Josh Reviews Good Fortune
Good Fortune stars Aziz Ansari, who also wrote and directed the film. (It’s his feature directorial debut.) Mr. Ansari plays Arj, a down on his luck guy living in Los Angeles and struggling to make ends meet. Arj works multiple jobs; he delivers food for a food app, works
Josh Reviews Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man is the third Benoit Blanc murder mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Knives Out was the first, followed by Glass Onion. I loved them both, and I’m trilled to report that Wake Up Dead Man is a thoroughly entertaining and completely satisfying n
Josh Basks in the Glory of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair!
I’ve always loved the two-part theatrical versions of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, released in 2003 & 2004. I think Volume 1 in particular is one of Mr. Tarantino’s best films! And yet (or maybe because of that fact), I’ve always longed to someday see
Josh Reviews Another Simple Favor
Paul Feig’s 2018 film A Simple Favor was a joyously pleasant surprise to me. I wasn’t sure I’d be interested in seeing Mr. Feig directing a twisty murder mystery — as opposed to his wonderful comedies such as Bridesmaids, The Heat, and Spy — and for th
Josh Reviews The Running Man
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man is an adaptation of the novel by Stephen King (originally published under the pen name Richard Bachman). The book was, of course, previously adapted in the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s the near future, and much of the po
Josh Reviews aka Charlie Sheen
Aka Charlie Sheen is a two-part documentary available on Netflix, looking back at the wild and crazy life and career of Charlie Sheen, directed by Andrew Renzi. Mr. Sheen has been in the headlines, and a source of public fascination, for decades. He’s been hugely successful as
Josh Reviews Wicked: For Good
As anyone reading this probably knows, Wicked: For Good picks up the story from last years Wicked Part One and adapts the second half of the acclaimed Broadway musical. Elphaba has been denounced as a villain, and she’s now known to all of Oz as the Wicked Witch of the West.
Josh Reviews Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands centers on a Predator (now canonically called a Yautja) named Dek. Dek longs to be a warrior, but he’s small for a Yautja, and despite the training by his older brother Kwei, their father rejects him from their clan. So Dek heads to the dangerous world of
Josh Reviews Black Bag
Black Bag stars Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender as married spies Kathryn St. Jean & George Woodhouse. Both Kathryn & George are senior officials in the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Center. Kathryn heads up the operations side of things, while George
Josh Reviews Companion
Companion opens with a meet-cute between Iris (Sophie Thatcher) and Josh (Jack Quaid) in a supermarket. Some time later the two, now a couple, head to a weekend getaway with two other couples, Jack’s friends, at a remote house in the woods owned by the wealthy Russian Sergey (