Josh Reviews Ad Astra
At the start of James Gray’s film Ad Astra, we see astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) working on a space platform in low Earth orbit, when a mysterious “surge” destroys the platform and nearly kills him. As the mysterious power surges continue to range across the pl
Josh Reviews Stranger Things Season Three
In Stranger Things season three, we rejoin the kids (and a few heroic adults) of Hawkins, IL in the summer of 1985. The kids are enjoying summer and the brand new Starcourt Mall that’s been built in their town. Mike and Eleven are a couple and are inseparable (to the frustr
Josh Reviews the Premiere of Watchmen
Watchmen, the 1986-87 mini-series/graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, is probably the single greatest comic book story ever made. The collected graphic novel was selected as one of Time Magazine’s 100 greatest English-language novels of the past century. (I waxed p
Josh Reviews Joker
Joker, directed by Todd Phillips and written by Mr. Phillips and Scott Silver, tells the origin of the famous Batman villain, the Joker. However, this take on the Joker is almost entirely divorced from the Batman comic mythos, and it is also completely separate from all of the rece
Catching Up On 2018: Josh Reviews Song of Back and Neck
Wait, what, I never got around to posting a review of one of my favorite films of 2018? Time to remedy that immediately! I’m talking about Song of Back and Neck, the small, sweet, funny, weird film written by, directed by, and starring Paul Lieberstein (Toby from The Offic
Josh Reviews The New Breaking Bad Netflix Movie: El Camino!
I am thrilled that Breaking Bad creator and showrunner Vince Gilligan has made such a thrilling return to the world of the series with El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, which Mr. Gilligan wrote and directed! I loved every minute of this surprisingly deep dive back into this universe
Josh Reviews the New “Short Treks” Star Trek Short Film: “Q & A”
Last year in the months leading up to the launch of the second season of Star Trek: Discovery, CBS All Access posted a series of four Star Trek short films, which they nicknamed “Short Treks.” In the months leading up to the start of the new Picard series, it looks like
News Around the Net
Two exciting new Star Trek trailers dropped this week! First up is this look at Picard: This is a very solid trailer. Lots to get excited about here. The production values of this show look spectacular, which makes me happy. (On the other hand, Discovery also had terrific pro
Josh Reviews Fleabag!
I’d been hearing about Fleabag for years, ever since the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s show was released back in 2016. The acclaim for the show’s second season, released this past March, bumped the show up higher on my (lengthy) to-watch list. About a we
Josh Reviews the Premiere of Stumptown!
Stumptown is a magnificent comic book series written by Greg Rucka and illustrated by first Matthew Southworth and then Justin Greenwood. It centers on Dex Parios, a private investigator in Portland, Oregon. The series has been published periodically between 2009 and 2016 (though