Josh Reviews The Acolyte
The Acolyte is the latest Star Wars live-action TV show on Disney+. It’s set in the “High Republic” era, about 100 years before the events of Episode I: The Phantom Menace. (For the past few years, Disney has been working to establish the High Republic as a new e
Josh Reviews Foundation Season Two
I was not very happy with the first season of Apple TV+’s Foundation, so I didn’t rush to watch the second season when it was released. To be honest, I wasn’t sure I was ever going to watch it. Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series is one of my all-time favorite
Josh Reviews Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12!
I was starting to believe that, like The Simpsons, Larry David’s brilliant Curb Your Enthusiasm might continue forever. The show began an unbelievable TWENTY-FOUR years ago, back in 2000. (Actually, we should be counting this as TWENTY-FIVE years, because the show really beg
Josh Reviews Jack Ryan Season Four
I love the Jack Ryan character and I continue to believe (despite mounting evidence to the contrary), that there are great stories to tell with this character. The Hunt for Red October is one of my all-time favorite movies, and while no subsequent sequel ever came close, I have a lo
Josh Reviews X-Men ’97
Wow! I wasn’t even sure if I was going to watch X-Men ’97, and what we got was a delightful, riveting, fiercely entertaining season that just might be the best non-comic-book version of the X-Men I’ve ever seen! I watched and enjoyed the first several seasons of the
Josh Reviews 3 Body Problem Season One!
In China in the 1960’s, young Ye Wenjie watches as her scientist father is murdered by a mob during a public “struggle session” during the Cultural Revolution. Decades later, during the present day, Ye Wenjie’s daughter, the physicist Vera Ye, commits suicide
Josh Reviews Tales of the Empire
There’s an enormously enjoyable animated corner of the Star Wars universe that many Star Wars fans know little about, but which has given me tremendous enjoyment over the years. The animated Clone Wars show started off wobbly but turned into a wonderful show whose final four e
Josh Reviews Invincible Season Two Part Two!
Invincible is a terrific animated series on Amazon Prime Video, adapting the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Cory Walker & Ryan Ottley. The series has what seems like a classic comic-book super-hero premise: Mark Grayson is a college freshman who
Josh Reviews Netflix’s Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender
I have never quite understood the instinct to create a live-action version of a beloved animated property. Disney has made this a core of their moviemaking business in recent years, and even when I’ve enjoyed the live-action versions, I’ve never felt they had much reason
Josh Reviews Girls5Eva Season Three!
Girls5Eva centers on the four women who were, briefly, part of a one-hit-wonder girls’ group in 2000. Unfortunately, their song “Quit Flying Planes at My Heart” was released on September 10th, 2001, and that was that. Two decades later, the women decide to reunite and ma