Josh Reviews Life Itself
It’s hard to imagine anyone who loves movies not being taken by Life Itself, Steve James (Hoop Dreams)‘s biopic of film critic Roger Ebert. The film opens with a delightful quote from Mr. Ebert, in which he remarks on the power of movies to help one understand a little b
Josh Reviews Breaking Bad: Season Two
Yes, I know I am hugely late to the party on Breaking Bad. Just as everyone was getting excited about the finale of the show, my wife and I were just starting to watch it from the beginning. I enjoyed season one, though I found the show hard to watch at times because of how [&hell
Josh Reviews Guardians of the Galaxy
I had a feeling this one was gonna be good. I’m glad I was right. With Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel Studios has blown the doors off of their cinematic universe in a big, big way. This is a huge movie, filled with crazy alien planets and creatures and hugely original chara
“About the Only Thing We Were Doing to Impress the Klingons was Dying Well” — Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar
Forget J.J. Abrams’ nuTrek. Want to see the coolest bit of new Star Trek I have seen in a long time? Click here to watch the twenty-minute short film, Prelude to Axanar — or just watch the video below! (Make sure your video settings are on HD.) How cool was that?? I
Josh Reviews Jersey Boys
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story didn’t make much of a splash when it was released back in 2007, but it think it’s a hysterical, brilliant skewering of the musical biopic genre. It makes it hard to take any of these sorts of films seriously ever again after having seen it.
News Around the Net: Comic-Con Edition!
Hi friends! This past week was the San Diego Comic-Con, and as a result there has been an awesome flood of news about all sorts of geeky things. Let’s review some of the highlights, shall we? Here’s the first teaser trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Star Trek: The Light Fantastic
Last year, David Mack wrote a terrific trilogy of Star Trek: The Next Generation novels, under the subtitle “Cold Equations.” (Click here for my review of book 1, click here for my review of book 2, and here for my review of book 3.) It’s a great trilogy that moved
