Josh Bell
Contributing Editor
Josh Bell is the film critic for Las Vegas Weekly.
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- 5 thoughts on Ryan Bingham at the Boulevard Pool
- Saturday, June 15, 2013
- Alt-country singer-songwriter brought some slide guitar action to Cosmo on June 13.
- Black Sabbath makes a surprisingly strong return with '13'
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- "The album has a surprising integrity and heaviness."
- The Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con hits the South Point this weekend
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- Attendees have a shot at meeting the legendary Stan Lee.
- 'Man of Steel' samples from other blockbusters when it should be all Superman
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- Are you ready for another superhero reboot origin story?
- 'This Is the End' just doesn’t work as a feature-length film
- Wednesday, June 12, 2013
- Comedy buddies spent a long time making this self-referential dud.
- 'Graceland' and 'King & Maxwell' add to cable’s stable of procedurals
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013
- USA and TNT add new crime-solving shows this summer.
- Where's the raunch? 'The Internship' is one big sell-out
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013
- It's just one long commercial for ... well, you know.
- Film review: 'Love Is All You Need'
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013
- Rom-com meets sophistication. The result? Meh.
- Franky Perez returns with new gigs, new songs and a new lease on life
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013
- Veteran local musician/songwriter is back to play the Palms, Green Valley Ranch and Palace Station.
- 'Arrested Development' is just not worth the effort
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
- After 15 episodes, you may not have much more than a big headache.
- TV review: 'Mistresses'
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
- It's forgettable summer filler, nothing more.
- In the wonderful 'Frances Ha,' less is definitely more
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013
- It's Noah Baumbach's warmest movie so far, and that's saying something.
- A classic evening: Fleetwood Mac sticks to the hits
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013
- MGM Grand Garden Arena crowd delighted by a set full of oldies but goodies.
- 'Epic' is a middle-of-the-road animated adventure
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- It isn't a total failure, but it's not a winner, either.
- More crazy stunts and wooden acting in 'Fast & Furious 6'
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- The film franchise has become a convoluted soap opera.
- June Carter Cash deserves better than Lifetime's 'Ring of Fire'
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- June Carter Cash has been relegated to a Lifetime made-for-TV movie.
- 'The Hangover Part III': Just end this franchise already!
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- You know a comedy's in trouble when it's not remotely funny
- 'Behind the Candelabra' puts Liberace's personal life in the spotlight
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013
- The story of Liberace’s profoundly dysfunctional relationship with Scott.
- TV's 'Motive' is no whodunit
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- The gimmick is that both the killer and the victim are identified at the beginning of each episode.
- The Goodwin Games gets to be short and sweet
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- With no end in sight, the creators would likely run out of clever games, and the premise would lose steam.
- Film review: 'Erased'
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- Everything about Erased feels generic.
- Recommended alternatives to 'Star Trek Into Darkness'
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- Don't feel like wasting time on the new Star Trek? Revisit these classics
- VIFF highlights the strengths of local filmmaking
- Wednesday, May 15, 2013
- There were no token inclusions in this year's Vegas Indie Film Festival.
- A costume-spotting, line-waiting tour of Free Comic Book Day in Las Vegas
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- Josh Bell scored 29 comic books at Free Comic Book Day. How many did you get?
- Great adaptations: Five recent movies that successfully captured classic literature
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- Because we're not feeling Baz Luhrmann's take on The Great Gatsby.
- Country music roundup: Checking in on the state of twang
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- Natalie Maines, Pistol Annies and Lady Antebellum. Which one earned four stars?
- TV review: 'Family Tree'
- Wednesday, May 8, 2013
- A Christopher Guest fan? Yeah, you'll enjoy this
- Paramore plus enthusiastic audience equals a satisfying show at the Joint
- Saturday, May 4, 2013
- Hayley Williams overcomes food poisoning and technical difficulties.
- TV: Marc Maron makes an uneven transition in his new IFC sitcom
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- The comedian plays himself in a lightly fictionalized version of his own life,
- Film review: 'Iron Man 3'
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- Downey delivers again in a great start to the summer movie season
- TV: Eight models vie to be the face of Mandalay Bay
- Wednesday, May 1, 2013
- What it does well: showcase the hard-working employees who make the city’s glamorous hotels run.
- Robert Redford delivers a poorly plotted lecture in 'The Company You Keep'
- Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- It's not as condescending or dry as his other movies, but it's just as uninteresting.
- Film review: 'Arthur Newman'
- Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- The movie stars Colin Firth as a middle manager who changes his identity.
- Michael Bay makes a loud mess of 'Pain & Gain'
- Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- Though it still might be the director's best movie in years ... if not ever.
- 'Hemlock Grove' is a misstep for Netflix
- Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- Hemlock Grove is one long anticlimax.
- ‘From Up on Poppy Hill’ is a pleasant but dull animated love story
- Wednesday, April 24, 2013
- Legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki teams with his son for a sweet coming-of-age tale.
- CinemaCon showcases movie theater advances from earth-shaking sound to plastic popcorn lids
- Friday, April 19, 2013
- Shake n' Share solves all your movie theater popcorn problems.
- ‘Lore’ tells a different but powerful kind of World War II story
- Thursday, April 18, 2013
- Lore tells the story of Nazis hoping to avoid Allied capture after the fall of the Third Reich.
- 2013 Summer Movie Preview!
- Superheroes, cowboys, zombies and more in our guide to all the films you'll be watching this season
- Thursday, April 18, 2013
- From Iron Man 3 to The Great Gatsby, our guide to the movies you'll be watching this season.
- 'Oblivion' doesn't make a lot of sense at times, but it looks fantastic
- Wednesday, April 17, 2013
- Go for Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman, stay for the visuals
- Coachella Week: How to Destroy Angels’ live show emphasizes art over rock
- Sunday, April 14, 2013
- Trent Reznor's latest project played its third-ever show at the Pearl on April 13.
- Garbage entertains a small but enthusiastic crowd at the Pearl
- Saturday, April 13, 2013
- Shirley Manson and company bring a raw, powerful sound to the Palms.
- Country cruise: There’s way more to ACM week than the annual awards show
- Wednesday, April 10, 2013
- Josh Bell recaps all the the country commotion.
- CD Review: Paramore's 'Paramore'
- Wednesday, April 10, 2013
- This might be Paramore's most ambitious work to date.
- Film review: 'No'
- Wednesday, April 10, 2013
- It's a mix of satire and history -- and it's fascinating
- Film review: 'Trance'
- Wednesday, April 10, 2013
- It's a pretty good movie -- until everything is spelled out at the end
- '42' tells Jackie Robinson’s story almost entirely in platitudes
- Wednesday, April 10, 2013
- "The movie fares best on the field ... but there’s more grandstanding than ball-playing."
- Film review: 'Evil Dead'
- Wednesday, April 3, 2013
- Just what we need: Another pointless remake
- TV review: 'Vice'
- Wednesday, April 3, 2013
- HBO's news magazine is off to a great start
- Six burning questions for the sixth season of 'Mad Men'
- Wednesday, April 3, 2013
- Will Peggy return to Sterling Cooper Draper Price?
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