“Come Come Commala!” The Dark Tower Book V: Wolves of the Calla
Stephen King waited a long time — six years — between writing the fourth book in the Dark Tower series, Wizard and Glass, and writing book five. I didn’t take that long of a break, myself, but after reading the first four novels in the series last summer and early
From the DVD Shelf: Roger Dodger (2002)
In the biting, acid film Roger Dodger, Campbell Scott stars as Roger, a handsome, well-off, and very arrogant New York advertising executive who seems able to use his sharp tongue to talk any women he wants into having sex with him. One day his 16 year-old nephew, Nick (Jesse Eisenb
Star Trek: Troublesome Minds
Last spring I wrote a very positive review of the latest Star Trek: Phase Two episode, Enemy: Starfleet!, which was written by Dave Galanter. (If there are any Star Trek fans reading this who have not yet watched this awesome completely fan-made episode, you should do so immediately
Josh Reviews Cowboys and Aliens
Despite the silly title, I had pretty high hopes for Cowboys and Aliens. The idea of uniting Daniel Craig (James Bond) and Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones/Han Solo) is genius, and the film boasted a strong supporting cast, a solid director (Jon Favreau, who directed the magnificent fir
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show!
Do you only know Titus Welliver from his role as the Man in Black on Lost? The man is a terrific actor and comedian. Check out his Christopher Walken impression: http://youtu.be/OOMUeMWv8y4 That was pretty good, right? But it’s nothing compared to his staggeringly spot-on im
From the DVD Shelf: The Larry Sanders Show: Season Two
Last month I wrote about season one of Garry Shandling’s magnificent HBO series from the ’90s, The Larry Sanders Show. Season one had been previously released on DVD, so I’d seen all of those episodes many times. But NONE of the subsequent seasons had ever before
Ape Management Part 7: Josh reviews Rise of the Planet of the Apes!
When I first started to read about the possibility of a new Planet of the Apes film, a few years back, I thought the central concept was at once incredibly gutsy and yet at the same time quite boringly predictable. The idea of remaking not the first Planet of the Apes (the way Tim Bur
Ape Management Part 6: Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes (2001)
My friends and I discovered the Planet of the Apes films in college. We’d taken to visiting the local rental store, trying to fill in the gaps in our movie-watching histories. Basically, we rented films that we felt we really SHOULD see, since we considered ourselves movie-f
Star Trek Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony
Although I was a bit lukewarm on the first two novels in the four-book Star Trek crossover series, Typhon Pact, I loved the third installment (Rough Beasts of Empire, by David R. George III), and having just read the fourth and final installment, Paths of Disharmony, I am pleased to r
Ape Management Part 5: Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
We have made it, at last, to the fifth and final film in the original Planet of the Apes series! (Click here for my review of Planet of the Apes, here for my review of Beneath the Planet of the Apes, here for my review of Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and here […]