Josh Reviews They Will Kill You
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta, Joker, Deadpool 2) stars in They Will Kill You as Asia Reaves, a young woman hired as a maid at an extremely private building in New York City. Unfortunately, on her first night in the building, Asia learns there is more to this building than it seems: they’r
Josh Reviews Motor City
Alan Ritchson stars in Motor City, a pulpy crime thriller set in Detroit in the late seventies. Mr. RItchson plays John Miller, an ex-con who has just completed his probation and is about to propose to his girlfriend, Sophia (Shailene Woodley). But John gets ensnared in the schemi
Josh Reviews In the Grey
In the Grey is the latest film written & directed by Guy Ritchie. Eiza González stars as the tough-as-nails lawyer/fixer Rachel Wild, whose job is to recover debts for super-rich clients, often from powerful and unsavory characters. She dances between the raindrops of legal a
Josh Reviews The Social Reckoning
The Social Reckoning, written & directed by Aaron Sorkin, is the follow-up I never expected to see to 2010’s The Social Network (which was written by Mr. Sorkin & directed by David Fincher). Whereas The Social Network told the story of the origins of Facebook in 2003-0
Josh Reviews Digger
In Digger, Tom Cruise stars as Digger Rockwell, an aging multi-gazillionaire oil magnate. After using his wealth and influence to bypass procedures and regulations, a methane leak at one of his oil rigs in Greenland sets off a chain of events that threatens to unleash a global envir
Josh Reviews the Director’s Cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Sigh, The X-Files! I started watching The X-Files towards the end of its first season, back in early 1994. I fell in love with the show immediately, and for a number of years I thought it was the best show on television, getting better and better every year as the show’s mytho
Josh Checks out the Extra Scenes in Avengers Endgame: Encore!
I love revival screenings and the opportunity to see classic older movies back on the big screen. That said, I wasn’t originally planning to go see Avengers Endgame: Encore, Marvel’s re-release of Endgame as part of the lead-up to Doomsday. While I had a blast seeing E
Josh Reviews Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
I’d spent years hearing from friends about how wonderful the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender was. During Covid, my kids and I watched the show together, and we thought it was great!! I loved the characters and the world-building in this delightfully rich fantasy w
Josh Reviews Play Dirty
Play Dirty is the latest film written and directed by Shane Black. Mr. Black wrote a number of very successful action movies in the eighties and nineties (Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero), and in 2005 he wrote and directed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, starring Robert Dow
Josh Reviews Coyote vs. Acme!
Coyote vs. Acme depicts a delightfully playful notion: after years upon years of having his efforts to catch the Roadrunner foiled by faulty Acme products, Wile E. Coyote decides to sue the Acme company. To do so, he enlists the aid of down-on-his-luck lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte