Josh Reviews The Penguin
Colin Farrell’s performance as the Penguin was a standout in Matt Reaves’s 2022 film The Batman. I instantly loved this reinvention of the Penguin. I loved his look; the prosthetics were amazing — Colin Farrell was completely unrecognizable, and yet the character
Josh Reviews Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Two years after the events of the first Shazam! film, we see that Billy Batson and his foster-siblings are continuing to try to use their superpowers to help people. But they don’t work that well as a team, and the individual kids are drifting apart as they get older and live
Josh Reviews Revolver
I’m a huge fan of Guy Ritchie’s first two films: Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). Mr. Ritchie followed that up with Swept Away in 2o02, which remains the only film Mr. Ritchie has directed that I haven’t seen. It was brutally panned
Josh Reviews Shazam!
I missed Shazam! when it was released to theatres last year. I’d been burned out on one bad DC/Warner Brothers live-action movie after another, and while this one looked interesting, I didn’t rush out to see it. I recently watched the film on blu-ray, and I enjoyed it!
Josh Reviews 1917
Sam Mendes’ riveting war film, 1917, takes place over approximately twenty four hours in April, 1917. The British have discovered that a German retreat isn’t what it looks like but is in fact a trap being set for a large contingent of British soldiers. With telephone l
Josh Reviews Kingsman: The Golden Circle
I loved Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons comic-book mini-series The Secret Service, a delicious send-up of classic sixties-era James Bond spy capers. I was a little less taken with Matthew Vaughn’s film adaptation, Kingsman: The Secret Service. Mr. Vaughn is a terrific director
Josh Reviews Kingsman: The Secret Service
I was thrilled when I head that Matthew Vaughn would be directing an adaptation of Mark Millar & Dave Gibbons’ wonderful comic book series, The Secret Service. I adored the original comic, and I had loved Matthew Vaughn’s previous adaptation of a Mark Millar-written
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
Josh Reviews John Carter
Buckle up, my friends, I have a lot to say. I adore Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars books, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting the film adaptation of the first book, A Princess of Mars, for quite a while now. I’ve also been mystified — as I have written
Catching Up on 2011: The Guard
I had pretty much finished putting together my Best Films of 2011 list when I saw The Guard, but the film was so good that I had to rework my list to add it in! I noted in my list that The Guard was the last addition, and that I’d be writing more about the […]