There and Back Again: Josh Reviews The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies!
Endings are a difficult thing. Sticking the landing of a long-form story is perilously challenging, and I’m sure we can all think of plenty of examples of failed endings, whether we’re talking about TV shows (Seinfeld and Lost both come to mind) or to movie trilogies (as
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Well, everything I have seen or read so far of the Terminator reboot Terminator: Genisys has looked abysmal (and good lord I hate that ridiculous title more each time I write it). But I have to admit this trailer is intriguing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62E4FJTwSuc I love how
Days of De Palma (Part 10): The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Well, I’d certainly heard of The Bonfire of the Vanities, one of the most famous flops in movie history, but I’d never before seen it. This was one of the movies I was most curious to see as part of my journey through the films of Brian De Palma. Was the film truly as
Star Trek Section 31: Disavowed
One of the most intriguing story threads left hanging by last year’s five-book Star Trek The Fall series was the fate of Julian Bashir. Though Dr. Bashir was able to solve the Andorian reproductive crisis (a story-thread that has been running through the Star Trek books since th
Monty Python Live (Mostly)!
This past summer, the five surviving members of Monty Python reunited for a series of ten live shows at the 02 in London. The final show, from July 20th, was recorded and recently released on blu-ray. I can’t believe how phenomenal Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down Five T
Star Trek Lives! Josh Reviews Mind-Sifter
The fan-film series Star Trek: Phase II came roaring back with the release this week of their tenth full-length Star Trek episode: “Mind-Sifter.” This episode has a fascinating history. “Mind-Sifter “was originally written by Shirley Maiewski all the way back in 19
Josh Reviews The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I
I’ve never read any of the Hunger Games novels, but of course I knew of the phenomenon and so I was curious to see that first Hunger Games film. I found it entertaining but rather mediocre. But I was stunned how much I enjoyed the second film, Catching Fire. I thought that
Return of the Jedi
So let’s talk about this: I am still extremely dubious as to whether this movie is actually going to be any good (it will be a long time before I forgive J.J. Abrams for Star Trek Into Darkness) but boy, that is a pretty phenomenal teaser trailer right there. When I was a kid th
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Bill Watterson drew the poster for an international cartoonists’ festival, and it is awesome. I’ve been really enjoying Kumail Nanjiani’s podcast The X-Files Files. In each episode, Mr. Nanjiani and a guest host analyze two episodes of The X-Files, working their wa
Josh Reviews Chef
I’m a big fan of Jon Favreau the actor/performer, and I’ve also become a big fan of Jon Favreau the director. It’s easy to forget, now that the Marvel movies have become such a successful juggernaut, just what a minor miracle the original Iron Man was. That movie