Josh Reviews Turning Red
In the new Pixar film Turning Red, we meet Meilin Lee, a 13 year old Chinese-Canadian girl, living in Toronto in 2002. Mei is extremely close with her mother and has a tight group of friends at school. She’s an overachiever, and she works hard to make her family — espe
Josh Reviews Encanto
In Encanto, we meet Mirabel Madrigal, who belongs to a multi-generational Colombian family. Every member of her family has been blessed with a special magical ability… except her. When circumstances force Mirabel to question the true nature and purpose of the magic that has
Josh Reviews Raya and the Last Dragon
Menaced by the Druun (seemingly unstoppable evil entities that turn people to stone), the once-prosperous, peaceful nation of Kumandra has fractured into five bitterly divided, isolated tribes: Fang, Heart, Spine, Talon, and Tail. What little hope still existed could be found in t
Josh Reviews Soul
Pixar’s latest masterpiece is Soul, which was released to Disney+ late last month. In the film, Jamie Foxx plays Joe Gardner, a middle-aged African American man who teaches music to kids in New York City. Joe lives and breathes music, and dreams of becoming a successful jazz
Star Wars, Marvel, and Alien, Oh My!
Disney unleashed an avalanche of exciting news, today! Holy guacamole!! Let’s dig in, starting with all of the Star Wars news. There’s a LOT of huge news, but what am I most excited about…? It’s this: Ahsoka Tano is getting her own show!! Rosario Dawson
Josh Reviews Into the Unknown: The Making of Frozen II
Not long after I finished watching Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, my entire family and I watched and enjoyed another Disney+ “making-of” series: the six-episode Into the Unknown: The Making of Frozen II. This six-episode series, directed by Megan Harding, is an incredibl
Josh Reviews The Imagineering Story
I loved every minute of this six-part Disney+ documentary series, exploring the history of Disney’s theme-parks and their rides. The series was directed by Leslie Iwerks, who is the daughter of Disney Imagineer Don Iwerks and the granddaughter of Ub Iwerks, who co-created Mickey
Josh Reviews Jon Favreau’s remake of The Lion King
It seems like it was just a few weeks ago that I was writing about the live-action remake of Aladdin, and stating that I don’t see any creatively interesting rationale behind Disney’s current predilection for remaking so many of their classic animated films in live-action.
Josh Reviews Disney’s Live-Action Remake of Aladdin
Let me say two things right at the top about Disney’s new live-action remake of their animated classic, Aladdin. First, I’m just not sure I see much of any creatively interesting rationale behind Disney’s current penchant for remaking so many of their classic an
News Around the Net
Right after my last News Around the Net post, about a month ago, this trailer dropped: In this day and age I am rarely shocked by a movie trailer, but I was not at all expecting to discover that Jason Reitman will be making a Ghostbusters sequel! Jason Reitman is, of course, the son