Josh Reviews Game of Thrones: “The Long Night”
In “The Long Night,” the third episode of Game of Thrones’ final six-episode season, the epic battle between the forces of life and the forces of death, between fire and ice, between humanity and the Night King has, at last, arrived. The show has been teasing this
Josh Reviews Avengers: Endgame!
In yet the latest feat of I-can’t-believe-they-did-it, Kevin Feige and the team at Marvel have stuck the landing. Avengers: Endgame is a deeply satisfying, profoundly moving, and incredibly fun culmination to a decade-plus of movie-making. They have woven together threads an
The Best Moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (So Far…!)
“We’re in the endgame now.” Later this evening (unless something goes terribly awry!) I’ll be seeing Avengers: Endgame, the twenty-second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I am, to put it mildly, excited. As I have often written about on this site, t
Game of Thrones: “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
I thought this second episode of Game of Thrones’ final season was magnificent, a high water mark in the series. I know of some people who have complained that these first two episodes have been boring, and I truly don’t know what to say about that. The character momen
Josh Reviews Hellboy
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is one of my very favorite comic book characters. Over the past 25 years, the comic book universe surrounding this big red paranormal investigator has grown and deepened into a fantastically fun and complex epic-scale saga. The various Hellboy-universe
Josh Reviews the Powers Novel: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim
Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s terrific comic book series, Powers, follows homicide detectives Walker and Pilgrim in a world of superheroes. After rereading the series last year, I realized that there was one additional piece of Powers material that I hadn̵
Game of Thrones Returns with “Winterfell”
After an almost two years’ wait, Game of Thrones’ six-episode final season has, at long last, begun! I thought this first episode, “Winterfell,” was a fantastic beginning to this final run of episodes. Let’s begin by discussing the gorgeous new openin
Examining the First Star Wars: Episode IX Trailer!
On Friday we got our first peek at footage from Star Wars: Episode IX! It’s a great trailer but a terrible title. Let’s take a look: Wow! I love the trailer but hate the title. “Rise of” anything is just a terrible way to start a title. It’s way overplayed (Ter
News Around the Net
Let’s begin with the upcoming movie that I am most excited to see (OK, after Endgame, I guess): I am so excited to finally see What We Left Behind, a documentary looking back at my favorite of all the Star Trek series: Deep Space Nine! I backed the kickstarter that funded this
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Discovery “Perpetual Infinity” and “Through the Valley of Shadows”
We’re heading into the home stretch of Star Trek: Discovery season two. I’m finding things to enjoy in every episode, but the show is far shakier than I’d hoped (and that the stronger episodes at the start of the season had led me to anticipate). Episode 10: “