Josh Reviews Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
In Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, once again the two behemoths have to team up to take on a larger evil. A signal from the “Hollow Earth” (a realm that maybe is another dimension, or maybe is actually inside Planet Earth?) (Either way, it was discovered back in Godzi
Josh Reviews The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Guy Ritchie’s The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is (loosely) based on true events from World War II, only recently declassified (and detailed in the 2014 book Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewi
Josh Reviews Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Two years after the events of Afterlife, the Spengler clan — kids Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), mom Callie (Carrie Coon) and her boyfriend Gary (Paul Rudd) — have settled into their
Josh Reviews Dune Part Two
I adore Dune. Frank Herbert’s novel is one of my all-time favorite books. I have read it many, many times. I enjoy all six of Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, but it’s the original book that’s the real stand-out. (I’m not a big fan of the many Dune bo
Josh Reviews Sly
Sly, directed by Thom Zimny, is an engaging, fascinating look back at the life and career of Sylvester Stallone. The film is structured around a series of interviews with Mr. Stallone, in and around his expansive home as it’s getting packed up for a move. I loved the way the fil
Josh Reviews Somewhere in Queens
Somewhere in Queens is the directorial debut of Ray Romano. Mr. Romano co-wrote the screenplay with Mark Stegemann, and he stars in the film as Leo Russo. Leo is a classic Ray Romano character, a good-hearted but somewhat bumbling schlub, who works for his father’s construct
Josh Reviews A Haunting in Venice
A Haunting in Venice is the third Hercule Poirot film, directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also plays the title role, following 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express and 2022’s Death on the Nile. The film is adapted from the Agatha Christie novel Hallowe’en Party. In
Josh Reviews A Good Person
In A Good Person, Florence Pugh (Outlaw King, Black Widow, Don’t Worry Darling, Oppenheimer) stars as Allison, a young woman whose happy life is destroyed when she’s involved in a car accident that kills both of the passengers in the car she was driving. The film follows
Josh Reviews Maestro
Maestro is directed and co-written (with Josh Singer) by Bradley Cooper, who also stars as composer Leonard Bernstein. The film spans the decades from the forties through the seventies, and tells the winding story of the romance between “Lenny” and the woman who would be
Josh Reviews Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose stars Simon Pegg as the titular Nandor Fodor, a parapsychologist and author who investigated the paranormal. Nandor Fodor was a real person, and he really did investigate the stories of Gef (pronounced “Jeff”) the talking Mongoose on