Josh Reviews Being the Ricardos
Being the Ricardos, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, takes place over an eventful week in the life of Lucille Ball and her husband (and co-star of I Love Lucy), Desi Arnaz. As we follow the creation of an episode of I Love Lucy, from the table-read through to its filming befo
Josh Reviews Tick, Tick… Boom!
Tick, Tick… Boom! is the feature film directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda. The film was written by Steven Levenson, who won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dear Evan Hansen. It’s an adaptation of the musical by Jonathan Larson, best known as the
Star Trek Coda: Book Three: Oblivion’s Gate
With David Mack’s Star Trek Coda: Book Three: Oblivion’s Gate, the two-decades-old Star Trek literary universe comes to an end. This Coda series has gotten better and better as it’s gone on. I enjoyed book one, Moments Asunder by Dayton Ward, and I thought book t
Josh Reviews Hawkeye!
These Marvel Disney+ shows seem to keep getting better and better! I thought Loki was my favorite one yet, but then here comes Hawkeye which I might have liked even more! Hawkeye was a terrific piece of entertainment. The show delivered everything I wanted. It was a great spotli
Josh Reviews Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home picks up seconds after the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home, with J. Jonah Jameson and Mysterio’s having revealed to the world that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. This brings Peter Parker’s life crashing down around him. Hounded everywhere he goes, a
Josh Reviews The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek is a ten-episode documentary series exploring the vast history of Star Trek! The series is overseen by Brian Volk-Weiss, the creator of the documentary series The Toys That Made Us and The Movies That Made Us. I’m a huge Trek fan, so o
Josh Reviews Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah tells the story of the murder of Fred Hampton, the charismatic chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther party in 1969. J. Edgar Hoover and others in the FBI feared Chairman Hampton and saw him as a radical who needed to be eliminated; as such
Josh Reviews The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s latest film, The French Dispatch, is a salute to a very specific (and mostly vanished) type of journalism: the heyday of The New Yorker magazine and its writers. The film itself is an anthology of several vignettes, beautifully structured to resemble the differe
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I was happy to see this first trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: The two Fantastic Beasts films haven’t been perfect, but I think they’re underrated. I’m eager to see where this story is going next. That last film ended on quite a cliffhange
Josh Reviews Foundation Season One
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series is one of my all-time favorite novel series. I love those books with all my heart. They’re masterful novels; incredibly original and filled to overflowing with innovative and compelling ideas. I have been dreaming for years that they