Josh Reviews Caught Stealing
Caught Stealing is set in New York City in 1998; Hank (Austin Butler) is living a happy life as a jovial, somewhat unreliable, slightly alcoholic bartender. He’s in an on-the-edge-of-becoming-serious relationship with a paramedic named Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz). But Hank’s
Josh Reviews The Phoenician Scheme
As The Phoenician Scheme opens, we see wealthy industrialist (and possibly also criminal/arms dealer?) Anatole “Zsa-Zsa” Korda (Benicio del Toro) narrowly survive an assassination attempt when his plane is blown up and crashes. This near-death experience prompts Zsa-Zsa
Josh Reviews Mr. Harrigan’s Phone
I recently bought and read If it Bleeds, a collection of four novellas by Stephen King, because I knew I wanted to see the movie The Life of Chuck, and I wanted to read the original story first. (I’m glad I did; I enjoyed both the story and the movie adaptation.) The first s
Josh Reviews The Life of Chuck
When I was in high school, I read a Stephen King story in an English class. I knew who Stephen King was, of course, but I hadn’t read any of his novels. He was very much a horror author in my mind, and that didn’t interest me back then. But then I read this short [&h
Josh Reviews Honey Don’t!
I loved Drive Away Dolls, the 2024 film directed by Ethan Coen and co-written with his wife, Tricia Cooke, so I was thrilled that Mr. Coen and Ms. Cooke were reuniting with star Margaret Qualley for another film so quickly. (Mr. Coen and Ms. Cooke have called Honey Don’t! the
Josh Reviews Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Billy Joel: And So It Goes is a two-part documentary, running about five hours in total, exploring Billy Joel’s life and career. It’s directed and produced by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin. I loved every minute of it! Those five hours blew by (I watched about four hours
Josh Reviews Fountain of Youth
In Fountain of Youth, we meet estranged siblings Luke (John Krasinski) and Charlotte (Natalie Portman). Luke is a charismatic but somewhat shady thief; when the movie opens, he’s stealing a painting, and pretty soon he’s gotten his sister Charlotte into trouble by steali
Josh Reviews The Fantastic Four: First Steps
I could hardly dare to dream that this summer we might get a great Superman movie AND a great Fantastic Four movie, and yet… here we are! After the never-formally-released Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie from 1994 (click here for my review of the fun documentary Doomed! The Un
Josh Reviews Superman!
Back in October 2022, James Gunn and Peter Safran were announced as co-heads of DC studios, and the two started working on an ambitious plan to relaunch a connected DC universe of films and TV shows. This new DCU got a soft launch this past year with the animated Creature Commandos
Josh Reviews Jurassic World: Rebirth
In Jurassic World: Rebirth, several years have passed since the events of the previous film Jurassic World: Dominion. Whereas the Jurassic World trilogy of films built up to the development that dinosaurs now roamed all over the globe, Rebirth resets things closer to the more famili