Catching Up on 2011: Midnight in Paris
At this point in Woody Allen’s amazing career (and whether you love or loathe the filmmaker himself, you must acknowedge that the man’s writing and directing a film a year for the last forty-some odd years is an amazing achievement) I think that my level of enjoyment of hi
Josh Reviews Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
I really loved Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes film from two years ago, and so I was thrilled that they went into production on a sequel so quickly. (That the first film ended with such a delicious promise of further adventures didn’t hurt, of course!) But, unfortunately, th
Josh Reviews Young Adult
In a season of generally serious movie-fare, Young Adult is a blazingly funny film that still carries some serious dramatic heft. It’s an absolute knockout of a film from screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman (who previously collaborated on the great 2007 film Ju
A Steven Spielberg Double-Feature Part II — War Horse
And now for the second-half of my Steven Spielberg double-feature — War Horse. (Click here for my review of The Adventures of Tintin.) When I first saw the trailer for War Horse, I dismissed it almost immediately. Something about the swelling music and the dramatic shots edite
A Steven Spielberg Double-Feature Part I — The Adventures of Tintin
Steven Spielberg has only directed one film since Munich (click here for my review) in 2005, and that was the tragically disappointing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008 (which I prefer to pretend never happened). That’s a long dry spell for one of the
Days of De Palma (Part 3): Dressed to Kill (1980)
Click here for my thoughts on Carrie (1976) and here for my thoughts on The Fury (1978)! Well, one thing’s for sure: the opening of Dressed to Kill isn’t one I’m going to be forgetting any time soon. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but an extended shower s
Days of De Palma (Part 2): The Fury (1978)
My journey back through the films of Brian De Palma continues! Click here for my thoughts on Carrie. Two years after Carrie, Mr. De Palma directed The Fury, another story of telekinetic teenagers. But while the initial description of the film does sound a bit like more of the sam
Josh Reviews Hugo (3-D)
Martin Scorsese isn’t exactly the first name I think of when I think about family-friendly adventure films, but with Hugo, the master proves once and again his incredible control of the medium of film, no matter the genre. Hugo is a breathtaking work of genius, and I found mys
Josh Reviews Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (and the Dark Knight Rises Prologue!!)
I’ve really enjoyed all three Mission: Impossible films, though none of them quite reached perfection in my mind. Probably my favorite part of all three films is the first 30 minutes of the first one, where we got to see an awesome team of super-spies engaged in some really fu
Days of De Palma (Part 1): Carrie (1976)
I’ve often enjoyed here, on the site, taking some time to watch or, in some cases, re-watch, a series of films by the same director. One of my very first blogs on the site was a look back at several of the films of David Mamet, and more recently I re-watched the last decade an