Josh Bell

Contributing Editor

Contributing editor Josh Bell he has been a Las Vegas Weekly staffer since 2002, writing film and TV reviews and covering local entertainment. He is a member of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society, and his movie reviews appear on the Rotten Tomatoes website.

A Las Vegas resident since 1995, Bell took a brief detour to Massachusetts, where he graduated from Amherst College in 2002 with a degree in English. He has contributed to publications including Las Vegas Life, Casino Player, Kirkus Reviews and Media Life. Like everyone, he has a blog (signalbleed.blogspot.com).

When not at a screening or in front of the TV, Bell enjoys reading novels and comic books, and taking naps.

Josh's favorite movie is Heathers.

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Call Josh at 702-990-2411.

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The best movies of 2011: Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011; Josh and Tony Macklin break down their favorites.
'Tintin,' 'War Horse,' and the career of Steven Spielberg: Monday, Dec. 26, 2011; Josh talks it out with Roger Erik Tinch.
Christmas movie miracles: Friday, Dec. 9, 2011; From heartwarming classics to heart-stabbing horror movies.
'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.
Werewolves and vampires and zombies, oh my!: Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011; It's iconic horror time with Josh and friends!
'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?
Fall TV preview bonanza!: Friday, Sept. 16, 2011; Josh Bell talks shows to DVR (and to skip) in the new fall TV season.
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.
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.
Potter-mania!: Thursday, July 14, 2011; The epic fantasy series is ending.
'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?
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Josh's Journal: Neon Reverb's chaotic foray into film: Thursday, March 10, 2011; Enthusiasm and technical difficulties mark the short film fest.
Josh Bell hates the Oscars: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011; Who will win, and who deserves to win?
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.
The best movies of the year: Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010; What are their picks for the cinematic highlights of 2010? Listen and find out.
'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.
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.
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.
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.
Woody and Clint: A retrospective: Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010; Josh and guest Tony Macklin tackle You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and Hereafter.
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."
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
Druggie rock stars and mutant babies: Friday, June 4, 2010; These are a few of our favorite things...
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.
Hate (and love) for 'Robin Hood': Saturday, May 15, 2010; It's a critic on critic battle over Russell Crowe's latest.
'Iron Man 2' and the future of superheroes: Saturday, May 8, 2010; Josh Bell takes a look into the Marvel crystal ball.
Not quite good enough: Friday, April 9, 2010; That's how Josh would describe Date Night starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell.
A mythological failure: Friday, April 2, 2010; Josh Bell hates it when Hollywood misuses 3D. Grr.
Catching up on hate: Friday, March 19, 2010; New releases feel the wrath.
Infallible Oscar predictions: Monday, March 1, 2010; Who will win Oscars on Sunday? Josh predicts who's going home happy.
Minor Scorsese still delivers: Friday, Feb. 19, 2010; Scorsese plus Leo and Oscar-nominated shorts in this week's podcast.
From Vegas, with hate: Friday, Feb. 5, 2010; Sorry John, there's no love for "From Paris With Love."
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.
A lovely failure: Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010; Josh Bell weighs in on "The Lovely Bones" and director Peter Jackson's pulled punches.
A couple of pleasant surprises: Friday, Jan. 8, 2010; Josh talks Heath Ledger, Michael Cera and a certain sci-fi mindbender.
The best movies of 2009: Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009; Hint: "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" does not make an appearance.
Bringing out the big guns: Friday, Dec. 18, 2009; Find out which Oscar favorite Josh thinks is overrated on this episode of the podcast.
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.
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.
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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