Josh Reviews Stranger Things
Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers, is an eight-episode Netflix mini-series. Set in Indiana in 1983, the story begins with the disappearance of twelve-year-old boy, Will Byers, in mysterious and possibly supernatural circumstances. Will’s three best friends Mike
Star Trek: Armageddon’s Arrow
At the conclusion of the galaxy-reshaping events of 2013’s five-novel crossover series, “The Fall,” Captain Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise E embarked on a new mission of exploration and discovery. In Dayton Ward’s excellent novel, Armageddon’
Josh Reviews the Animated Adaptation of Batman: The Killing Joke
Released in 1988, Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland is widely considered a masterpiece, one of the greatest Batman/Joker stories ever told. And yet, over the last few years I have noticed something of a critical re-approximation of the work, with many finding fa
Star Trek Turns Fifty and Other News Around the Net!
Last Thursday, Star Trek turned 50 years old! Wow! It was fifty years ago that NBC aired the first episode of Trek, “The Man Trap.” It’s unbelievable that this franchise has lasted for fifty years. I have loved Star Trek for as long as I can remember. Star
Star Trek Continues: Embracing The Winds
Yesterday was the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere of the original Star Trek on NBC. Fifty years. That’s incredible. Despite Paramount/CBS’ draconian attempts to shut down all of the Star Trek fan film projects (by halting production of the Axanar film and then r
Star Trek: Takedown
I am having a lot of fun getting caught up on the last year or so of Pocket Books’ Star Trek novels! In 2013’s terrific five-novel crossover series, “The Fall,” a vicious assassination on board Deep Space Nine sends all of the major galactic powers — most
Josh Reviews Sausage Party
Seth Rogen’s animated film Sausage Party tells a story of the secret inner life had by all of the food items that together inhabit a supermarket. Seth Rogen plays Frank, a sausage, and Kristen Wiig plays his girlfriend Brenda, a bun. Together, Frank and Brenda — along
The Great Hellboy Re-Reading Project Part XVI: A Darkness So Great
My epic project to re-read Mike Mignola’s complete Hellboy saga from the very beginning rolls on! Click here for part one, in which I discussed the very first Hellboy tale: the four-part mini-series Seed of Destruction. Click here for part two, in which I discussed The
Star Trek: Absent Enemies
After enjoying the “Typhon Pact” e-book, The Struggle Within, I decided to move onto a more recent e-book, John Jackson Miller’s Absent Enemies. This e-book was the first story to take place following the events of the five-book Trek novel crossover series “T
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Catches Up With Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings
I missed Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings when it was released back in December, 2014, and the film’s dismal reviews kept me from rushing to watch it on DVD or streaming. But there was no way I could altogether skip a new film from Ridley Scott, one of the greatest