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So… Back to the Future: The Musical is coming to Broadway in June 2023…? Great Scott! It seems like a ludicrous notion, but I must admit this trailer is sort of endearing. The actor playing Marty sounds exactly like Michael J. Fox when we hear him say “a time mac
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Wow — Wonder Woman 1984 will be released on HBO Max on Christmas Day! AND the film will also be showing in theaters. This is a very interesting strategy. I’m sure that most struggling theatre chains are happy to have this film showing theatrically — and I am ov
Josh Reviews Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
I quite liked the first Fantastic Beasts film. I enjoyed being back in the world of Harry Potter (what has now been dubbed “The Wizarding World”), and I thought the film was fun if a little slight. (It was a gentler, more meandering tale than the last few Harry Potter
Josh Reviews Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Set more than a half a century before the events of the seven Harry Potter books (and the eight movie adaptations), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them introduces us to a young man named Newt Scamander. Mr. Scamander was mentioned in the original Harry Potter series as the autho
The Best Not Quite “To Be Continued” Endings of Franchise Films
One of my complaints about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was how much of the film was filled with shameless plugs for future DC Universe films. I am all for connectivity between superhero films, thus establishing a shared universe of story-telling. That is, in fact, one of th
Josh Reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II
I’ve made this comment in my last several Harry Potter film reviews, but it bears repeating one final time: what an astounding achievement it is, that this eight-film series has made it all the way to the end with the same ensemble of actors all the way through (save for the lat
Josh Reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One!
It is very rare for a film or TV franchise to have an opportunity to craft a finale for its characters and storylines on its own terms. So often these long-form tales are interrupted by cancellation or poor box office, or they just peter out as subsequent sequels drain a once-vibra
Looking Ahead to the Deathly Hallows…
Boy, has this been a dismal summer for movies, or what? I thought Toy Story 3 was a masterpiece. I thought Iron Man 2 was OK. And that’s about it for movies I’ve enjoyed. Now, admittedly, I’ve hardly been to the theatres for the past few months — just too
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Has the pain of the end of Lost faded yet? (Click here for my thoughts on the finale.) Wanna rub some salt in the wound? Then be sure to check out this video compilation of all the questions Lost left unanswered. Here’s another great video from collegehumor.com: a Star War
Josh Reviews Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Let’s establish right from the get-go that I have not read any of the Harry Potter books. Well, actually, that’s not quite true. The day before the first Harry Potter movie opened, the friends I was going to see the movie with found out that I hadn’t read the book,