Josh Reviews Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Billy Joel: And So It Goes is a two-part documentary, running about five hours in total, exploring Billy Joel’s life and career. It’s directed and produced by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin. I loved every minute of it! Those five hours blew by (I watched about four hours
Josh Reviews Star Trek Prodigy: Season Two
The second season of the animated Star Trek: Prodigy came out last summer, but I never got around to posting a review. That does not reflect on the quality of the show, because I actually liked this second season a lot! I was dubious of Prodigy when it launched. An animated Star T
Josh Reviews Fountain of Youth
In Fountain of Youth, we meet estranged siblings Luke (John Krasinski) and Charlotte (Natalie Portman). Luke is a charismatic but somewhat shady thief; when the movie opens, he’s stealing a painting, and pretty soon he’s gotten his sister Charlotte into trouble by steali
Interviewing Happy Camper Author Sarah Young
It was my pleasure recently to interview Sarah Young, author of the new novel Happy Camper, available right now on Amazon. Here’s the book’s description: A captivating tale of love and identity, set against the backdrop of a Jewish summer camp in 2010. When Reina, an out l
Josh Reviews The Fantastic Four: First Steps
I could hardly dare to dream that this summer we might get a great Superman movie AND a great Fantastic Four movie, and yet… here we are! After the never-formally-released Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie from 1994 (click here for my review of the fun documentary Doomed! The Un
News Around the Net
Let’s kick things off with this important announcement: After 40 years, they’re making another Spaceballs! I am, obviously, excited. (Also, I need to own Spaceballs: the sweatshirt.) Mel Brooks will be back as Yogurt, Rick Moranis will be back (for the first time in
Josh Reviews Superman!
Back in October 2022, James Gunn and Peter Safran were announced as co-heads of DC studios, and the two started working on an ambitious plan to relaunch a connected DC universe of films and TV shows. This new DCU got a soft launch this past year with the animated Creature Commandos
Josh Reviews Jurassic World: Rebirth
In Jurassic World: Rebirth, several years have passed since the events of the previous film Jurassic World: Dominion. Whereas the Jurassic World trilogy of films built up to the development that dinosaurs now roamed all over the globe, Rebirth resets things closer to the more famili
Josh Reviews F1
Brad Pitt stars in F1 playing Sonny Hayes, a talented race car driver who seems addicted to a nomadic, no-commitments lifestyle. But that changes when his former F1 teammate Rubén Cervantes (Javier Bardem), now a team owner, convinces Sonny to return to F1 and drive for him. It s
Josh Reviews Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl!
I am a long-time fan of Wallace and Gromit, the delightful stop-motion animated duo created by Nick Park (and produced by Aardman Animations). And so the news of a new Wallace and Gromit adventure is always a cause for celebration by me. I’d have been happy with a new short,