Ape Management Part 4: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
I’m entering the home stretch of my journey back through the Planet of the Apes film, as I’ve just taken in the fourth installment: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes! Click here for my thoughts on Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and Escape From the Pla
Josh Reviews Captain America: The First Avenger!
And so we come to it at last, the final piece in the puzzle before next summer’s unprecedented super-hero cross-over movie, The Avengers. There was Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, and Thor, and now we have Captain America: The First Avenger. Captain America is ove
Josh Reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
I’ve made this comment in my last several Harry Potter film reviews, but it bears repeating one final time: what an astounding achievement it is, that this eight-film series has made it all the way to the end with the same ensemble of actors all the way through (save for the lat
News Around the Net!
My friend Rabbi Ethan Linden has written a wonderful article on his blog about HBO’s recently-concluded Game of Thrones mini-series (which I LOVED) and some broader thoughts about the fantasy and sci-fi genres. Here’s an excerpt: People love to make fun of the superhero
Ape Management Part 3: Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)
My epic project to re-watch all of the Planet of the Apes films continues! Click here for my thoughts on Planet of the Apes, and here for my thoughts on Beneath the Planet of the Apes. The end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes seemed t0 definitively eliminate the possibility of any
Josh Tests His Endurance and Takes In Transformers: Dark of the Moon
I can’t help it. I really love The Transformers. As a kid, I loved the cartoon show, I loved the toys, I loved the crazy-dark animated movie, I loved Marvel Comic’s comic book series, I loved it all. And that’s why, even after suffering through the abysmal Tran