From the DVD Shelf: The Color Purple
The Color Purple, released in 1985, finds director Steven Spielberg at an interesting point in his career. After having directed the first two Indiana Jones films as well at E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial in the early eighties, Spielberg apparently had a desire to move towards more wei
Geeks, Nerds, and John Hodgman
I posted a link to this on Friday, but in case you missed it, this is a must-watch:
From the DVD Shelf: Walk Hard
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is one of the few films from the past several years that Judd Apatow has had a hand in (he co-wrote the film and was one of its producers), that, despite his involvement, did not receive a lot of love from audiences upon its release. My own recollectio
News Around the Net
Good news, everybody! Futurama lives!! So Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) is joining the cast of 24 next season? Time for the Battlestar Galactica actors to learn what the members of the ensemble from The Wire have discovered: they’ll never again be in a TV show as good. Did you
Josh Relives the Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
One of my earliest posts for this blog last year was a list of a bunch of DVDs on my “to-watch” shelf that I hoped to get to some time in the near future. One item on that list was the first set of DVDs collecting The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. Well, it took [&he
“And They Have a Plan…”
The series may be over, but Galactica lives on! Some tantalizing clips from the two-hour Battlestar Galactica TV-movie “The Plan” have made their way onto the interwebs, courtesy of the fine folks over at Galactiaca Sitrep. Check ’em out! I can’t wait…
From the DVD Shelf: The Departed
As with Charlie Wilson’s War (which I wrote about on Wednesday), The Departed is a movie whose DVD has been sitting on my shelf for a while now, waiting for me to revisit it (after really enjoying my first viewing when I saw it in theatres). I am pleased to say I enjoyed the f
From the DVD Shelf: Charlie Wilson’s War
Picked this up off the DVD shelf recently, and I must say I enjoyed it as thoroughly as I did when I saw it in theatres last year. In his review of the film for the New York Times, A.O. Scott described Charlie Wilson’s War as “more of a hoot than any picture dealing with
Amen, Brother!
I love talking about movies. I don’t think that’s a terrible surprise to any visitor to this site. Whether I loved a movie or loathed it, I love picking movies apart and analyzing the acting, the directing, the visual effects, the score, the editing, the ins-and-outs of
“Rock Me Sexy Jesus!” — Josh Reviews Hamlet 2
Hamlet 2 tells the story of frustrated actor-turned-high school drama teacher Dana Marschz (a nearly-unpronounceable last name, for which I was eager to learn the correct spelling by watching the film’s end credits) played by Steve Coogan (so funny this past summer in Tropic Thu