Josh Bell
Contributing Editor
Josh Bell is the film critic for Las Vegas Weekly.
Blog Post Archive
- The Clydesdale vs. the mechanical bull
- Saturday, March 14, 2009
- The sparse crowd at Las Vegas Country Saloon was at least as invested in the antics of various drunken revelers riding the club's mechanical bull as it was in local alt-country act The Clydesdale's Neon Reverb set.
- Josh Bell Hates "The Last House on the Left"
- Friday, March 13, 2009
- Watch a video review of "The Last House on the Left" by Las Vegas Weekly's Josh Bell.
- When is real too real?
- Friday, March 13, 2009
- Jeffrey K. Howard of Vegas Film Critic and KVBC Channel 3 joins Josh to analyze the violence in the new remake of The Last House on the Left. Plus, the vulgar comedy Miss March, Role Models on DVD and a new Blu-Ray edition of Pinocchio.
- Watchmen Review
- Friday, March 6, 2009
- Film critic Josh Bell reviews the highly anticipated superhero movie Watchmen, based on the classic graphic novel, and comes away disappointed.
- Talking about watching the Watchmen
- Thursday, March 5, 2009
- Jay Bosworth of Maximum Comics joins Josh to chat about the highly anticipated Watchmen, adapted from the classic graphic novel. Plus, the return of the CineVegas arthouse series with Two Lovers, and a slew of recommended new DVDs.
- Celebrating harmony with Little Big Town
- Sunday, March 1, 2009
- The best moment of Little Big Town's show at Sam's Town Live tonight came at the end of the sad acoustic ballad "Lost," written about the death of singer Kimberly Schlapman's husband.
- Winning the Oscar pool, but at what cost?
- Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009
- Much to the consternation of the handful of other entrants, I won my Oscar pool, correctly predicting all but three of the eventual winners. But is this a good thing?
- The Academy Awards of predictability
- Friday, Feb. 20, 2009
- Film critic and historian Tony Macklin joins Josh to preview this weekend’s Academy Awards, with their picks for who will win and who should win in each of the major categories.
- Shopping, Banking, Killing
- Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009
- Brian Black joins Josh to chat about new theatrical releases Confessions of a Shopaholic, The International and Friday the 13th, plus Changeling on DVD.
- Steve Martin, don’t you know better?
- Friday, Feb. 6, 2009
- Jeffrey K. Howard of KVBC Channel 3 and Vegas Film Critic joins Josh to chat about the wonders of Coraline and the horrors of The Pink Panther 2, plus the underrated W. on DVD.
- The dregs of winter
- Friday, Jan. 30, 2009
- Josh and Las Vegas Weekly Managing Editor Ken Miller survey the wasteland that is the January movie season, starring awful romantic comedy New in Town and slightly-better-than-expected horror movie The Uninvited, plus Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Zack and Miri Make a Porno on DVD, and a rundown of worthwhile movies still in theaters.
- Whatever, Oscar nominations
- Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009
- There really isn't much of a point griping or rejoicing over Oscar nominations. Still, they're a big deal. Weekly film critic Josh Bell offers his take on a few pleasant surprises and disappointing omissions.
- Blart!
- Friday, Jan. 16, 2009
- Comedian and filmmaker Jason Harris joins Josh to chat about Oscar contenders The Wrestler and Revolutionary Road, plus clear 2010 Oscar front-runner Paul Blart: Mall Cop, along with Last Chance Harvey and My Bloody Valentine 3D.
Want more Josh? Catch him Fridays live on Xtreme 107.5 FM. - Eastwood's swan song: brilliant or ridiculous?
- Friday, Jan. 9, 2009
- Las Vegas Weekly Managing Editor Ken Miller joins Josh to chat about Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino (Ken loved it; Josh did not), plus new theatrical releases Bride Wars and The Unborn, and Appaloosa on DVD.
- The year in hating
- Monday, Dec. 29, 2008
- Tony Macklin, film historian and author of the book Voices From the Set, joins Josh to count down their respective lists of the top 10 movies of 2008.
- Oscar-bait extravaganza
- Friday, Dec. 19, 2008
- Jeffrey K. Howard of KVBC Channel 3 and Vegas Film Critic joins Josh to chat about this week’s releases Slumdog Millionaire, Yes Man and Seven Pounds, as well as upcoming Christmas openings The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Doubt and Valkyrie.
- Keanu Reeves still can't act, but Van Damme can
- Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008
- Roger Erik Tinch, art and online director for the CineVegas Film Festival, joins Josh to chat about new theatrical releases The Day the Earth Stood Still, JCVD and Dark Streets, plus Mamma Mia! and The House Bunny on DVD.
- Attacks of the biopics
- Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
- Filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris of the Frat Boys of Comedy joins Josh to talk about new releases Milk, Cadillac Records and Punisher: War Zone, plus The Dark Knight on DVD and top picks for movies now in theaters.
