Josh Reviews Wonder Woman
Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman is a delight, a thrilling spectacle whose heart is 100% in the right place, focusing on a hero who is fierce and brave, a skilled warrior, who nevertheless prizes loyalty and love above all else. It’s hard to believe it’s taken so long f
Josh Reviews King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
I’m not sure why Hollywood keeps insisting on making King Arthur movies. Is it the allure of a known name, in the way that studios chase after franchises and keep remaking and rebooting series with a recognizable title? Personally, I have never been all that interested in th
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Long Mirage
David R. George III’s latest novel, The Long Mirage, picks up exactly where his terrific DS9 duology Sacraments of Fire and Ascendance left off. Religious unrest is spreading across Bajor with the discovery that the moon Endalla appears to have been artificially constructed as
Josh Reviews The Americans Season Five
After the end of The Americans season four, it was announced that the show was being renewed for two additional seasons that would wrap up the story. I love that, in today’s television landscape, more and more serialized dramas are being allowed the time to end their stories p
Catching Up on 2016: Josh Reviews Midnight Special
Jeff Nichols, amazingly, wrote and directed not one but two films that were released in 2016. The second was Loving, a magnificent drama about Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple forbidden from marrying in Virginia, whose case eventually came before the Supreme Court i
News Around the Net
“There’s always money in the banana-stand!” I am thrilled that, four long years after the release of season 4, Arrested Development season 5 is officially happening!! Yes, season 4 was a bit of a disappointment, but I’m hoping Mitch Hurwitz and this amazing
Catching Up on 2016: Josh Reviews Warcraft
I have no attachment to or even any knowledge of the game Warcraft. I have never played the game, in any of its incarnations. But I was interested in the film version because of the involvement of Duncan Jones at the helm. Mr. Jones directed Moon, a fantastic tiny-budget sci-fi
Josh Reviews Alien: Covenant
Ridley Scott’s Alien (released in 1979 — can you believe it?) is a masterpiece of science fiction/suspense/horror, a near-perfect film that has barely aged a day. James Cameron’s Aliens (released in 1986) is one of the greatest sequels ever made, a spectacular acti
Josh Examines the First Trailer for Star Trek: Discovery
Yesterday we got our first real look at the new Star Trek show, Discovery: There’s a lot that is encouraging and also a lot that is worrisome in that trailer. I am a huge Star Trek fan, and so the prospect of Trek returning to TV is very exciting for me. I love the spectacle [
Catching Up on 2016: Don’t Think Twice
Don’t Think Twice, written and directed by Mike Birbiglia, tells the story of a New York-based improv group, The Commune. At the beginning of the film, we see that the Commune is made up of a tight-knit group of friends. They have a terrific camaraderie on-stage and they han