Josh Reviews The Muppets!
The beginning of The Muppets, the new film starring Jim Hensen’s creations, presents us with a world much like our own: one in which the Muppets have been pretty much forgotten, passed over in favor of more modern sources of entertainment. Beseeched to get the gang back togeth
Josh Reviews Like Crazy
If Like Crazy is playing anywhere near you, I really encourage you to seek out this wrenching little film. The movie stars Anton Yelchin (who played Chekov in J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot) and Felicity Jones (getting a tremendous amount of acclaim, and deservedly so, for this
Star Trek Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
A few years ago, Pocket Books released a terrific two-book series entitled Star Trek: Myriad Universes. (Read my review here!) Each book featured three novellas, each written by a different author, and each featuring a fascinating “what-if” tale set in a different era o
From the DVD Shelf: Attack the Block
I’d been reading about Joe Cornish’s directorial debut, the British sci-fi/horror/comedy film Attack the Block, all year. The low-budget film was a hit on the festival circuit, and was trumpeted by several of my favorite on-line film reviewers, notably Drew McWeeny at Hi
Josh Reviews The Ides of March
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a good, angry political thriller, so I quite enjoyed George Clooney’s latest directorial feature, The Ides of March. Perhaps thriller is the wrong word, since that word conjures thoughts of films featuring mysteries or action/suspens
From the DVD Shelf: Your Highness
In the DVD’s special features, Zooey Deschannel describes the film Your Highness as a dirty version of The Princess Bride, and I’d say that’s as good a description as any for this very profane, very funny fantasy film. I won’t call it a spoof, because Your Hig
Josh Reviews The Rum Diary!
It’s not getting much notice in theatres, it seems, but I found myself quite taken with The Rum Diary, Bruce Robinson’s adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s book, starring Johnny Depp. I am not at all a devotee of Hunter S. Thompson. I have not read the novel on whic
News Around the Net!
This is a fantastic article from the New York Times about how baseball dugout payphones are the last bastion of the landline. The web-site io9 always has some great lists, and I particularly enjoyed their recent list of 10 stand-alone episodes that totally represent their respective s
Josh Reviews Party Down (Season One)!
Wow! Add this series to the list of brilliant, cancelled-before-their-time TV shows! I don’t think I even heard of Party Down during the two seasons it was on the air, on Starz, in 2009-10. But every now and then, since it’s cancellation, I’d hear or read a menti
From the DVD Shelf: Mimic (The Director’s Cut)
I had previously seen Mimic once, back when it was originally released to theatres in 1997. I think I went to see it because the trailers looked interestingly creepy, and because I had so enjoyed Charles S. Dutton in Alien 3. (I still think that Mr. Dutton is one of the best aspec