Josh Reviews Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On tells the story of a young shell named Marcel (voiced by Jenny Slate), who lives with his grandmother Connie (Isabella Rossellini) in a house that’s become an Airbnb. Marcel used to live together with a whole community of shells, but they got sep
Josh Reviews Deep Water
Deep Water stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas as Melinda and Vic Van Allen, a wealthy married couple who seem on the surface to have a perfect life. They’re two beautiful people with an adorable daughter; they’re wealthy and both seem to live lives of complete leisure th
Josh Reviews We Are Lady Parts
We Are Lady Parts is a wonderful six-episode British TV series created, written, and directed by Nida Manzoor. The series is about an all-female, all-Muslim punk band in London. It first aired in the UK in 2021 and then came to Peacock, which is where I saw it. I loved this funn
Josh Reviews The Sound of 007
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Bond film series, The Sound of 007 is a new documentary available on Amazon Prime video that looks back at the incredible, iconic music of the series. The documentary, directed by Mat Whitecross, is a delightfully entertaining salute to
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season One (Part Two)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a prequel series set about a decade before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series. It’s set on the original U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike. (Captain Pike, then played by Jeffrey Hunter, was the lead of
Josh Reviews Vengeance
B.J. Novak wrote, directed and stars in Vengeance. He plays Ben, an arrogant, self-absorbed young New York journalist. One night he gets a call from a distraught guy in Texas, telling Ben his girlfriend was murdered. Turns out the young woman, Abilene, was just someone Ben had h
Josh Reviews Andor Season One
Spoiler-free review of Andor season one: It’s the best Star Wars project produced since Disney purchased Lucasfilm. (In my mind the only two projects that come close are Rogue One, which Tony Gilroy — the show-runner of Andor — had a strong hand in shaping, and the
Josh Reviews Elvis
Vaz Luhrmann’s Elvis is a rollicking guided tour through the highs and lows of Elvis Presley’s life and career, from his childhood as a poor kid in Mississippi to his extraordinary super-stardom as “the king of rock and roll” to his sad final days as a bloated
Josh Reviews The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Marvel’s second one-shot “special presentation” for Disney+ (following Werewolf by Night) is the deliciously enjoyably The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. Written and directed by James Gunn, and filmed while they were making Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3,
Josh Reviews Three Thousand Years of Longing
In Three Thousand Years of Longing, Tilda Swinton plays Alithea, a British academic. She’s a “narratologist,” someone who has devoted her life to the study of stories. Her solitary life is interrupted when she encounters a Djinn (Idris Elba), who offers her three