Las Vegas Weekly film critic Josh Bell is tough to please. Hear his take on the week's new releases in theaters and on DVD.
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Bond-a-rama
Fri, Nov 14, 2008 (12:29 p.m.)
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. Plus, recommended recent releases Happy-Go-Lucky and Rachel Getting Married, and WALL-E and Tropic Thunder on DVD. (The podcast will be on hiatus for two weeks, returning the week after Thanksgiving.)
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Not bad, if you like that sort of thing
Fri, Oct 31, 2008 (4:26 p.m.)
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.
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Hating for two
Sun, Oct 26, 2008 (9:48 p.m.)
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. Also, non-hate for recommended DVDs The Visitor and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.
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Vote for Stone
Sun, Oct 26, 2008 (9:47 p.m.)
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.
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Cops and robber barons
Sun, Oct 26, 2008 (9:45 p.m.)
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. Plus, Journey to the Center of the Earth and the complete series of The 4400 on DVD.
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In defense of ambitious failures
Thu, Oct 2, 2008 (6:14 p.m.)
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.
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How to make a thriller (and how not to)
Fri, Sep 26, 2008 (3:48 p.m.)
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.
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Cynicism and redemption
Fri, Sep 19, 2008 (12:56 p.m.)
Anthony Del Valle, theater critic for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and former film critic for the Las Vegas Mercury and Las Vegas CityLife, joins Josh to chat about new theatrical release Ghost Town.
Due to a technical difficulty this week's podcast is an abbreviated version of a longer conversation. Josh will return at his full length next week. -
Burn after listening
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 (8:32 p.m.)
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.
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Josh Bell hates children
Fri, Sep 5, 2008 (5:47 p.m.)
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?