Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2025 — Part Two!
Thanks for reading my list of my favorite movies of 2025! Yesterday I kicked things off with part 1, listing #s 20-16. Let’s continue…! 15. Caught Stealing — Caught Stealing was directed by Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan) and written by Ch
Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2025 — Part One!
I’m excited to kick off my list of my favorite movies of 2025! As always, let me begin by noting that, while I did watch a lot of movies in 2025, there remain many movies that I wanted to see but didn’t get to. These include, but aren’t limited to: Is This Thing On?, Ella
Josh Reviews Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: Fire and Ash picks up shortly after the end of the previous film, Avatar: The Way of Water. The Sully family are fractured, each dealing (or not) with the trauma of the death of Jake & Neytiri’s eldest son Neteyam in their own way. Neytiri’s grief has curdl
Josh Reviews Good Fortune
Good Fortune stars Aziz Ansari, who also wrote and directed the film. (It’s his feature directorial debut.) Mr. Ansari plays Arj, a down on his luck guy living in Los Angeles and struggling to make ends meet. Arj works multiple jobs; he delivers food for a food app, works
Josh Reviews Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man is the third Benoit Blanc murder mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Knives Out was the first, followed by Glass Onion. I loved them both, and I’m trilled to report that Wake Up Dead Man is a thoroughly entertaining and completely satisfying n
Josh Basks in the Glory of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair!
I’ve always loved the two-part theatrical versions of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, released in 2003 & 2004. I think Volume 1 in particular is one of Mr. Tarantino’s best films! And yet (or maybe because of that fact), I’ve always longed to someday see
Josh Reviews Another Simple Favor
Paul Feig’s 2018 film A Simple Favor was a joyously pleasant surprise to me. I wasn’t sure I’d be interested in seeing Mr. Feig directing a twisty murder mystery — as opposed to his wonderful comedies such as Bridesmaids, The Heat, and Spy — and for th
Josh Reviews The Running Man
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man is an adaptation of the novel by Stephen King (originally published under the pen name Richard Bachman). The book was, of course, previously adapted in the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s the near future, and much of the po
Josh Reviews aka Charlie Sheen
Aka Charlie Sheen is a two-part documentary available on Netflix, looking back at the wild and crazy life and career of Charlie Sheen, directed by Andrew Renzi. Mr. Sheen has been in the headlines, and a source of public fascination, for decades. He’s been hugely successful as
Josh Reviews Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands centers on a Predator (now canonically called a Yautja) named Dek. Dek longs to be a warrior, but he’s small for a Yautja, and despite the training by his older brother Kwei, their father rejects him from their clan. So Dek heads to the dangerous world of