“Bravo.” Josh Bids Farewell to Mad Men!
Mad Men season one was, I am pretty sure, the first TV show set I ever owned on blu-ray. It was a gift, given to me soon after I bought my first blu-ray player. At the time, I’d heard about but had never seen this new cable show, and also I wasn’t sure if I […]
Catching Up! Josh Reviews Powers Season One, Star Wars The Clone Wars “Bad Batch”, and Batman vs Robin
On my desk I keep a list of the various movies and TV shows that I’ve watched that I intend to write about here on the site. Lately that list has been growing very long! I have fallen somewhat behind on my blogging. So I’m going to try a new format here and post some
News Around the Net
“The date is set!” — The X-Files returns to TV on January 24, 2016! Please don’t disappoint me, Chris Carter!! This is a great article listing 10 Making-Of Documentaries That Are Better Than The Actual Movie. In many of these cases I don’t actually ag
Josh Reviews Netflix’s Daredevil: Season One!
Let’s cut right to the chase: Netflix’s thirteen-episode first season of Daredevil is a triumph, a gloriously dark, gritty, adult depiction of The Man Without Fear. Netflix’s Daredevil is the finest super-hero television show I have ever seen. Am I exaggerating?
Josh Reviews The Avengers: Age of Ultron!
Marvel Studios is on a winning streak the likes of which I have rarely seen. (The only recent comparison I can draw is Pixar’s incredible run from Ratatouille in 2007 through Toy Story 3 in 2010.) Right before seeing The Avengers: Age of Ultron, one of my friends sent me a r
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Missing
What a delight it is to have a new Star Trek novel that is officially titled as a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine book!! Though characters and situations from Deep Space Nine (my favorite of the Trek TV shows) have played a major part in the last decade or so of Pocket Books’ wonde
Trailers!
Wow, looks like the studios have all started selling their 2015 movies pretty hard lately! This past week has seen a flood of new trailers for some big upcoming films. It all started, of course, with that look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens. What a great trailer. As I wrote las
The Great Hellboy Re-Reading Project Part VI: The Island
I have recently begun an epic project: re-reading Mike Mignola’s complete Hellboy saga from the very beginning! What began as a series of sporadic mini-series and short-stories featuring the big red occult investigator has deepened over the past twenty years into what is, fo
Late to the Party: Josh Reviews Breaking Bad Season 3
I am slowly, slowly getting caught up with Breaking Bad! Click here for my review of season one and here for my review of season two. Much has been written about the way the Breaking Bad burns through story-lines, taking plot-lines that other shows would drag out for years and dispe
UPDATED WITH THE FORCE AWAKENS TRAILER! News Around the Net
Late-breaking update to my last post — take a gander at this new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens!! WOW that is a hell of a trailer. I love hearing Mark Hamill’s voice-over, echoing his words to Leia in Return of the Jedi. Love the shot of the crashed Star Dest