Joe Golem and the Drowning City
I’ve been a huge fan of Mike Mignola’s for over two decades, ever since I read Gotham by Gaslight (1991) as a kid and was first impressed by Mr. Mignola’s weird, highly-stylized artwork. I started following his work, and when he branched into the realm of creator-o
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews American Graffiti (1973)
Hey, anybody remember when George Lucas was a great filmmaker? It’s funny, all the recent hullabaloo over the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney has been treated, by most of fandom, as great news. Can you think of another occasion in which the sale of a beloved property from its creato
Benedict Cumberbatch + Star Trek = Great
Awesome: Want more? Fast-forward to the very end of the Japanese trailer to see two seconds of extra footage, mimicking an ICONIC MOMENT from the FIRST Star Trek II from 1982…
Josh Reviews Lincoln
With the simple title of Lincoln, one might expect the new film from Steven Spielberg to be an all-encompassing biopic of the life of our famous stovepot-hat-wearing former President. However, quite cunningly, Mr. Spielberg and screenwriter (and acclaimed playwright) Tony Kushner (b
Movie Posters Into Darkness
So they just released the first poster for (the terribly titled) Star Trek Into Darkness. Here it is. And, hmmm, does that poster design remind anyone of anything…? Devin Faraci has already started calling the film Star Trek Into Dark Knight and I am now unabashedly stealing tha
Star Trek Cold Equations Book 1: The Persistence of Memory
David Mack’s 2006 DS9 novel Warpath made me a fan of the author’s forever (boy, I can’t believe that novel is almost a decade old!) and his epic 2008 trilogy Star Trek: Destiny (click here for my review) surely proved Mr. Mack to be one of the finest Trek authors wor
“Our Lives Are Not Our Own” — Josh Falls in Love with Cloud Atlas
Well, my friends, I have a new front-runner for my favorite film of 2012: the magnificent, heart-breaking, life-affirming Cloud Atlas. I was never a rabid fan of The Matrix, but I certainly loved that film and felt it represented a bold promise of continuing great work by Andy and Lar
Counting Down ‘Till The Hobbit…
Less than three weeks, now, until the release of The Hobbit! To make the anticipation even more unbearable, here’s the latest video diary: I’ve been re-watching the special features on the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs recently and fondly remembering those crazy
Josh Reviews Seven Psychopaths
Marty (Colin Farrell) is a Hollywood screenwriter struggling to get going on his next film. His friend, Billy (Sam Rockwell) gives Marty the idea to write a film called Seven Psychopaths. No surprise, Marty quickly finds his life intertwined with that of several real-life psychopaths
Ranking the Films of Steven Spielberg
So a few days ago, my good buddy Ethan L. e-mailed me Vulture’s ranking of all 28 films directed by Steven Spielberg. The list was created, of course, in honor of the release of his new film Lincoln (which I have not yet seen, but desperately hope to get to soon!). VultureR