Josh Reviews The Artist
Well, I was already a big, big fan of star Jean Dujardin and director Michael Hazanavicius from their two OSS:117 French-language James Bond parody films, Cairo Nest of Spies (click here for my review) and Lost in Rio (click here for my review). Now, after seeing the two men’s
Josh Reviews Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I was absolutely taken with the 1979 BBC miniseries adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, starring Sir Alec Guiness, which I watched just a few weeks ago. It was terrific preparation for the equally wonderful feature film adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel, starring G
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