Josh Reviews Toy Story 4
I have loved all three previous Toy Story movies. Toy Story 2 is one of my favorite sequels ever made, and I adored Toy Story 3 as well. The ending of Toy Story 3 felt like a perfect ending to the series, beautiful and heartfelt. And so I was a little nervous when Toy Story [&he
Josh Reviews Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is pretty much exactly what I’d expected it would be: fun but dumb. The film is a sequel to Gareth Edwards’ 2014 Godzilla. I enjoyed that film, though I didn’t love it the way many others did at the time. I thought it was a very wel
Josh Reviews Late Night
In Late Night, written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Nisha Ganatra, Ms. Kaling stars as Molly Patel, a young woman hired as the only woman on the all-white-male writing staff of a late-night talk. That talk show is run by multi-decade late-night veteran Katherine Newbury, played
Catching Up On 2018: Josh Reviews Holmes & Watson
In my “Catching up on 2018” posts, I review films that I saw in my busy end-of-the-year rush to catch up with as many movies from 2018 that I’d missed. Good lord! What is the behind-the-scenes story that explains this dud? Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are both c
Josh Reviews Disney’s Live-Action Remake of Aladdin
Let me say two things right at the top about Disney’s new live-action remake of their animated classic, Aladdin. First, I’m just not sure I see much of any creatively interesting rationale behind Disney’s current penchant for remaking so many of their classic an
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