Josh Reviews Batman: Caped Crusader
Batman: Caped Crusader is a gloriously entertaining new take on Batman, overseen by Bruce Timm (who, of course, created Batman: The Animated Series and the many wonderful DC animated shows and movies that spun out of that) and James Tucker (who worked on Bruce Timm’s shows start
Josh Reviews The Batman
In The Batman, writer/director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) brings us a new cinematic version of Batman. In this new version, Bruce Wayne has only been operating as Batman for about two years, but he’s already feeling that he’s getting nowher
Josh Reviews Batman: The Long Halloween Parts One & Two!
The latest direct-to-DVD/blu-ray DC animated film is a two-part adaptation of Batman: The Long Halloween. This comic book story was originally published as a 13-issue mini-series back in 1996-1997, written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Tim Sale. The story is set soon after the ev
Josh Reviews Batman: Soul of the Dragon
Batman: Soul of the Dragon is one of the most interesting DC animated direct-to-DVD/blu-ray films to come down the pike in the past several years. This out of continuity story features Bruce Wayne/Batman and other (relatively obscure) DC characters in a 1970’s style martial a
Josh Reviews Joker
Joker, directed by Todd Phillips and written by Mr. Phillips and Scott Silver, tells the origin of the famous Batman villain, the Joker. However, this take on the Joker is almost entirely divorced from the Batman comic mythos, and it is also completely separate from all of the rece
Josh Reviews the Latest DC Animated Film: Batman and Harley Quinn
The character of Harley Quinn is extremely popular these days, with a much-loved solo series published by DC comics and a leading role in the recent (terrible) Suicide Squad film. And so it’s not a huge surprise that the folks behind the series of DC direct-to-DVD/blu-ray movi
Josh Actually Doesn’t Hate the Extended “Ultimate Edition” of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice!
So, yeah, I wrote a pretty scathing review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and also of the DC follow-up film Suicide Squad. I wouldn’t have imagined that I’d be in any sort of rush to watch Batman v Superman again any time soon (or even ever). But when I read th
The Force Awakens and News Around the Net!
So the new Star Wars film is going to be called The Force Awakens? Sigh. Someday I would love to be really EXCITED by the announcement of a new Star Wars title. While The Force Awakens is certainly a better title than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, it seems very no
Batman: Assault on Arkham
I have soured recently on the DC Animated direct-to-DVD/blu-ray releases, and I’m afraid their latest release, Batman: Assault on Arkham, does little to change my general impression that this line of animated films has lost its way. This film had a few things going for it off th
“I am the Night” — Music From Batman: The Animated Series!
I can’t believe that Batman: The Animated Series is over twenty years old. Oy vey, that means I am getting pretty old myself! I immediately loved Bruce Timm’s animated Batman series, and as a kid I watched and re-watched those episodes incessantly. To this day, I thi