Josh Reviews Joker: Folie à Deux
I know that Joker: Folie à Deux bombed in theaters, that the reviews are terrible and the film’s CinemaScore is even worse. But I liked it! I liked it a lot! It’s not perfect. It’s too long (I’d have cut two of the fantasy sequences that happen during th
Josh Reviews the Animated Watchmen: Chapter One
I’ll admit it, I was very dubious when I read that DC/Warner Brothers were releasing a two-part animated adaptation of Watchmen. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge fan of Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons’ seminal series from 1985-86. It was thunderously influ
Josh Reviews Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola has been talking about his dream project, Megalopolis, for decades. I’m always interested in seeing artists given the opportunity to bring a dream project to fruition, and I believe that Francis Ford Coppola is one of the greatest directors of our time.
Josh Reviews True Detective: Night Country
True Detective: Night Country is the fourth season of the True Detective show but also a completely stand-alone six-episode story, with a new setting and new characters, as well as a new creative team behind the camera. Night Country was written and directed by Issa López and stars
Josh Reviews The Great Kamino Kaper
Over the summer I wrote a glowing review of The Naboo Movie, a live-reading of the script for Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace by an incredible array of actors and comedians. The event was organized and hosted by the folks behind Star Wars Minute and The George Lucas
Josh Reviews The Bear Season Three
I loved the first two seasons of The Bear and was eager for season three to arrive! (Click here for my review of season one and click here for my review of season two.) Season three picks up soon after the tumultuous soft-opening of the Bear, the new high-end restaurant that Carmy
Josh Reviews Dune: A Masterpiece in Disarray
Dune: A Masterpiece in Disarray is an oral history of the making of David Lynch’s 1984 Dune, written by Max Evry. I had a fun time reading this; I’d recommend it for any Dune fan or anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes stories of how movies get made. I first saw th
Josh Reviews Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Decades after the events of the original Beetlejuice, Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) is the host of a TV show about the supernatural (shades of Pete Venkman hosting World of the Psychic), and is somewhat estranged from her lonely daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega). When Lydia’s father
Josh Reviews Drive Away Dolls
Drive Away Dolls is set in 1999; two lesbian best friends decide to take a road trip from Philadelphia to Tallahassee. Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan) is straight-laced and has been having trouble coming out of her shell, while Jamie (Margaret Qualley) is brash and outgoing, though h
Josh Reviews Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three
Crisis on Infinite Earths is one of the most famous storylines in the long history of DC Comics. This twelve-issue mini-series was written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by George Perez and was released in 1985-86, and it ended and then restarted DC’s comic book continuity. T