Josh Reviews Iron Man 3!
Iron Man was a magical film, a movie that caught a very specific, crazy sort of lightning in a bottle. I remember seeing it in a theater that very first time and realizing immediately that it was something special. It was intense and bad-ass but also incredibly funny and light-hea
News Around the Net!
Holy cow, this sneak peek (first shown at Wondercon) of Guillermo del Toro’s new film Pacific Rim is spectacular: AAAARGH — Futurama has been cancelled AGAIN?? Sad news. I definitely consider myself blessed that Matt Groening’s show has risen from cancellation no
Josh Reviews Oblivion
Oblivion, the new sci-fi movie from director Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and starring Tom Cruise, comes very close to greatness. Tantalizingly close. It’s a shame, then, that the film falls short, that its reach exceeds its grasp. I don’t want to tell you too much a
Josh Enjoys “The Best of Both Worlds” on the Big Screen!
In a very cool effort to promote the release of Star Trek: The Next Generation on blu-ray, Paramount/CBS/Fathom Events have held a few events screening some of the newly-remastered episodes on the big screen, in select theatres around the country. I wasn’t excited by the two s
Catching Up on 2012: Killer Joe (Unrated)
I don’t know what exactly I was expecting when I sat down to watch William Friedkin’s latest film, Killer Joe. A violent crime caper, I guess. And that is indeed what I got, though the film is far more twisted and disturbed than I had ever expected. Whether that is a
Josh Reviews Oz the Great and Powerful
I’m not someone with a deep love for The Wizard of Oz. To be frank, as a kid, I always found that 1939 film to be rather boring. I am sure that, at some point in my life, I have seen the whole film from start to finish, but I have no recollection of doing […]
“It’s a God Serial Killer” — Powers Volume III
In Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s phenomenal comic book series, Powers, homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim investigate murder cases involving super-heroes and super-villains. That simple hook — of what it would be like to be a homicide
Catching Up on 2012: 21 Jump Street
I never watched the TV show 21 Jump Street, and though I was mildly curious about the apparently comedic take on the material in Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum’s 21 Jump Street film, I missed the film in theatres when it was released last spring. I wasn’t too broken up
News Around the Net!
The great Dick Cavett has a phenomenal piece up at nytimes.com on all of the recent Tonight Show silliness. This is definitely worth a read. Also worth your time: the moving words of tribute posted at AICN in remembrance of the great Roger Ebert. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these Arrested Deve
Re-Reading Batman the Animated Series’ Paul Dini’s Run on Detective Comics!
I am digging deep into some old Batman continuity, friends! After starting a project to re-read Grant Morrison’s years-long run on Batman (click here for part one, and click here for part two), I decided to also re-read some of the other Batman comics of that era. Parallel t