Josh Reviews Parker (2013)
I’ve had a fun time watching the many 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 thought 1973’s T
News Around the Net
Wow — Wonder Woman 1984 will be released on HBO Max on Christmas Day! AND the film will also be showing in theaters. This is a very interesting strategy. I’m sure that most struggling theatre chains are happy to have this film showing theatrically — and I am ov
How to Watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars!
In the tradition of my previous blog posts How to Start Watching (and Fall in Love with) Star Trek and How to Watch Battlestar Galactica, I am proud to present my guide to How to Watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars! Is there a better time to dig into this Star Wars animated series than [&
Josh Reviews Memory: The Origins of Alien
Memory: The Origin of Alien is a feature-length film chronicling the making of Ridley Scott’s seminal 1979 film Alien, as well as a deep-dive exploration into its origins and its themes. The film was directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, and features extensive interviews with ma
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