From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a French film that lovingly parodies the 1960’s Sean Connery era James Bond films. It got very little play here in the U.S., but if you’re a fan of the Connery Bond films then this movie is not to be missed. OSS 117 actually began as a se
From the DVD Shelf: Josh reviews Let the Right One In (2008)
I’m behind the eight-ball on this one, I know. Movie-related web-sites across the web have been showering praise on this small-budget Swedish vampire film for the past two years, but I only recently got around to seeing it. It’s just as terrific as I’d heard. Osk
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Lost in America (1985)
After re-watching Albert Brooks’ film Modern Romance a few weeks ago (read my review here), I decided the time had come to revisit some of his other films. I started by tracking down Lost in America, his 1985 film that, somehow, I had never seen. Mr. Brooks (who also directed
“I’ve Just Privatized World Peace” — Josh Reviews Iron Man 2!
I’m always chasing after that perfect cinematic experience — the rare movie where everything just seems to magically click, and I walk out of the theatre totally jazzed by what just unspooled before my eyes. I felt that way when I saw the first Iron Man. I was really blo
From the DVD Shelf: Josh reviews The Cat’s Meow (2001)
It’s funny — although I acknowledge that Peter Bogdanovich is a significant, influential director, I must admit with some embarrassment that I’ve seen very few of his films. Many of his ground-breaking films from the ’70s remain, as-yet-unseen, on my lengthy
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews The TV Set (2006)
As with Death at a Funeral (which I reviewed last month), The TV Set is a film that I’ve been wanting to see ever since it was released. It was one of those films that sounded really interesting to me, and was very well-reviewed, but I just never got around to catching it. I
“She’s always right” — Josh Reviews Modern Romance (1981)
Drew McWeeny (who has a terrific blog over at Hitfix.com) has a series called “The Basics,” in which he writes about a film that he considers one of the “essentials” — a film that anyone who takes film seriously should see — and then another, yo
From the DVD Shelf: Josh reviews the original Death at a Funeral (2007)
I’ve been wanting to see Death at a Funeral ever since it was first released (back in 2007), so it’s a funny coincidence that it arrived in my home (via Netflix) the same week that the American remake (featuring a predominantly African-American cast) opened in theatres. Th
Josh Reviews Kick-Ass!
“Why do you think nobody’s ever tried to be a superhero before? You’d think all these guys talking about it online every day, at least one would give it a try. Not everybody gets to be a rock star, but it doesn’t stop people buying guitars. Jesus, man.
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Homicide (1991)
One of my earliest posts on this blog was a look back through the films of David Mamet. One of the films I wasn’t able to review at the time was Homicide, because it was shockingly unavailable on DVD. Late last year, though, the fine folks at the Criterion Collection thankfu