Josh Reviews Young Adult
In a season of generally serious movie-fare, Young Adult is a blazingly funny film that still carries some serious dramatic heft. It’s an absolute knockout of a film from screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman (who previously collaborated on the great 2007 film Ju
From the DVD Shelf: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)
I’m very excited for the new film adaptation, starring Gary Oldman, of John le Carré’s 1974 spy novel, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. (I haven’t seen the film yet, but really hope to get to it soon.) But the release of this new film adaptation spurred me to at last
A Steven Spielberg Double-Feature Part II — War Horse
And now for the second-half of my Steven Spielberg double-feature — War Horse. (Click here for my review of The Adventures of Tintin.) When I first saw the trailer for War Horse, I dismissed it almost immediately. Something about the swelling music and the dramatic shots edite
A Steven Spielberg Double-Feature Part I — The Adventures of Tintin
Steven Spielberg has only directed one film since Munich (click here for my review) in 2005, and that was the tragically disappointing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008 (which I prefer to pretend never happened). That’s a long dry spell for one of the