Josh Reviews Vivo
In Vivo, the new Netflix animated film, Lin-Manuel Miranda voices the titular Vivo, a singing kinkajou who lives in Havana, Cuba, and performs on the street with his friend, the musician Andrés Hernández. One day,Andrés receives a letter from Marta, the love of his life who wen
Josh Reviews No Sudden Move
The great director Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, No Sudden Move, was recently released on HBO Max. The film stars Don Cheadle as Curt Goynes, a man just released from prison. Needing cash, he takes a job along with another criminal named Ronald Russo (Benicio del Toro).
Josh Reviews Ghostbusters: Afterlife
I think the original 1984 Ghostbusters is one of the most perfect movies ever made. I adore that film. It’s a brilliant comedy whose jokes still hold up decades later (and even after so many viewings that I have most of the movie memorized). At the same time, it’s al
Star Trek Coda Book Two: The Ashes of Tomorrow
I’ve been reading Star Trek novels since I was a kid. For the past two decades, these books have gone to the next level, and I’ve been captivated by the vast interconnected universe of Star Trek stories that has developed. What began as a few books set after the event
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Here’s the latest (final?) trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home. It’s an awesome trailer and it has me very excited for the film! But there are some spoilers in here, so if you want to go into the movie totally clean, you might want to skip this: I haven’t loved
Josh Reviews Pretend It’s a City
I am head over heels evangelical about the Netflix documentary series Pretend It’s a City. Stop reading now and go watch it! OK, do you need a little more information? The series is seven half-hour episodes, in which Martin Scorsese chats with his friend, author Fran Lebowit
Josh Reviews Oxygen
In the film Oxygen (available to view on Netflix), Mélanie Laurent plays the main character (whose name we don’t at first know), who wakes up trapped in some sort of futuristic medical pod. She doesn’t know who she is or how she got there. The pod has an A.I. called
Josh Reviews Only Murders in the Building
In Only Murders in the Building, Steven Martin plays Charles Haden Savage, who years ago starred in a popular TV crime show called Brazzos as the titular detective. Martin Short plays Oliver Putnam, who used to be a successful Broadway producer before several outlandish flops sunk
Josh Reviews The Eternals
The latest MCU film, The Eternals, brings Jack Kirby’s cosmic creations to the big screen for the first time. The film introduces audiences to the Eternals, a group of immortals who have been living on Earth for around seven thousand years. They were planted on Earth by giga
Josh Reviews A Simple Favor
In Paul Feig’s 2018 film, A Simple Favor, we follow the unlikely friendship between tight-laced, goody-two-shoes single mom Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) and the mysterious, dynamic, sexy Emily (Blake Lively). When Emily disappears one day without a trace, the determined Stephanie