Rogue One and News Around the Net! UPDATED with Doctor Strange Trailer!
I suspect by now you’ve all watched the first teaser trailer for Rogue One, perhaps (like me!) several times: That’s a pretty terrific trailer. Not as instantly iconic as any of the magnificent trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but still pretty great. It’
Josh Reviews Season 2 of Netflix’s Daredevil!
I thought that the first season of Netflix’s Daredevil was spectacular, dark and complex and very adult, a triumphant declaration of intent for Netflix’s Marvel shows. Jessica Jones, the second Marvel show, was every bit as good, telling a wrenching story of a young woma
Josh Reviews Agent Carter: Season Two
I really enjoyed Hayley Atwell’s character, Peggy Carter, in 2011’s Captain America, The First Avenger, and I was thrilled when her character spun off as the lead of a TV miniseries last year, Agent Carter. That first season was solid though not spectacular. Ms. Atwell
Can Nicholas Meyer Save Star Trek a Second Time? And News Around the Net!
I was of course excited several months back when news broke that a new Star Trek TV series was in development for CBS All Access. I have loved many of the big-screen Star Trek adventures, of course, but Star Trek belongs on TV. Star Trek began as a TV series, of course, and the va
The Top Fifteen Episodes of TV in 2015 — Part Three!
Last week I listed by Top Twenty Movies of 2015. (Click here for part one of my list, numbers twenty through sixteen. Click here for part two of my list, numbers fifteen through eleven. Click here for part three of my list, numbers ten through six. Click here for part four of
The Top Twenty Movies of 2015 — Part Four!
And so we arrive, at last, at my five favorite movies of 2015. Click here for part one of my list, numbers twenty through sixteen. Click here for part two of my list, numbers fifteen through eleven. Click here for part three of my list, numbers ten through six. And now, my five
The Top Twenty Movies of 2015 — Part Two!
Yesterday I began my list of the Top Twenty Movies of 2015, listing numbers twenty through sixteen. Now, on with my list! 15. Trainwreck — A perfect vehicle for Amy Schumer (who wrote the film, in addition to starring in it) and a wonderful combination of her very specific com
Josh Reviews Jessica Jones
I was excited when Netflix announced that Daredevil would be the first of their Marvel universe TV shows. But I was even more excited when Netflix announced that Jessica Jones would be their second. I was also somewhat concerned, since as an enormous fan of the character I was wor
New Around the Net!
So, holy shit, I am seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens a week from today! That a new Star Wars film, featuring the cast of the Original Trilogy, is so close to being a real thing that I can see, is incredible. I expected that someday there would be new Star Wars movies, but I [&h
News Around the Net!
This substantive look at the upcoming X-Files revival has me giddy with anticipation. Please don’t let me down, Chris Carter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1SmJUBT5q0 I’ve learned over the years not to trust trailers, but holy cow this trailer for the new Coen Brother