Josh Reviews The Worst Person in the World
The Norwegian film The Worst Person in the World focuses on Julie (Renate Reinsve), a young woman who, when we first meet her, is living in Oslo and going to medical school. As the film unfolds, we follow Julie through several different career paths and romantic relationships, as sh
Josh Reviews Joy Ride
Joy Ride is a documentary/performance film directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. A perilous car accident doesn’t stop Mr. Goldthwait and his friend, comedian Dana Gould, from continuing their stand-up tour! The film alternates between clips of the two men killing it on-stage during th
Josh Reviews Everything Everywhere All at Once
In Everything Everywhere All at Once, Michelle Yeoh stars as Evelyn Wang. Evelyn is a crotchety middle-aged woman who runs a laundromat. She’s frustrated that her business is struggling and in trouble with the IRS, she’s frustrated by her meek husband Waymond, and she&
Josh Reviews The King’s Man
The King’s Man tells the story of how the Kingsmen — the “independent intelligence service” seen in 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service and 2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle — came to be. It’s 1914, and the world stands on the brink o
Josh Reviews Licorice Pizza
Licorice Pizza, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, The Master, Inherent Vice), is set in 1973 in the San Fernando Valley. When the film opens, we see a line of kids waiting to take their school picture. Among them is 15 year-old Gary Valentine, a confiden
Josh Reviews House of Gucci
Amazingly, Ridley Scott directed two films that were released in 2021: The Last Duel (which I think is a very strong film that was improperly ignored upon its release) and House of Gucci. I missed House of Gucci in theaters when it was first released, so I’m thrilled to have c
Josh Reviews Belfast
Belfast, written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, is set in the titular city during 1969. Based on Mr. Branagh’s own childhood, the film focuses on the experience of a nine-year old boy during “the Troubles” (the violence in Ireland that lasted from the 1960’
Josh Reviews Catwoman: Hunted
In the new animated DC universe movie, Catwoman: Hunted, Selina Kyle steals a priceless gem from the criminal organization called Leviathan. As Leviathan tries to hunt Catwoman down to take revenge, Selina winds up teaming up with Batwoman, Julia Pennyworth, and King Faraday, who ar
Josh Reviews The Tender Bar
The Tender Bar is an adaptation of novelist & journalist J. R. Moehringer’s 2005 memoir. The film chronicles the coming of age of young JR, growing up on Long Island in the seventies. When his parents split up, JR and his mom move back in with his mom’s parents on
Josh Reviews the 4K Restoration of the “Director’s Edition” of Star Trek: The Motion Picture!
Praise be to the Great Bird of the Galaxy — after two decades of wishing and hoping, I am delighted that a beautiful high-definition 4K version of the “Director’s Edition” of Star Trek: The Motion Picture now exists!! I watched it streaming on Paramount+, and