Josh Reviews The Sound of 007
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Bond film series, The Sound of 007 is a new documentary available on Amazon Prime video that looks back at the incredible, iconic music of the series. The documentary, directed by Mat Whitecross, is a delightfully entertaining salute to
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season One (Part Two)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is a prequel series set about a decade before the events of Star Trek: The Original Series. It’s set on the original U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike. (Captain Pike, then played by Jeffrey Hunter, was the lead of
Josh Reviews Vengeance
B.J. Novak wrote, directed and stars in Vengeance. He plays Ben, an arrogant, self-absorbed young New York journalist. One night he gets a call from a distraught guy in Texas, telling Ben his girlfriend was murdered. Turns out the young woman, Abilene, was just someone Ben had h
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
News Around the Net
The biggest news since I last posted is the tragic passing of Kevin Conroy at the too-young age of only 66. (Click here to read more.) Mr. Conroy is, for me, the definitive actor to portray Batman. Mr. Conroy voiced Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman: The Animated Series and many subs
Josh Reviews Elvis
Vaz 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