Josh Reviews the Newly-Released Complete Soundtrack for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is one of my very favorite of the Star Trek films. (Possibly my very favorite — depending on my mood, sometimes I consider it better than The Wrath of Khan, other times a close second. Click here to witness my waxing poetic about the gr
Summer Movies!
The Avengers has raised the bar VERY HIGH for this summer’s movies! Here are some of the films I’m looking forward to this summer: The Dark Knight Rises — Duh. Christopher Nolan finishes his Batman trilogy and my expectations are sky-high. I’m curious jus
James Bond Will Return!
Finally! After an unexpectedly long hiatus in the franchise due to MGM’s bankruptcy, James Bond is returning to our cinema screens. Here’s the first trailer for Skyfall:
From the DVD Shelf: Platoon (1986)
After watching The Deer Hunter (click here for my review), I decided to move on to another famous Vietnam war movie that I’d never seen: Platoon. Oliver Stone wrote and directed the film, based on his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam in 1967-68. Oliver Stone is an interesti
More fun from the Mighty Marvel Archives!
A few weeks ago I wrote about the collected editions I’d ben reading of old, classic Marvel Comics story-lines. Here are some more of the Mighty Marvel collections I’ve been reading lately! West Coast Avengers: Sins of the Past — Picking up right where the previous
Josh Reviews The Five-Year Engagement
In the opening scenes of The Five-Year Engagement, Tom (Jason Segel) and Violet (Emily Blunt) get engaged after having been dating for exactly a year. They seem perfect for one another, and the engagement is quickly followed by a movie-perfect sweet/off-color engagement party. Bri
From the DVD Shelf: The Deer Hunter (1978)
A few years ago when I was watching the documentary I Knew it was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (a really incredible short documentary that is well worth checking out — click here for my review), I commented that of Mr. Cazale’s five films, the only one that I hadn’
Josh Reviews the Newly-Released Complete Soundtrack for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
I’ve been really enjoying the releases, over the past few years, of the complete soundtracks for the original Star Trek films. (Click here for my review of James Horner’s complete score for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, here for my review of Jerry Goldsmith’
“Hulk: Smash!” Josh Reviews The Avengers!
Well, here we are at last. The brilliant post-credits scene of 2008’s Iron Man (click here for my original review) promised the beginning of a bold experiment by the fledgeling Marvel Studios — launching stand-alone films starring several of their major characters (Iron
Fifty Years of 007! Josh Reviews Thunderball (1965)
Well, my apologies, gang, for the long delay between installments of my look back at all the James Bond films. I’ve been eager to get back to this Bond re-watching project, but I’ve just found myself busy with other things and continually drawn to other films. In the m
