Josh Reviews the Premiere Episode of Treme
Can we all just agree that The Wire is the greatest television show ever made? Anyone who has seen The Wire surely must agree with that (admittedly bold) statement. As for the rest of you — what are you waiting for?? (Until you’ve seen this masterpiece, I’m reall
Josh Reviews the novel 3001: The Final Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke!
Whew! At last, today, we come to the end of my journey through the Odyssey series of films and novels by Arthur C. Clarke. Over the past several weeks I have written about 2001: A Space Odyssey the film and the novel, the follow-up novel 2010: Odyssey Two and its film adaptati
A Farewell to Jack Bauer
By now, you’ve all probably heard that this season will be the last for 24. I was an enormous fan of 24 when it began. I still remember, a few days after the premiere episode aired, my folks sitting me down and insisting that I check it out. (Fortunately they had taped that
Josh Reviews the novel 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke!
My journey through the Odyssey series continues! Over the past two weeks I have written about 2001: A Space Odyssey the film and the novel, as well as the follow-up novel 2010: Odyssey Two and its film adaptation, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Only five years after writing 2010: O
“Cause That’d Be Ridiculous!” — More Thoughts on Lost Season 6
I received a lot of response to my post last week in which I discussed my disappointment so far with Lost‘s sixth and final season. Some people vehemently disagreed with my assessment, while others were pleased that I had come around to their way of thinking. Here’s my m
Josh Reviews the film 2010: The Year We Make Contact!
On Monday I wrote about Arthur C. Clarke’s magnificent novel 2010: Odyssey Two. After completing the novel, I couldn’t resist taking another look at Peter Hyams’ film adaptation, with the revised title of 2010: The Year We Make Contact. (It’s a film I had o
International Talk Like William Shatner Day!
Last week was the second annual Talk Like William Shatner Day! (It’s in honor of William Shatner’s birthday on March 22nd, of course.) Let’s celebrate, shall we, with Maurice LaMarche and Kevin Pollak! Click here for more!
Josh Reviews the novel 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke!
Last week I wrote about Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey, as well as the novel by Arthur C. Clarke! I enjoyed both of those so much that I decided to continue onwards with the rest of the series of novels (as well as the film sequel). 2010: Odyssey Two is one of my
Lost Season Six So Far
I’ve been a fan of Lost since the beginning, and I have always been confident that the writers had a plan for the show, and that much of what seemed bizarre or unexplained at the time in the early seasons would ultimately be explained. Even in the somewhat uncertain 2nd &
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Homicide (1991)
One of my earliest posts on this blog was a look back through the films of David Mamet. One of the films I wasn’t able to review at the time was Homicide, because it was shockingly unavailable on DVD. Late last year, though, the fine folks at the Criterion Collection thankfu