Slumdog Millionaire
Believe it or not, Slumdog Millionaire is the first film by director Danny Boyle that I’ve ever seen. Although he’s gotten a lot of praise for the films he’s helmed over the last decade or so, either I haven’t been interested (A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach,
“Sit Down, Cylon!” — Battlestar Galactica Returns!
It has been a long, long wait for the Sci-Fi Channel to begin airing the final 10 episodes of Battlestar Galactica. (The first ten episodes of BSG’s fourth season aired from April 4th through June 13th, 2008.) At last, this past Friday, the wait was over. For any of you who
Josh Reviews Milk
I often find myself slightly dubious of “important” movies. You know the type — big, epic movies with SOMETHING TO SAY, that have a habit of coming out late in December in order to be best positioned for maximum Oscar hype. It is especially difficult to think abo
Good-bye to Patrick McGoohan & Ricardo Montalban
We lost two titans this past week: Patrick McGoohan is best known as “Number 6” in the bizarre 1960’s British TV show The Prisoner. McGoohan plays a British agent who, after resigning from his position, is captured and held in a bizarre village from which he can
How did I miss this?? Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!
I cannot believe this has been in existence since the summer and I only just saw it a few days ago!!! What am I talking about? It’s the incomparable Joss Whedon’s 3-part web-series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, which has just been released on DVD. Some back-s
News around the Net and 24 Returns!
Not to distract anyone’s attention from MotionPicturesComics.com, but I wanted to point out to y’all that Drew McWeeny, one of my favorite writers over the years at Aintitcoolnews.com, is now writing for HitFix.com and his blog (about movies, DVD, and lots of other fun, re
The Reader
Please note: While I have kept the following review of The Reader as spoiler-free as possible, it does contain some substantial discussion of the film’s story-line. Those of you who wish to know as little as possible about the movie before seeing it should proceed with cauti
Valkyrie
Bryan Singer’s film Valkyrie has been getting a bit hammered in the press lately. (Actually, I feel like I’ve been reading bad things about this movie for over a year, mostly in connection to the multiple shifts in its release date, which usually indicates a studio’
Wall-E & Star Trek: Voyager
Are you perplexed by today’s cartoon? Pop Wall-E into your DVD player and skip ahead to 34:24 (that’s the middle of chapter 12, just after Wall-E gets launched into space). Then follow this link to see screenshots of the opening credits sequence for Star Trek: Voy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
This is the film I’ve been waiting for. Steph and I took advantage of our vacation to see a LOT of the big Oscar-hopeful films that have been released in the past few weeks. As usual, there has been a crazy end-of-the-year rush of “serious” films, many of which won