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 Reviews The Death of Superman Animated Film
Back in 2007, when DC/Warner Brothers began their series of direct-to-DVD animated films, the first project they tackled was an adaptation of the 1992-93 “Death of Superman” storyline from the comics. That animated film, Superman: Doomsday, was very entertaining and stil
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 Waking Sleeping Beauty
Waking Sleeping Beauty is a 2009 documentary film, masterminded by Don Hahn and Peter Schneider, that tells the story of Disney animation’s return to prominence in the late eighties and early nineties with the huge successes of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladd
Josh Reviews Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four
Back in the early nineties, long before our modern age of high-quality, big-budget, prestigious superhero films, a German film producer named Bernd Eichinger acquired the rights to Marvel’s Fantastic Four. Despite the FF being one of the biggest names in the Marvel Comics sandbo
Josh Reviews Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract is the latest DC Animated direct-to-DVD/blu-ray film. It adapts the famous Judas Contract story-line by Marv Wolfman and George Perez from The New Teen Titans in 1984. In the early eighties, Wolfman and Perez’s Teen Titans was an enormous smas
Josh Reviews Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project is a 2007 documentary film, focusing on comedian Don Rickles. I’d wanted to see this film ever since it came out, but for one reason or another I’d never gotten around to it. It’s a great irony to me that I finally watched this
Days of De Palma: Conclusions
A while back, I decided it would be fun to watch through the filmography of Brian De Palma. I had previously seen a number of films directed by Mr. De Palma, such as Scarface, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables, and Snake Eyes. I’d enjoyed those films, but it had been a w
Days of De Palma (Part 20): De Palma (2015)
I feel like Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow’s documentary De Palma was made just for me. As I was finishing my lengthy “Days of De Palma” project of watching all of the films directed by Brian De Palma, I learned of the existence of this documentary. Oh my god! Ho
Days of De Palma (Part 19): Passion (2012)
I am excited to have finally arrived at the end of my journey through the filmography of master director Brian De Palma. (Well, the end for now – Mr. De Palma is alive and well, and hopefully has additional films in his future!) 2007’s Redacted was a rough watch —