Nicholas Bell

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Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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Dracula Untold | Review

Play It Again, Vlad: Shiner’s Debut Attempts to Reboot Legendary Monster It’s a bit hard on the undead when you shackle their malevolent natures into...

Stretch | Review

To Live and Drive in LA: Carnahan’s Trip into Hollyweird In an unprecedented and surprisingly brusque move, Universal chose to dump Joe Carnahan’s latest film,...

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead | Review

Dead Again: Wirkola Outstays Welcome of Outlandish Gimmick For those that were generally amused by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola’s breakout festival hit Dead Snow (2009),...

The Judge | Review

I Never Served Time For My Father: Dobkins’ Middling Melodrama Groaning beneath the weight of its desperate grandstanding for awards consideration, David Dobkins’ The Judge...

You’re Not You | Review

You-Hoo: Wolfe’s ALS Drama Tries To Balance Sentiment With Schmaltz Hilary Swank seems attracted to playing daunted heroines, continually up against considerable odds---the homophobic rednecks...

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