The Parker Films: The Split (1968)
I’m continuing my look at the films based on Donald E. Westlake (written under the pseudonym Richard Stark)’s Parker character. Click here for my review of 1967’s Point Blank, starring Lee Marvin, an adaptation of the Parker novel The Hunted. One year later, Jim Brown starre
The Parker Films: Point Blank (1967)
Recently I read Darwyn Cooke’s four magnificent graphic novel adaptations of the Parker novels written by Donald E. Westlake under the pseudonym Richard Stark. The late, great Darwyn Cooke was a master of the comics form (his New Frontier miniseries, which retold the story of the
Josh Reviews The King of Staten Island
In Judd Apatow’s new film, The King of Staten Island, SNL’s Pete Davidson stars as Scott, who lives at home with his widowed mother. Scott’s father was a firefighter, who died on the job when Scott was young. Scott is content to live his slacker-ish life, smoking
Josh Reviews Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Despite my having a very negative opinion of most of the recent DC/Warner Brothers films, including the dreadful Suicide Squad (which is where Margot Robbie’s version of Harley Quinn first appeared), I was interested in seeing Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of On
Josh Review the DC Animated Film: Apokolips War
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War seems to be the finale of the “New 52” style continuity of animated films that began with 2014’s Justice League: War. Here in Apokolips War, the story circles back around to Darkseid (who was the main villain in Justice League: Wa
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 the Animated Adaptation of Superman: Red Son
The direct to blu-ray/DVD DC animated film Red Son is an adaptation of the three-issue mini-series by Mark Millar, Dave Johnson and Kilian Plunkett. That “Elseworlds” story asks the tantalizing premise: what if young Kal-El had been raised in communist Russia rather than
Josh Reviews The Old Guard
Netflix’s new film The Old Guard is an adaptation of the terrific comic book series of the same name by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández. Charlize Theron stars as Andy (short for Andromache), a warrior who is thousands of years old. She and a small group of fellow immortal
Josh Reviews The Report
Amazon’s film The Report, written and directed by Scott Z. Burns, depicts the years-long process in which the Senate Intelligence Committee investigated the C.I.A.’s use of torture of detainees after September 11th. The investigation was led by Daniel Jones, a staffer f
How to Start Watching (And Fall in Love with) Star Trek — Part Two!
Yesterday I posted part one of this, possibly (probably!) the most important blog series I will ever write! It’s my guide to how to start watching (and fall in love with) Star Trek! Yesterday I suggested that a newbie begin by watching a select group of episodes from the Origi