Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2017 — Part Two!
Click here for part one of my list of my Favorite Movies of 2017! Let’s continue… 15. Coco — Once again, the mad geniuses at Pixar have crafted a film that is fun, visually stunning, and emotionally complex. The “hook” of the film is young MiguelR
Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2017 — Part One!
I hope you enjoyed my look back at my Favorite Episodes of TV of 2017! And now, let’s turn to my Favorite Movies of 2017… As always, there were far more great movies released this year than I had time to see. Movies that looked great but that I missed include: Three Bi
Steven Spielberg Triumphs Again With The Post!
In 1971, the New York Times obtained a secret study prepared by the Department of Defense on the history of the United States’ involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1967. These documents demonstrated that a succession of Presidential administrations had been lying to the U.S. publi
Josh Reviews Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton is a new documentary by Chris Smith that documents Jim Carrey’s process of remaining entirely in-character as Andy Kaufman (as well as Kaufman’s abusive alter-eg
Josh Reviews The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro’s latest masterpiece, The Shape of Water, is set in the early sixties. Sally Hawkins plays Elisa, a mute woman who works as a janitor at a government installation. Her routine, lonely life is shaken when she discovers that the scientists and military offic
Josh Reviews The Disaster Artist
James Franco’s The Disaster Artist chronicles the making of The Room, the 2003 film that is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever made. The Disaster Artist is based on Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell’s book of the same name, which depicts the unlikely friendsh
Josh Reviews Score: A Film Music Documentary
I love movies, and I love movie scores. I’m not sure when I first started to realize that a part of what I loved about movies was their score; and that, beyond that, it was in fact the score that was a critical element of those movies I loved. It probably began with the Star
Josh Reviews Lady Bird
Set in 2002, Greta Gerwig’s film Lady Bird tells the story of a teenaged girl, Christine (though she prefers to go by “Lady Bird” — her given name in that, as she says in the film, “it was given to me, by me”) growing up in Sacramento. Lady Bird i
Josh Reviews Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express, directed by Kenneth Branagh, is the latest film adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel. Mr. Branagh also stars as detective Hercule Poirot, who finds himself enmeshed in a complicated murder mystery while traveling from Istanbul to London on b
Josh Reviews Justice League!
Warner Brothers and DC’s new film, Justice League, is a milestone in their efforts to chase after the achievements of Marvel’s cinematic universe. But whereas Marvel’s last decade-worth of films has seen a remarkably cohesive, gradual unfolding and expansion of a u