Martin Wagner, Kevin Smith, Alan Moore, David Lapham, Grant Morrison, J. Michael Straczynski, and a lot of other comic book creators owe me some money!
Back in 1999, Tom Spurgeon wrote a piece in The Comics Journal entitled “Martin Wagner Owes me Fifty Bucks.” The subject of that piece, Martin Wagner, was the writer/illustrator of an acclaimed black-and-white comic book called Hepcats. What had begun as a comedic strip when Mr. W
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Whatever Works (2009)
I read all the bad reviews when Woody Allen’s latest film was released this past summer. But I was dubious. Larry David starring in a Woody Allen film seemed like a genius idea, to me. How could a combination of those two neurotic, grumpy Jewish comedians not yield somethi
Josh Reviews Fantastic Mr. Fox
Having watched Fantastic Mr. Fox, the phenomenal new stop-motion animated film from director Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Darjeeling Limited), I am almost forced to reconsider all of his previous (also wonderf
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Coraline (2009)
I missed Coraline in theatres when it was released back in February of 2009, so I was thrilled to finally have a chance to watch this wonderful film on DVD last month. Adapted from a novel by Neil Gaiman (a legend among comic-book fans for his beautiful series The Sandman), Coraline i
Hello, 2010!
So that’s it for 2009! And so another year — and our second year of Motion Pictures — draws to a close! Thanks so much to everyone who’s made a visit to this site part of your regular routine. Hope you’ve been enjoying what you’ve been seeing!
More Best of the Decade Lists!
Last week I posted my buddy Ethan Kreitzer’s list of his favorite fifty films of the last decade, and my response to his selections. With 2009 drawing to a close, there have been a lot of other fascinating Best of the Decade lists floating around. Here are some good ones: The
“We’re Running Out of Time!” Camp Ramah Parodies 24!
Back in October, I posted Camp Ramah in New England’s Lost parody video (from summer 2009), and last week I posted our parody of The Office (from 2008). Now, I’ve got one last silly Camp Ramah video to share with you all. (For now, that is!) Back in 2007 we kicked off
Josh Reviews Sherlock Holmes!
Ever since Snatch back in 2000 I’ve been waiting for Guy Ritchie’s next great film. Finally, just squeaking in before the close of the decade, it has arrived: Sherlock Holmes. As you’re all probably very well aware, Sherlock Holmes stars Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes
Criminal
Leo has a great mind for planning heists, and seeing all the angles of a job. But he also has a strict series of rules that he has created for himself. He feels those rules have kept him out of prison, though they have lead others to label him a coward. When he’s lured int
Working in “The Office” at Camp Ramah!
Back in October I posted a parody of Lost that we put together this past summer at Camp Ramah in New England. I mentioned that it had become something of a tradition that we’d kick off our Staff Week at the beginning of each summer with a silly video parodying various TV shows