The Star Trek Literary Universe Appears to Draw to a Close with Star Trek Coda Book One: Moments Asunder
Back in 2001, I read the novel Star Trek: Avatar, by S.D. Perry, which picked up the story of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine following the events of the series finale. I loved the book, and I was delighted to see a continuation and exploration of the DS9 story and characters beyond the
Josh Reviews What If…? Season One!
What If…? is the latest Marvel TV series on Disney+, and the first animated one. The show is an anthology, with each half-hour episode exploring an alternate timeline in which events from the MCU movies unfolded in a different way. As with all of the other recent Disney+ Mar
Josh Reviews Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) and his best friend Katy (Awkwafina) are happy working go-nowhere jobs together, parking cars as hotel valets. But when Shang is attacked on a bus, the past he’d tried to bury comes rushing back. It turns out his father is Xu Wenwu (Tony Leung), a crime
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This looks amazing: a trailer for Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary (it was a film, now it’s a multi-part series for Disney+) called Get Back: Here’s the first trailer for House of the Dragon, the upcoming Game of Thrones spin-off show: I must admit I’m havin
Josh Reviews Ted Lasso Season Two!
I loved the first season of Ted Lasso. The show quickly became one of my very favorite currently-running TV shows. I quickly fell in love with all of the characters. The show was very funny, but more importantly I was moved by the series’ upbeat, life-affirming ethos. I was
Josh Reviews No Time to Die
No Time To Die is the fifth and final film starring Daniel Craig as James Bond. The film is excellent, with some terrific action set-pieces and also some lovely moments of emotional depth (something the series rarely saw before Mr. Craig took on the role). While the film is not ev
Josh Reviews Kevin Smith’s Red State
As I wrote recently in my review of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, for the first decade or so of Kevin Smith’s film career I was a huge fan. I still have a lot of love in my heart for his first run of films: Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob […]
Josh Reviews Schmigadoon!
Schmigadoon! is a six-episode TV series on Apple TV+ that’s a good-natured homage to classic movie musicals. The story centers on Melissa (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Keegan-Michael Key), a young couple whose relationship has fallen into something of a rut. After they get into
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This is a great trailer for Seinfeld’s move to Netflix: I’m excited to see this first trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s new movie, Nightmare Alley: That looks gorgeous — and what a cast! I can’t wait to see it. Here’s a trailer for Stranger Things 4:
Josh Reviews Val
The documentary Val, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo, explores the life and career of Val Kilmer. Utilizing the epic trove of home video footage that the actor has recorded throughout his life, both at home and on the sets of many of the movies in which he has performed, the doc