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
Baz 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
Josh Reviews The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season One
Back in 2017, Amazon bought the rights to make a TV series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings for a staggering one billion dollars. For years, LOTR fans like myself have been curious to see what sort of show Amazon would create. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of
Star Trek: The Higher Frontier
Star Trek: The Higher Frontier is set in the years between Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The book picks up the threads from several different Star Trek episodes from across the years, and weaves them together into an exciting new Trek adventure s
Josh Reviews Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Chadwick Boseman’s tragic death in 2020 at only 43 years old was a tremendous loss. A loss for his family and friends. And a loss to the world for all the art that he could have, and should have, had an opportunity to create. Far down the list of aspects of the tragedy of
Josh Reviews Paper Girls Season One
Paper Girls is an eight-episode TV series on Amazon Prime, adapted from the wonderful comic book series written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Cliff Chiang. One might describe the show as Stranger Things with girls, though such a simplistic description undersells the show
Josh Reviews Battle of the Super Sons
The latest DC direct-to-blu-ray/DVD animated film, Battle of the Super Sons, is a surprisingly entertaining action/adventure yarn with solid animation and fun, interesting characters. It’s one of the best DC animated films in years. I would not have guessed that I would hav
Revisiting Barry Levinson’s Liberty Heights
After rewatching Barry Levinson’s Diner (1982) and Avalon (1990), I couldn’t resist moving on to rewatch Mr. Levinson’s 1999 film Liberty Heights. Written and directed by Mr. Levinson, Liberty Heights is another semi-autobiographical look back at his youth in Balti