News Around the Net
“There’s always money in the banana-stand!” I am thrilled that, four long years after the release of season 4, Arrested Development season 5 is officially happening!! Yes, season 4 was a bit of a disappointment, but I’m hoping Mitch Hurwitz and this amazing
Catching Up on 2016: Josh Reviews Warcraft
I have no attachment to or even any knowledge of the game Warcraft. I have never played the game, in any of its incarnations. But I was interested in the film version because of the involvement of Duncan Jones at the helm. Mr. Jones directed Moon, a fantastic tiny-budget sci-fi
Josh Reviews Alien: Covenant
Ridley Scott’s Alien (released in 1979 — can you believe it?) is a masterpiece of science fiction/suspense/horror, a near-perfect film that has barely aged a day. James Cameron’s Aliens (released in 1986) is one of the greatest sequels ever made, a spectacular acti
Josh Examines the First Trailer for Star Trek: Discovery
Yesterday we got our first real look at the new Star Trek show, Discovery: There’s a lot that is encouraging and also a lot that is worrisome in that trailer. I am a huge Star Trek fan, and so the prospect of Trek returning to TV is very exciting for me. I love the spectacle [
Catching Up on 2016: Don’t Think Twice
Don’t Think Twice, written and directed by Mike Birbiglia, tells the story of a New York-based improv group, The Commune. At the beginning of the film, we see that the Commune is made up of a tight-knit group of friends. They have a terrific camaraderie on-stage and they han
News Around the Net
This is a fascinating article about Marvel godfather Stan Lee. It’s a very level-headed examination of everything that he has contributed to the extraordinary pantheon of incredible characters that is Marvel, as well as the criticisms that have been leveled against him by some
Josh Reviews The Daily Show (The Book)
It would be difficult to overstate my love for Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show. Week in and week out, for years, I turned to Jon Stewart and The Daily Show for edification and humor. (It’s no coincidence that I continually kept putting The Daily Show atop my annual lists
Marvel’s Winning Streak Continues with Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2!
Like almost everyone else, I was blown away by Guardians of the Galaxy back in 2014, and I have been eagerly awaiting writer/director James Gunn’s follow-up. Three years later, it’s here, and it does not disappoint. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 is visually astounding
Catching Up on 2016: Josh Reviews Green Room
Pat (Anton Yelchin), Sam (Alia Shawkat), Reece (Joe Cole) and Tiger (Callum Turner) are four teenagers in a punk band. Almost completely out of money, they take a gig playing at a what turns out to be a ramshackle neo-Nazi skinhead bar deep in the woods of Oregon. On their way out
Catching up with Astro City
I can’t believe that Kurt Busiek’s Astro City is twenty years old! The series remains one of the finest superhero comic books ever created. Begun in the nineties, after a dreary decade of grim, deconstructionist superhero stories had dominated the industry — sub-par