life.

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X-Men, Thor and other movie superheroes
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Jazmin Gardner and Brandon Zitch of Nerdlocker.com join Josh to talk about the new superhero prequel X-Men: First Class.

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Judd Apatow, king of comedy
Friday, May 13, 2011
Ken Johnson of 97.1-FM The Point joins Josh to talk about the new comedy Bridesmaids, produced by Judd Apatow, and Apatow's influence on mainstream comedy, including his works with Will Ferrell, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and more.

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Summer movie preview extravaganza
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Super 8, Cowboys & Aliens, The Hangover Part II, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and many, many more!

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The state of HBO
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Associate Editor Ken Miller joins Josh to talk about the state of HBO's original programming, including the popular new fantasy series Game of Thrones, the second season of David Simon's Treme, Boardwalk Empire, Curb Your Enthusiasm and more.

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The horrors of Wes Craven
Friday, April 15, 2011
Chad Clinton Freeman of the PollyGrind Film Festival joins Josh to talk about the career of horror filmmaker Wes Craven.

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Josh's Journal: Neon Reverb's chaotic foray into film
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Enthusiasm and technical difficulties mark the short film fest.

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Josh Bell hates the Oscars
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
Who will win, and who deserves to win?

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Sex and the movies
Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011
Josh Bell and guest Lynn Comella celebrate Valentine's Day by listing the best movie sex scenes.

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The best movies of the year
Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010
What are their picks for the cinematic highlights of 2010? Listen and find out.

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'True Grit' and a Coen brothers retrospective
Friday, Dec. 24, 2010
Josh tackles the new Coens film and a look back on the remarkable 25-plus-year career of the filmmaking brothers.

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Boxers, ballet dancers and computer-generated hotties
Friday, Dec. 17, 2010
Ken Miller joins Josh to talk about three big new releases: Tron: Legacy, Black Swan and The Fighter.

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Holiday movie blowout
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010
Jeffrey K. Howard joins Josh to talk about "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1" and "Fair Game," plus an early look at "Love and Other Drugs," opening next week.

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Horror, horror and more horror
Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010
Josh and guest Chad Clinton Freeman talk about "Paranormal Activity 2," "My Soul to Take," the "Saw" franchise and their picks for the best horror movies of all time.

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Woody and Clint: A retrospective
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010
Josh and guest Tony Macklin tackle You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and Hereafter.

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Coffins, clones and mental patients
Friday, Oct. 8, 2010
Jason Harris joins Josh to talk "It's Kind of a Funny Story", "Buried", Never Let Me Go" and "The Social Network."

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Don't bet on 'Wall Street'
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010
Brian Black joins Josh to talk about "Wall Street," "Lebanon" and "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole."

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Joaquin Phoenix produces a 'stinkumentary,' Australia produces one of year's best movies
Friday, Sept. 17, 2010
Film critic and historian Tony Macklin joins Josh this week.

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Fun with Mexican and American violence
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
Ken Johnson joins Josh to talk about Machete, The American, Going the Distance and a couple of worthy indie films on DVD.

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Summer movie wrap-up extravaganza
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010
Jeffrey K. Howard of Vegas Film Critic joins Josh to look back at the summer movie season of 2010.

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The return of hating: Josh targets 'The Other Guys,' 'Restrepo' and 'Twelve'
Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010
The Josh Bell Hates Everything podcast returns from hiatus for a chat about The Other Guys, Restrepo and the latest Joel Schumacher crapterpiece Twelve.

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Druggie rock stars and mutant babies
Friday, June 4, 2010
These are a few of our favorite things...

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Taking stock of 'Lost'
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Debating the merits of the show's finale and the best and worst of the ABC hit.

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Hate (and love) for 'Robin Hood'
Saturday, May 15, 2010
It's a critic on critic battle over Russell Crowe's latest.

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'Iron Man 2' and the future of superheroes
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Josh Bell takes a look into the Marvel crystal ball.

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Not quite good enough
Friday, April 9, 2010
That's how Josh would describe Date Night starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell.

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A mythological failure
Friday, April 2, 2010
Josh Bell hates it when Hollywood misuses 3D. Grr.

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Catching up on hate
Friday, March 19, 2010
New releases feel the wrath.

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Infallible Oscar predictions
Monday, March 1, 2010
Who will win Oscars on Sunday? Josh predicts who's going home happy.

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