Catching Up on 2015: Josh Reviews Man Up
Nancy (Lake Bell) is a single thirty-something who wants to find love but who, after a string of failed blind dates, is reluctant to continue putting herself out there. But when a miscommunication results in Jack (Simon Pegg)’s mistaking her for the woman with whom he has been
Catching up on 2015: In the Heart of the Sea
The director of Apollo 13 has a fan in me for life, and so a new Ron Howard film is always going to attract my attention. The idea of Mr. Howard directing a film telling the “true” story behind the book Moby Dick is an interesting hook. There are moments of greatness i
The Great Hellboy Re-Reading Project Part XI: The Storm and The Fury!
My epic project to re-read Mike Mignola’s complete Hellboy saga from the very beginning rolls on! What began as a series of sporadic mini-series and short-stories featuring the big red occult investigator has deepened over the past twenty years into what is, for my money, the
Catching Up on 2015: Josh Reviews Slow West
In the last several years, Michael Fassbender has shot right up to the top of the list of the finest actors working today. Like many, I first took notice of Mr. Fassbender in X-Men: First Class. I was blown away by the masterful way in which Mr. Fassbender took complete ownership
Late to the Party: Josh Reviews The Americans Season Two!
After hearing rave reviews for The Americans for years, I was pleased to finally have a chance to watch season one a few months ago. I thought it was pretty great (click here for my review) and so didn’t waste too much time before moving on to season two. The continuing stor
Josh Reviews The Revenant
After falling head over heels in love with Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) last year, I was delighted to discover that he had another film coming out just a year later. The Revenant stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass, a fur trapper he
Star Trek Lives! Josh Reviews “The Holiest Thing”
For over a decade, Star Trek: New Voyages has been a fan-produced effort to create new full-length episodes of the Original Series, a never-made fourth season of the classic show. (The series began under the name Star Trek: New Voyages, then switched to be called Star Trek: Phase II f
The Top Fifteen Comic Book Series of 2015 — Part Two
And so we come to it at last, my final Best of 2015 list! A few days ago I began listing my Fifteen Favorite Comic Book Series of 2015, listing numbers fifteen through six. Here now are my Top Five: 5. Velvet (by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting) — What if Moneypenny was actually
The Top Fifteen Comic Book Series of 2015 — Part One!
I’m excited to wrap up by Best of 2015 lists with my look back at my Fifteen Favorite Comic Book Series of 2015! There were a TON of amazing comic books that I read in 2015 that didn’t make this list. Powers by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. Trees by War
News Around the Net!
I’ll have a lot to say about the long-anticipated return of The X-Files very soon. In the meanwhile, here is a fantastic 45 minute interview with X-Files creator Chris Carter and writers Glen and Darin Morgan, who were key writers on the show who returned to write episodes of