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Big dumb summer movie trailer alert! It’s the new trailer for Transformers 2, filled with lots of robot smashing action, and the new trailer for G.I. Joe, filled with Ninjas and, um, Eiffel Tower smashing action! Sigh. Hard to believe these two iconic and beloved cartoons
“I definitely did not touch your woo-woo!” — Josh Reviews Choke
Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) is a sex-addict who works at Colonial Dunsboro, an 18th-century re-enactment village. He’s also a con-man whose routine is to pretend he is choking in a restaurant and then befriend the person who rescues him, ultimately hitting that unsuspecting
“I got mad love for you, shorty. That’s on the real.” — Josh Reviews The Wackness
I saw this terrific movie on DVD last month, during the same week that I saw the lovely new film Adventureland (read my full review here), and although the settings are extremely different, I was struck by the similarities between the two films. Both are “period pieces”
Death in the Shadow of New Life — Josh reviews J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek!
It’s been a long road. After walking disgustedly out of the opening weekend screening of the catastrophically terrible Star Trek: Nemesis back in December, 2002, I knew that Trek was at a low point. It seemed uncertain what, if any, future the franchise had after the release
Star Trek: Myriad Universes
Star Trek fever continues here at MotionPicturesComics.com! Did you miss my list of the Top Twenty Episodes of Star Trek? Then check it out! Previously this week I’ve written about Pocket Books’ excellent two-book Star Trek: Mirror Universe series, as well as their
Continuing Adventures in the Mirror Universe
Yesterday I discussed the two terrific collections of Star Trek: Mirror Universe novellas, “Glass Empires” and “Obsidian Alliances.” I commented that my only real complaint was that so many of the stories ended on cliffhangers that seemed to beg for further t
Star Trek: Mirror Universe
One of the most delightful surprises about the last few years of Pocket Books’ Star Trek novels (about which I have waxed poetic here, here, and here) has been the way the writers and editors have fleshed out the Mirror Universe. This concept was first introduced in the Classic
Josh Reviews Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
In March, 1977, filmmaker Roman Polanski (Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown) was arrested and charged with raping a 13 year-old girl at the home of his friend, Jack Nicholson (who was out of town at the time). Polanski eventually agreed to a plea bargain and pled guilty to one felony
The Twenty Greatest Episodes of Star Trek — Part IV!
At last! The conclusion to my list of the Twenty Greatest Episodes of Star Trek! Click here for numbers 20-16, here for numbers 15-11, and here for numbers 10-6. 5. Cause and Effect (ST:TNG season 5, episode 18) — The Enterprise blows up. Over and over again. What a gr
The Twenty Greatest Episodes of Star Trek — Part III!
My list of the Twenty Greatest Episodes of Star Trek continues! Click here for numbers 20-16, and here for numbers 15-11. 10. All Good Things (ST:TNG season 7, episode 25) — The two-hour series finale of Next Gen is not just a phenomenal finale but also one of the greatest epi