Farewell to Leslie Nielsen and Irvin Kershner
Some sad news these past few days. On Sunday, Leslie Nielsen passed away at the age of 84. Here’s a nice tribute to Mr. Nielsen, written by Drew over at Hitfix. Months ago I had decided to include Airplane! as the final film in the movie marathon I’m holding with my fr
The View From The Bridge
In the introduction to my review of Time After Time, I wrote that the true reason for the supposed Star Trek odd-numbered movie curse (the phenomenon in which the even-numbered classic Star Trek films seem to be of a far higher quality than the odd-numbered ones) is because of the coi
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Time After Time (1979)
For years, Star Trek fans spoke of the odd-numbered curse that afflicted the Trek movies. The odd-numbered films (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek V: The Voyage Home) seemed markedly inferior to the even-numbered ones (Star Trek II: T
Josh’s ADVANCE REVIEW of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader!
A friend of mine at Walden Media was kind enough to invite me to last night’s sneak peek at the latest Narnia film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. (Thanks, Evan!) I am happy to report that I quite enjoyed the new film (though I recognize that IR
From the DVD Shelf: Josh reviews Get Him To The Greek
I’m a big, big fan of Forgetting Sarah Marshall. That film really took me by surprise — it’s a very, very funny film, but also one that is remarkably endearing. The breakout star of the film was, of course, Russell Brand’s rock star Aldous Snow. Snow was a
Star Trek Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game
David Mack is one of the best of the group of extraordinarily talented, reliable writers who have been writing new Star Trek novels for Pocket Books for the past several years. It’s the compelling work of these core writers that has kept me engaged with the novels’ expan