From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Real Life (1979)!
Back in May, after watching Albert Brooks’ 1985 film Lost in America, I wrote that I planned on re-watching his 1991 film Defending Your Life the next week. Well, time got away from me, and I do still hope to find the time to re-watch that great film soon. But a few weeks ag
A New James L. Brooks Film is Nearly Upon Us! Trailer for How Do You Know
One of the reasons why I wrote in yesterday’s post that I was excited for James L. Brooks’ new film How Do You Know is the great new trailer that launched last week. Take a look: In lesser hands that movie could be a bit chick-flicky, but I have great faith in the master
Fall Movies!
Whoof, that might have been the worst summer of movies that I can remember. Will the fall be any better? After taking a look through Entertainment Weekly‘s Fall Movie Preview, I actually have high hopes! Here’s what interests me: Machete — Somehow Robert Rodrig
Josh Enjoys Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness!
I’ve written before about Rifftrax, the on-line enterprise from Michael J. Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy (formerly of Mystery Science Theatre 3000). Rifftrax continues the familiar MST3K model of making fun of terrible movies, via downloadable podcasts that you can pl
“But they’re useless.” — A Small Dose of Daily Show Goodness
Why has The Daily Show topped my Best TV of 2009 and Best TV of 2008 lists? Clips like this one: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Back in Black – Eat Pray Love www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party It’s funny a
“In a World That Has Moved On…” The Dark Tower Book I: The Gunslinger
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed. So opens book one of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series, The Gunslinger. It’s a terrific opening line, and the rest of the story that follows ain’t too shabby, either. The titular gunslinger is Roland Deschain,
Star Wars is Coming to Blu-Ray and I Don’t Really Care…
A few days ago, at the Star Wars Celebration V convention in Orlando, FL, it was announced that the Star Wars films will be released on Blu-Ray in the fall of 2011. Click here for more details. I should be overcome with excitement at the propsect of seeing the Star Wars films presen
On the Road to the Dark Tower…
Back in 2007, Marvel Comics released the first of a series of comic books based on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower novels. Called The Gunslinger Born, that first seven-issue mini-series chronicled the back-story of the Dark Tower novels: specifically, the youth of Roland Deschain, t
Star Trek Titan (Book Six): Synthesis
It’s taken me a few months longer than I had originally planned, but after completing James Swallow’s novel Synthesis, I am finally caught up with Pocket Books’ Titan series, which chronicles the post-Nemesis adventures of Captain William T. Riker and his new command, the U.S.S.
News Around the Net!
Have you heard that they’re making new Looney Tunes cartoons to show theatrically? Check out this glimpse of the first new Road Runner cartoon in far too many years: Battlestar Galactica lives on! Rumors are that SyFy are working on an on-line BSG spin-off, tentatively title