Josh Reviews The Holdovers
The Holdovers stars Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a professor at a New England boarding school called Barton Academy, in 1970. Hunham doesn’t seem to have much enthusiasm for teaching, if he ever did; he’s fed up with the pampered, spoiled rich kids he sees in his classr
Josh Reviews The Marvels
The Marvels serves as a sequel both to 2019’s Captain Marvel, starring Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, but also to Ms. Marvel (which introduced young Kamala Khan) and WandaVision (which introduced Monica Rambeau, who was the daughter of Carol’s friend Maria Rambeau, played b
Josh Reviews Wes Anderson’s Adaptation of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
It seems to have been released with little fanfare, so you might not know that Wes Anderson has directed a beautiful short (39 minutes) adaptation of Roald Dahl’s story The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for Netflix! This short film is delightful, a perfect marriage of Wes Ander
Josh Reviews Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life is a joyous salute to the life and work of Albert Brooks, directed by his friend Rob Reiner. Albert Brooks, of course, is a comedy god, and Mr. Reiner is no slouch himself (having directed some of my all-time favorite movies, including When Harry Met
Josh Reviews The Creator
The Creator is set in 2055, in a world in which A.I. has evolved to the point that robots and humanoid “simulants” look and act very human. But after A.I. detonated a nuclear warhead in Los Angeles, the United States declared war on all A.I. and used its military might t
Josh Reviews Hypnotic
Hypnotic stars Ben Affleck as Danny Rourke, a cop whose daughter mysteriously vanished years earlier. As the film opens, he and his partner Nicks (J. D. Pardo) are assigned to stake out a bank, because they’ve received an anonymous tip of an impending robbery. Despite their
Josh Reviews The Barbie Movie
I was blown away by the Barbie movie when I saw it at the end of the summer. I have some friends who thought this movie wouldn’t be in my wheelhouse… but I’m a big believer in the idea that one can craft compelling, entertaining, and moving stories out of corporate
Josh Reviews Babylon
Damien Chazelle’s Babylon depicts the world of Hollywood in the late twenties and early thirties, the time when sound was first introduced into movies. We follow the shifting fortunes of several individuals at different levels of success (or lack thereof) in Hollywood. Manny
Josh Reviews I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Charlie Kaufman is a fantastically talented writer; he came to prominence by writing Being John Malkovich, and he’s written some of my all-time favorite films, including Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Mr. Kaufman wrote a
Josh Reviews Tetris
The film Tetris, available to watch on Apple TV+, tells the story of the efforts to market the video game Tetris for sale in the U.S. in the late eighties. The film focuses on game designer Henk Rogers, who first learns of Tetris when he sees a demonstration at a CES (Consumer Elect