Josh Reviews The Boys in the Boat
The Boys in the Boat is based on the book by Daniel James Brown and tells the true story of the University of Washington junior rowing team and their eventual triumph at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The film adaptation was written by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, The Midnight
Catching Up on 2016: Josh Reviews Midnight Special
Jeff Nichols, amazingly, wrote and directed not one but two films that were released in 2016. The second was Loving, a magnificent drama about Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple forbidden from marrying in Virginia, whose case eventually came before the Supreme Court i
Josh Reviews Loving
Jeff Nichols’ film Loving tells the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving. In the nineteen fifties, Richard, a white man, and Mildred, a black woman, fall in love and decide to get married. They get married in Washington, DC, but their home state of Virginia outlaws inter
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Catches Up With Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings
I missed Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings when it was released back in December, 2014, and the film’s dismal reviews kept me from rushing to watch it on DVD or streaming. But there was no way I could altogether skip a new film from Ridley Scott, one of the greatest
Josh Reviews Black Mass
Black Mass tells the story of Jimmy “Whitey” Bulger, the Boston crime boss who, for twenty years, was allowed to operate and consolidate power in Boston by the local branch of the FBI because of Bulger’s secret role as an FBI informant, helping the FBI work against t
Josh Reviews Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow has directed some terrific films. I’m a sucker for Strange Days (the futuristic sci-film from 1995, written by James Cameron and starring Ralph Fiennes) and The Hurt Locker (click here for my review) was terrific, but I’d say with Zero Dark Thirty she ha