- Bond-a-rama
- Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
Las Vegas Weekly associate editor and certified James Bond expert T.R. Witcher joins Josh to chat about the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, as well as the best films in the franchise.
- Not bad, if you like that sort of thing
- Friday, Oct. 31, 2008
- Fellow Las Vegas Weekly film critic Matthew Scott Hunter joins Josh to discuss new theatrical releases Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Changeling and RocknRolla, plus Get Smart and Transsiberian on DVD.
- Cops and robber barons
- Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
- UNLV Adjunct Professor of Sociology Katy Gilpatric, founder of Movies That Matter and Vegas Arthouse, joins Josh to chat about new theatrical releases Pride and Glory, Flow: For Love of Water and High School Musical 3: Senior Year.
- Forget Tim McGraw and Faith Hill - check out Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert
- Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008
- Are Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert the new Tim McGraw and Faith Hill? Like that superstar married couple, Shelton and Lambert are a pair of romantically involved (though not married) country singers mounting a co-headlining tour to appeal to their overlapping audiences.
- Vote for Stone
- Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008
- As election fever kicks into high gear, Las Vegas Weekly Managing Editor Ken Miller joins Josh to chat about Oliver Stone’s W., now in theaters, along with Sex Drive, plus The Incredible Hulk and The Strangers on DVD.
- Hating for two
- Friday, Oct. 10, 2008
- Tony Macklin, film historian and author of the book Voices From the Set, joins Josh to hate on theatrical releases Body of Lies, The Express and The Duchess, plus Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on DVD.
- In defense of ambitious failures
- Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008
- Las Vegas Weekly Associate Editor T.R. Witcher returns to chat with Josh about new theatrical releases Blindness, Appaloosa, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Religulous, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist and Flash of Genius (it's a busy week), plus a plea for a second chance for M. Night Shyamalan with The Happening on DVD.
- How to make a thriller (and how not to)
- Friday, Sept. 26, 2008
- Fellow Las Vegas Weekly film critic Tasha Chemplavil joins Josh to discuss new theatrical releases Eagle Eye, Towelhead, Tell No One, Choke and The Lucky Ones, plus Iron Man and Forgetting Sarah Marshall on DVD.
- Cynicism and redemption
- Friday, Sept. 19, 2008
- Burn after listening
- Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008
- Brian Black, formerly of X-107.5-FM’s Xtreme Disorder, joins Josh to chat about the Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Righteous Kill and the remake of The Women in theaters, and Speed Racer, 88 Minutes and TV shows Chuck and Pushing Daisies on DVD.
- Josh Bell hates children
- Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
- Michael T. Toole, writer for the Turner Classic Movies website, award-winning short filmmaker and former Las Vegas Weekly contributor, joins Josh via phone to talk about theatrical releases Baghead and The Little Red Truck, plus the decline of Nicolas Cage, new DVDs Baby Mama and The Fall and ... Jamie Kennedy hates Josh Bell?
- The Tao of Cheadle
- Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
- Las Vegas Weekly Managing Editor Ken Miller joins Josh to discuss new theatrical releases Traitor, Elegy and America the Beautiful, plus a trio of movies not screened for critics.
- Crowing at Planet Hollywood
- Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008
- Sexy deities and exploding heads
- Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
- Roger Erik Tinch, art and online director for the CineVegas Film Festival, joins Josh to assess the relative deficiencies of new theatrical releases Hamlet 2, Death Race, The Rocker and The House Bunny, plus What Happens in Vegas and Redbelt on DVD.
- It's satire, stupid
- Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
- Every pineapple has its spikes
- Friday, Aug. 8, 2008
- Freed from the confines of radio, Weekly film critic Josh Bell chats with a different guest each week about new releases in theaters and on DVD. This week, comedian/filmmaker Jason Harris of the Frat Boys of Comedy joins Josh to discuss Pineapple Express, Encounters at the End of the World and more.
- Creative creatures and 3-D glasses do not a hit make
- Thursday, July 24, 2008
- Five reasons Trisha Yearwood is not Garth Brooks (and that's a good thing)
- Saturday, July 19, 2008
- Who watches the Watchmen trailer?
- Friday, July 18, 2008
- An extravaganza, but not so much
- Wednesday, July 9, 2008
- Will Smith takes the Fourth with Hancock
- Wednesday, July 9, 2008
- Rosario Dawson puts on the charm
- Saturday, June 21, 2008
- Faux drive-in better in theory than in practice
- Friday, June 20, 2008
- Further thoughts on shorts
- Thursday, June 19, 2008
- The Hulk, now incredible
- Thursday, June 19, 2008
- Three cheers for local filmmaking
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008
- Regulating expectations
- Tuesday, June 17, 2008
- Style vs. substance
- Sunday, June 15, 2008
- Film critics gone wild
- Saturday, June 14, 2008
- Thoughts on shorts
- Friday, June 13, 2008
- "I wouldn't say that it's crap."
- Friday, June 6, 2008
- 87% cool
- Friday, June 6, 2008
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