Josh Reviews Hypnotic
Hypnotic stars Ben Affleck as Danny Rourke, a cop whose daughter mysteriously vanished years earlier. As the film opens, he and his partner Nicks (J. D. Pardo) are assigned to stake out a bank, because they’ve received an anonymous tip of an impending robbery. Despite their
Josh Reviews Air
Air tells the story of the team at Nike who, in 1984, were involved in the creation of the wildly popular Air Jordan sneakers. At the time, Nike was a minor player in the basketball shoe market, lagging far behind Converse and Adidas. But Nike’s talent scout Sonny Vaccaro be
Josh Reviews Deep Water
Deep Water stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas as Melinda and Vic Van Allen, a wealthy married couple who seem on the surface to have a perfect life. They’re two beautiful people with an adorable daughter; they’re wealthy and both seem to live lives of complete leisure th
Josh Reviews The Tender Bar
The Tender Bar is an adaptation of novelist & journalist J. R. Moehringer’s 2005 memoir. The film chronicles the coming of age of young JR, growing up on Long Island in the seventies. When his parents split up, JR and his mom move back in with his mom’s parents on
Josh Reviews The Last Duel
Ridley Scott’s film The Last Duel is set in France in the late 1300’s. The film is a re-telling of the story of the feud that erupted between Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon) and his former friend Jacques Le Gris (Adam Driver) after de Carrouges’ wife Marguerite (Jodie
Josh Reviews Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
In Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, the two “hetero life-mates” get out of an arrest for selling pot, but while in court they discover that they’ve lost the rights to use their names “Jay and Silent Bob.” It turns out that the “Bluntman and Chronic̶
Josh Reviews the Snyder Cut of Justice League!
Let’s start here: I’m a Zack Snyder fan. I was blown away by his adaptation of 300 when it was released in 2006, and I’m a staunch defender of his adaptation of Watchmen (especially the super-long “Ultimate Cut”) which, while flawed, is still a heck of
Josh Reviews Justice League!
Warner Brothers and DC’s new film, Justice League, is a milestone in their efforts to chase after the achievements of Marvel’s cinematic universe. But whereas Marvel’s last decade-worth of films has seen a remarkably cohesive, gradual unfolding and expansion of a u
Josh Reviews Live by Night
I first became a fan of Ben Affleck from his work in Kevin Smith’s early nineties films, and in particular his so-funny, good-natured participation in the DVD commentary tracks for Mallrats and Chasing Amy (which are, seriously, among the greatest commentary tracks ever recorded
News Around the Net
We’ve been getting some fun teases lately for Guardians of the Galaxy volume 2. (Great title, by the way.) This is a solid poster and the tag-line, “obviously”, is genius. And then there is this tantalizing new trailer: That hits all the right notes for me. L