Josh Reviews Waiting For “Superman”
Director David Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) has assembled a powerful new documentary, Waiting for “Superman,” about the deep problems in the United States’ public school system. These problems may seem extraordinary and insurmountable, but Mr. GuggenheimR
Jon Stewart and the Corbomite Maneuver!
Best part of today’s Rally to Restore Sanity (and/or Fear)? Why that would be Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s reference to The Corbomite Maneuver!! Long-time Trekkies like myself know, of course, that The Corbomite Maneuver is a classic episode of the original Star Tre
“No force on Earth or Heaven could get me on that island” — Josh takes a look back at Jurassic Park III
After re-watching Jurassic Park (click here for my review) and The Lost World (click here for my review) last month (as part of my look back at the last decade-and-a-half’s worth of films directed by Steven Spielberg) I figured, what the heck, why not take another look at Jurass
Great Scott!! Josh is Blown Away by the 25th Anniversary Screening of Back to the Future!
In celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary (and also, not coincidentally, to promote yesterday’s release of the trilogy on blu-ray), movie theatres across this great nation of ours screened Back to the Future this past Monday night. I’m thrilled to say that I ha
Ex Machina #50
Yesterday I wrote about the wonderfully intelligent, compelling comic-book series Ex Machina. Last month, series creators Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris unveiled the series’ final issue: number 50. So what did I think of it? (I’ll try to be vague about the details, but
Ex Machina
One of my favorite comic-book series of the last decade, Ex Machina, drew to a close last month. Before reading the 50th and final issue, I decided to go back and re-read the entire run of this extraordinary series. Ex Machina tells the story of Mitchell Hundred. In a world very m
“That Was Expensive.”
Usually I dread the ads that we’re all forced to sit through in movie theaters these days when waiting for one’s chosen film to start. But this one I could watch a hundred times: Conan’s new show premieres on TBS in November. Can’t wait.
Josh Reviews The Town
I was blown away by Ben Affleck’s directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, and so I was of course eager to see his second film: The Town. While I don’t think it’s nearly as strong as Gone Baby Gone, The Town is as an engaging and confident sophomore effort from Mr. Affle