Josh Enjoys Song Exploder’s Spotlight on Lin-Manuel Miranda and “Wait for It”
Song Exploder, created by Hrishikesh Hirway, began as a podcast. Each episode focuses on the development of a specific song/piece of music. It’s now also become a half-hour TV show on Netflix. The first batch of four episodes launched in September. The next four arrive
Josh Reviews Superman: Man of Tomorrow
The new DC/Warner Brothers direct-to-DVD/blu-ray animated film, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, is a new beginning for this series. Man of Tomorrow is a stand-alone tale, but I suspect it’s designed to be the start of a new series of animated films. Man of Tomorrow is an entert
Josh Reviews Robert Zemeckis’ Adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Witches
Robert Zemeckis’ new film adaptation of The Witches is now available on HBO Max. The pedigree of this film had me immediately excited. Robert Zemeckis is, of course, the director of some of my favorite films (the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, and Cont
The Parker Films: Payback Director’s Cut (1999/2006)
We’re in the home-stretch of my journey to watch the films based on Donald E. Westlake (written under the pseudonym Richard Stark)’s Parker Character. I really enjoyed 1967’s Point Blank (click here for my review) and 1968’s The Split (click here for my review). I tho
Josh Reviews An American Pickle
In HBO Max’s An American Pickle, Seth Rogen plays dual roles as Herschel Greenbaum and his great-grandson Ben Greenbaum. In 1919, Herschel and his wife Sarah leave the shtetl of Schlupsk (fleeing Russian Cossacks) and emigrate to the United States. Herschel gets a menial j
Star Trek: A Time to Sow and A Time to Harvest
I’ve gone back to read, for the first time, the nine-book “A Time To…” saga of Star Trek novels published in 2004, designed to bridge the gap between Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek: Nemesis, the last of the TNG movies. (Click here for my review of boo
Josh Reviews Powers: The Best Ever
For twenty years, Powers by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming has consistently been one of my favorite creator-owned comic book series. The series has a brilliant concept: it depicts homicide detectives operating in a world of super-heroes. How can one maintain the rule
Josh Reviews Borat Subsequent Moviefilm!
I was surprised and delighted when news broke, only a few weeks ago, that Sacha Baron Cohen had secretly filmed a Borat sequel! In an age of internet spoilers and movie studios who spend months to years hyping their upcoming films, that any movie could be created in secret — l
News Around the Net
Here’s an epic-looking new trailer for season two of His Dark Materials: I enjoyed season one of the show, and I’m very interested to see how the series handles the very weird and crazy goings-on in The Subtle Knife, book two of Philip Pullman’s series. Here’s
Josh Reviews Star Trek: Lower Decks Season One!
Star Trek: Lower Decks is the second Star Trek animated show (the first was Star Trek: The Animated Series, which aired in 1973-74) and the first Trek comedy. The series focuses on four low-ranked crew-people on a Federation Starship, the U.S.S. Ceritos, during the era of Star Trek: