Re-reading Captain America: The Winter Soldier
After enjoying the latest Captain America film, The Winter Soldier, I decided to go back and re-read the comics that had inspired the film. Back in 2005, writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve Epting collaborated on a re-launch of the Captain America comic book. Their initial story-lin
Josh Reviews Mad Men Season 7.1
It’s a very rare thing when a TV series is able to end at a time and place of its creators’ choosing. There are many things that are problematic with today’s TV landscape, but I must say the recent trend of more TV series having this sort of opportunity is extremel
New Around the Net
Ok, I thought the first Guardians of the Galaxy trailer was awesome, but this new one is even better. I cannot wait for this!! “The only good human…!!” I can’t wait for July 11th!! I’m also really loving this peek at Christopher Nolan’s Interste
The Tony Blair Trilogy Part III: The Special Relationship
Following The Deal (click here for my review) and The Queen (click here for my review), Peter Morgan went on to write a third film about Tony Blair, one that, like The Deal and The Queen before it, would also star Michael Sheen as Mr. Blair: the HBO film The Special Relationship. This
Josh Reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1
It picked up a little bit in the final third, with the episodes set after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but nevertheless it’s hard to characterize the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as anything other than a colossal disappointment. When the show wa
News Around the Net!
It’s interesting that the only two network half-hour comedies that I watch these days… happen to be run by the same individual, Mike Schur. He made his bones on The Office (where he also played Mose), and he’s one of the show-runners of both Parks and Recreation an
The Tony Blair Trilogy Part II: The Queen
I saw and enjoyed The Queen when it was released back in 2006, but I had never seen the other two films that Peter Morgan had written about Tony Blair (all of which featured Michael Sheen as Mr. Blair, and the first two of which were directed by Stephen Frears). Last spring I watche
Josh Reviews Son of Batman
Well, I have just about given up on these direct-to-DVD DCU animated films. There have been some great ones over the years (Batman: Under the Red Hood is probably my favorite), but the series has been very hit and miss. Since Bruce Timm’s departure as mastermind of the serie
Josh Reviews Noah — Part Two!
Yesterday I began my review/analysis of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah. Let’s dive back in! At the end of part 1, I was talking about how I enjoyed that Darren Aronofsky didn’t shy away from depicting the presence of God and miracles in his film. In talking about miracu