Revisiting Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights
After rewatching Barry Levinson’s Diner (1982) and Avalon (1990), I couldn’t resist moving on to rewatch Mr. Levinson’s 1999 film Liberty Heights. Written and directed by Mr. Levinson, Liberty Heights is another semi-autobiographical look back at his youth in Balti
Josh Reviews Black Adam
Black Adam is the latest DC universe movie to hit the screens, starring Dwayne Johnson as the titular villain/anti-hero. In the fictional nation of Kahndaq, a woman and her friends wake up the superpowered Black Adam from the tomb in which he’s been trapped for thousands of ye
Star Trek: Ex Machina
Star Trek: Ex Machina is set immediately after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The novel is a beautiful extrapolation upon many of the concepts and ideas introduced in that film. It digs deeply into the character arcs of TMP and further explores the repercussions of t
Josh Reviews House of the Dragon Season One
As I’m sure anyone reading this is aware, House of the Dragon is the new Game of Thrones prequel series. The show adapts George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood, which is a history of House Targaryen. The show was created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal, and
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Let’s kick things off with this spectacular trailer for Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: That trailer is deliriously good. I’ve really loved both the first and second Ant Man films, and I’m so happy to see Paul Rudd & co. back for a third go-round. I love tha
Josh Reviews Werewolf by Night
Following the death of monster-hunter Ulysses Bloodstone, a group of his fellow monster-hunters gather to compete to see who is worthy to inherit the bloodstone that gave Ulysses his name; a powerful weapon against monsters. But one of the hunters, Jack (Gael García Bernal), has en
Josh Reviews She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Marvel’s been on a heck of a run lately with their Disney+ TV series, and they’ve impressed me yet again with She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. I found this show to be a delight from start to finish. My biggest complaint is that, at nine half-hour episodes, the season is way
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So… Back to the Future: The Musical is coming to Broadway in June 2023…? Great Scott! It seems like a ludicrous notion, but I must admit this trailer is sort of endearing. The actor playing Marty sounds exactly like Michael J. Fox when we hear him say “a time mac
Revisiting Barry Levinson’s Avalon
Barry Levinson’s Avalon charts the journey of a Jewish immigrant family, the Krichinskys, in Baltimore throughout the 1940s and ’50s. Armin Mueller-Stahl stars as Sam Krichinsky, who immigrates from Poland to Baltimore in 1941. We follow Sam and his extended family, es
Josh Reviews Life & Beth
In the Hulu series Life & Beth, Amy Schumer plays Beth, a young woman whose life, when we first meet her, seems OK. She lives in New York City, she has a cool job as a wine distributor, and she’s dating the hot guy in her office. But then her mother, with whom she has [&