Josh Reviews Dark Phoenix
I still remember how thrilled and excited I was when I saw the final shot of Bryan Singer’s X2 back in 2003. Jean Grey had sacrificed herself to save the X-Men in the battle at Alkali Lake, and in that final, blink-and-you-missed-it shot, we saw a hint of flame rising from und
Josh Reviews the Latest DC Animated Film: Justice League vs. the Fatal Five
The latest direct to blu-ray DC animated film, Justice League vs. the Fatal Five, is a relatively small-scale adventure arriving on the scene without too much to get your average fan excited. It’s not an adaptation of a famous comic book story, and on the surface there doesn&
Josh Reviews the Amazing Documentary About Star Trek Deep Space Nine: “What We Left Behind”
On Monday night I had the pleasure to see, on the big screen, the extraordinary documentary What We Left Behind, looking back at my favorite of the Star Trek shows, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The documentary was directed by Ira Steven Behr, who was the show-runner of DS9 for most
Josh Reviews Avengers: Endgame!
In yet the latest feat of I-can’t-believe-they-did-it, Kevin Feige and the team at Marvel have stuck the landing. Avengers: Endgame is a deeply satisfying, profoundly moving, and incredibly fun culmination to a decade-plus of movie-making. They have woven together threads an
Josh Reviews Hellboy
Mike Mignola’s Hellboy is one of my very favorite comic book characters. Over the past 25 years, the comic book universe surrounding this big red paranormal investigator has grown and deepened into a fantastically fun and complex epic-scale saga. The various Hellboy-universe
Catching Up On 2018: Josh Reviews Lez Bomb
Jenna Laurenzo wrote, directed, and stars in the film Lez Bomb. She plays a young woman, Lauren, who is planning on coming out to her parents when she is home with them for Thanksgiving. But as the various family members arrive for the Thanksgiving meal, one event after another k
Catching up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe After Captain Marvel!
I have had three different people come to me in the past few days with the exact same question. They’d seen Captain Marvel and loved it, but they’d never seen a single other Marvel movie. Excited by Captain Marvel (and the Avengers: Endgame tease at the end of the fi
Josh Reviews Captain Marvel
Hi friends! Before we continue with my Captain Marvel review, a quick note. Perhaps you’ve noticed the Amazon links in my posts for the past few weeks. MotionPicturesComics.com is now an Amazon affiliate. I ask your help to please support MotionPicturesComics.com by cli
Josh Reviews Reign of the Supermen
Earlier in the year, DC/Warner Brothers released The Death of Superman, an adaptation of the famous story-line that ran through the Superman comic-books in the nineties. (This was actually the second pass at an animated adaptation of this story, as the very first of this continuing
Josh Reviews Glass
I loved M. Night Shyamalan’s film Unbreakable back when it was released in 2000. I was excited for a superhero film that took superhero films seriously. (Two decades ago, I could count all the decent superhero movies that had EVER BEEN MADE on one hand.) I rewatched Unbrea