Josh Reviews Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life is a joyous salute to the life and work of Albert Brooks, directed by his friend Rob Reiner. Albert Brooks, of course, is a comedy god, and Mr. Reiner is no slouch himself (having directed some of my all-time favorite movies, including When Harry Met
Josh Reviews The Super Bob Einstein Movie
The Super Bob Einstein Movie, directed by Danny Gold, is a joyous documentary saluting the great Bob Einstein, who passed away in 2019. Bob Einstein was a tremendously talented comedic performer with such a distinct voice and physicality, and this loving look back at his life and
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Let’s start with a few minutes of pure joy — a look at Peter Jackson’s in-the-works Beatles documentary, The Beatles: Get Back: More joy? Sit back and take a gander at these two featurettes filled with incredible behind-the-scenes footage and deleted/alternate mome
Star Wars Casting and News Around the Net
So… has there been some Star Wars news this week…? Well, let me just say this, which I’m sure I’ll be repeating over and over again ad nauseam between now and Dec 18, 2015. I would love nothing more than to see a great new Star Wars movie in a theatre at some
From the DVD Shelf: Drive (2011)
I missed Drive when it was released in 2011, but I was intrigued by everything I read about it and it’s a film that I’ve been hoping for some time to catch up to. Ryan Gosling plays the enigmatic driver at the center of the film. (His character is never named in the movi
Josh Reviews This is 40
I’m an enormous Judd Apatow fan. I’m proud to say that I watched and loved Freaks and Geeks (the criminally cancelled-before-its time TV show created by Paul Feig and executive-produced by Mr. Apatow) back when it originally aired. Same goes with Undeclared, Mr. Apatow
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I have had to reevaluate my opinion of Adam Carolla after listening to his marvelous interview (well-over an hour long) with the great Albert Brooks. This is a MUST-LISTEN, friends. Attorney General Eric Holder has challenged David Simon to produce a sixth season of The Wire?? Tha
Guest Blogger Ethan Kreitzer Reports on Albert Brooks’ Book Reading in NYC!
My friend Ethan Kreitzer had the pleasure of seeing the great Albert Brooks at a book reading in New York City last week. Mr. Brooks was there to promote his new book, 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America. Ethan was kind enough to send in the following report: Albert Br
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Defending Your Life (1991)
And so at last my little tour through the early films of Albert Brooks concludes. (Feel free to check out my reviews of Real Life (1979), Modern Romance (1981), and Lost in America (1985).) Defending Your Life is probably the Albert Brooks movie that I’ve seen the most 
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Real Life (1979)!
Back in May, after watching Albert Brooks’ 1985 film Lost in America, I wrote that I planned on re-watching his 1991 film Defending Your Life the next week. Well, time got away from me, and I do still hope to find the time to re-watch that great film soon. But a few weeks ag