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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Review: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

"A follow-up, and sometimes sequel to Jose Padilha’s hit first film, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within sports a bigger budget, a more gripping (and melodramatic) script, and more frenetic pacing than it’s predecessor, Elite Squad (2007)."

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within | Review

Frenemies With Benefits

Review: Butter

"If Alexander Payne’s films were remade by Garry Marshall, the result might look something like this effort from Jim Field Smith. Much like the ginger handling of racism in the much loved film The Help from earlier this year, Butter backs away from being realistic in its convictions. What results is a half assed mess that sounds a hell of a lot better and stranger on paper than it presents itself to be on celluloid."

Butter | Review

An over-churned satire.

Review: The Color Wheel

"Exploring the consequences of doing anything to achieve your dreams versus letting your dreams die unceremoniously seems to be the crux of Perry’s film, however, what first plays like a bitchy paean to Phillip Roth literature eventually turns into one of the more intriguing resolutions you’ll be lulled into witnessing."

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