Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Greenberg
I was really captivated by The Squid and the Whale when I first saw it, and I think that first viewing made me interested for life in whatever future projects writer/director Noah Baumbach would undertake. I was bummed to have missed Greenberg when it was released to theatres last
The Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2010 — Part Two!
Yesterday I began listing my Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2010. Here’s the rest of my list! 5. Batman: Under the Red Hood — Bruce Timm’s Batman: The Animated Series knocked me for a loop when I first saw it back in the ’90s, and I’ve been a huge fan of his
The Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2010 — Part One!
Earlier this week I posted my list of my Top 10 Movies of 2010! (Click here for part one and here for part two.) Here now is my list of my Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2010: First, the DVDs that might have made this list had I had the time to watch them. My to-watch […]
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews The Kids Are All Right
In Lisa Cholodenko’s film The Kids Are All Right, we meet Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), a loving lesbian couple who have been raising two kids together: Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson). Their lives aren’t perfect, but over-all it̵
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Flipped
Back in June I posted a trailer for Rob Reiner’s new film, Flipped, and I wondered if, at last, Rob Reiner (the mastermind behind This is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, and A Few Good Men) had broken his long dry streak and fin
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Winter’s Bone
I’m always intrigued by the idea of world-building in film. Whether we’re talking about fantasy worlds a long time ago and far, far away, or the depiction of distinct real-life settings or time-periods, when I watch a movie I love to be immersed in a fully-realized unive
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Easy A
If there was any doubt in your mind that Emma Stone is a bona fide movie star, that should be erased by Easy A. She’s clearly a vibrant, intelligent, beautiful young woman, and she’s very engagingly watchable. She has no trouble carrying this film on her young shoulder
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Despicable Me
Despicable Me seemed like a movie that I’d really dig. It’s an animated film about dueling super-villains, which is a great hook, and it features a spectacular voice cast: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Jack McBrayer,
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
It’s very possible that John Cazale has the greatest batting average of any actor in history. He only appeared in five films, but they were, in order: The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter. It’s an amazing streak o
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Cyrus
In the film Cyrus, written and directed by Jay & Mark Duplass, John C. Reilly stars a John, a pretty pathetic fellow whose self-confidence is not improved by the news that his ex-wife, Jamie (Catherine Keener), is about to re-marry. Jamie convinces John to join her and her fianc