Josh Reviews Scott Pilgrim vs. the World!
Let me say right up front that I found Scott Pilgrim vs. the World to be an enormously fun, engaging, original movie, and I am really bummed that the film has been so poorly received at the American box office. After a summer filled with so many lazy, lowest-common-demoninator money
Josh Reviews Machete!
Boy, it’s hard to believe this movie really exists! Originating as a fake trailer from the start of Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 collaboration with Quentin Tarantino, Grindhouse (FINALLY coming to DVD/Blu-Ray! Thanks the gods!), Mr. Rodriguez and his team at Troublemaker St
News Around the Net
I am speeding ahead with Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, and loving every page. (Click here if you missed yesterday’s review of Book II: The Drawing of the Three.) Now comes word that Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have acquired the rights to the series, and are plannin
“Did-a-chick? Dum-a-chum?” The Dark Tower Book II: The Drawing of the Three
Click here for my description of the beginning of my journey to the Dark Tower, and here for my thoughts on The Dark Tower Book I: The Gunslinger. Although all of the Marvel Comics’ Dark Tower prequel comics (The Gunslinger Born and subsequent mini-series) were set entirely in t
Star Trek is 44 Years Old!
On September 8th, 1966, NBC aired the first episode of Star Trek, “The Man Trap.” In celebration of Star Trek‘s 44th anniversary, here’s a wonderful video (that was actually created for the 40th anniversary in 2006): Pretty great, huh? (I LOVE the orchestra