There and Back Again: Josh Reviews The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies!
Endings are a difficult thing. Sticking the landing of a long-form story is perilously challenging, and I’m sure we can all think of plenty of examples of failed endings, whether we’re talking about TV shows (Seinfeld and Lost both come to mind) or to movie trilogies (as
Josh Reviews Sherlock Season 3!
I fell in love, last year, with the BBC’s modern-day reinvention of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, when I watched the first two seasons on DVD. Starring Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch, the show is a dynamic, clever spin on the Holmes mythos. (Click here for my review of
Josh Reviews The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The years during which we saw the release of Peter Jackson’s three-film adaptation J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings remains one of the best cinematic experiences of my lifetime, and I don’t expect that to be equaled any-time soon. Those three films are magnif
Josh Reviews Star Trek Into Darkness
I enjoyed J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek reboot (click here for my review), though not nearly as much as most of the rest of the world seemed to. I loved seeing Star Trek brought to life, finally, under the big-budget it always deserved, and I was incredibly impressed by how succ
The Top 15 Movies of 2012 — Part Two!
Click here to read part one of my list of the Top 15 Movies of 2012, in which I listed numbers 15-11. Now, onward! 10. Looper — In this smart, original sci-fi flick written and directed by Rian Johnson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Joe. Joe is a Looper, someone paid to kill g
Josh Reviews the BBC’s Sherlock Season Two!
A few weeks ago I wrote about the BBC’s excellent modern-day reinvention of Sherlock Holmes in Season One of their show Sherlock. When the credits rolled on the last episode, I quickly ordered season two from Amazon. Season Two is of even higher quality than Season One! With the
Josh Reviews the BBC’s Sherlock Season One
Back in 2010, I started hearing about the BBC’s new Sherlock series. The word was overwhelmingly positive — people seemed to love this new reinvention of the Sherlock Holmes character and mythos, set in modern-day London. I was interested, but frankly having just recen