News Around the Net
For the past few months, I’ve been rewatching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, my favorite of all the Trek series. It’s very sad to read the news, right smack in the middle of my rewatch, of the passing of Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog. Here’s one of my favorite sce
Josh Reviews the Animated Adaptation of Batman: Hush
Back in 2003, Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee produced a twelve episode story in DC’s Batman comic book called “Hush” that was a year-long mystery, introducing a new villain to the Batman pantheon. The story was a big hit with fans and has remained one of the memorable Batma
Josh Reviews the Latest DC Animated Film: Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
The latest direct to blu-ray DC animated film, Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, is a relatively small-scale adventure arriving on the scene without too much to get your average fan excited. It’s not an adaptation of a famous comic book story, and on the surface there doesn&
Josh Reviews Reign of the Supermen
Earlier in the year, DC/Warner Brothers released The Death of Superman, an adaptation of the famous story-line that ran through the Superman comic-books in the nineties. (This was actually the second pass at an animated adaptation of this story, as the very first of this continuing
Josh Has Seen a SNEAK PEEK of AQUAMAN!
Over the weekend I had a chance to see a SNEAK PEEK of the latest big new DC Universe movie: Aquaman! While rumor has it that Warner Brothers won’t be continuing with this current iteration of the interconnected DC movie universe following the less-than-stellar reception of Just
Josh Reviews Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
In the latest direct-to-DVD/blu-ray DC Animated movie, Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, we’re presented with the latest incarnation of the Suicide Squad. Amanda Waller dispatches her Task Force X (the “Suicide Squad”) to obtain for her a mystical “Get out of Hell
Josh Reviews the Animated Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight is an adaptation of the wonderful Gotham by Gaslight graphic novel from 1989 (written by Brian Augustyn and illustrated by Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell). The story is set in a Victorian Era version of Gotham City, in which the vigilante Batman attem
Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2017 — Part One!
I hope you enjoyed my look back at my Favorite Episodes of TV of 2017! And now, let’s turn to my Favorite Movies of 2017… As always, there were far more great movies released this year than I had time to see. Movies that looked great but that I missed include: Three Bi
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 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