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
“And Admiral… Eet ees the Enterprise…”
Last week, Virgin Galactic conducted the first piloted gliding flight of its commercial sub-orbital spaceship. The name of the craft? The VSS Enterprise. For more details, click here.
Josh Reviews The Social Network
It’s hard for me to a recall another film that has so bravely allowed its lead character to come off as so completely unlikable. In The Social Network‘s power-house of a first scene, Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) is clearly presented to us as a Grade-A, pr
From the DVD Shelf: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
After re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird last month, I couldn’t resist re-watching the famous film adaptation from 1962 starring Gregory Peck. I’d seen the film before, many years ago, but I hardly remembered it. After having devoured Harper Lee’s magnificent novel
On the Comics Shelf!
Last month I wrote about a number of great comic books that I’d read lately. Here’s some more of the fun stuff I’ve been reading these past few weeks: The Marvel Art of Joe Quesada — I remember taking note of a young artist named Joe Quesada back when he was
From the DVD Shelf: Amistad (1997)
My revisitation of the last decade-and-a-half of the films of Steven Spielberg continues! I’ve already looked at Jurassic Park and The Lost World, which brings me now to 1997’s Amistad. In an attempt to recapture the magic of 1993 (in which he released two films in a sin
Re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird in Honor of its 50th Anniversary
This past summer marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. That’s pretty amazing. Although I’d read the book several times in my life, it had been well over a decade (probably closer to fifteen years) since the last time, s