“Mind the Eggs” — Josh Reviews HBO’s Watchmen Series
Damon Lindelof’s magnificent nine-episode Watchmen series has exceeded even my highest expectations. I was blown away by the series premiere, and the eight episodes that followed surpassed even that strong start. I don’t know what exactly I expected, but Watchmen is fa
Josh Reviews the CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths!
I have not previously watched even a single second of any of the CW’s many DC Universe (“Arrowverse”) shows. But after reading for months about their Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover mini-series, I just couldn’t stay away. The CW’s Crisis is a fiv
Josh Reviews A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Late in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, journalist Lloyd Vogel (played by The Americans‘ Matthew Rhys) shows his wife Andrea (Susan Kelechi Watson) the article he’d written about Fred Rogers. It’s not really about Mister Rogers, she comments. Neither is thi
The Best Superhero Show You’re Not Watching: Josh Reviews Legion Season Three
There are very few people I know who watched Legion, Noah Hawley’s magnificent, mind-bending three-season series based on the somewhat obscure X-Men character David Haller, who was created by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz in the eighties. I keep saying to people: you&#
News Around the Net!
I was very sad to read that D.C. Fontana has passed away. Ms. Fontana was one of the key creative voices on Star Trek the Original Series, and also in the early days of The Next Generation (she co-wrote “Encounter at Farpoint”). She wrote 10 of the 79 Original Series e
Late to the Party: Josh Reviews Veep Seasons 3 and 4!
Last year I finally found the time to start watching Veep, Armando Iannucci’s raunchy Washington satire, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Vice President Selina Meyer. I loved the first two seasons, and I was eager to continue with the show! Julia Louis-Dreyfus continues to be
Josh Reviews Knives Out
When wealthy author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plumer) is found dead in his home, many of his family members and others in his orbit all seem to have a possible motive. Enter: detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), who has been hired to get to the bottom of the whole bloody affair
Maclunkey!
Please enjoy this Star Wars/Highlander mash-up! This is, of course, a joke based on the latest bizarre tweak to the Han-Greedo scene in Star Wars. (In the 1997 Special Edition, George Lucas changed this scene so that Greedo shot first and somehow missed Han Solo at point blank ran
Josh Reviews the Film Adaptation of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep
After revisiting The Shining and then reading Mr. King’s sequel novel, Doctor Sleep, I was eager to see the film adaptation, written and directed by Mike Flanagan. The film, like the novel, picks up the story of Dan Torrance, decades after the tragic events at the Overlook Hot