From the DVD Shelf: Insomnia (2002)
There’s no question in my mind that Christopher Nolan is one of the best directors working today. There’s only one of his films that I haven’t seen (his first — Following — and I do hope to remedy that situation soon), and I have thoroughly enjoyed ever
Spielberg in the Aughts: Minority Report (2002)
When I first saw Steven Spielberg’s film Minority Report in theatres back in 2002 (the only time I’d seen the film until I watched it again on DVD last week), I remember it becoming startlingly clear to me that the man has trouble with the endings of his films. I recogn
Josh Reviews Waiting For “Superman”
Director David Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) has assembled a powerful new documentary, Waiting for “Superman,” about the deep problems in the United States’ public school system. These problems may seem extraordinary and insurmountable, but Mr. GuggenheimR
“No force on Earth or Heaven could get me on that island” — Josh takes a look back at Jurassic Park III
After re-watching Jurassic Park (click here for my review) and The Lost World (click here for my review) last month (as part of my look back at the last decade-and-a-half’s worth of films directed by Steven Spielberg) I figured, what the heck, why not take another look at Jurass
Great Scott!! Josh is Blown Away by the 25th Anniversary Screening of Back to the Future!
In celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary (and also, not coincidentally, to promote yesterday’s release of the trilogy on blu-ray), movie theatres across this great nation of ours screened Back to the Future this past Monday night. I’m thrilled to say that I ha
Josh Reviews The Town
I was blown away by Ben Affleck’s directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, and so I was of course eager to see his second film: The Town. While I don’t think it’s nearly as strong as Gone Baby Gone, The Town is as an engaging and confident sophomore effort from Mr. Affle
Josh Reviews The Social Network
It’s hard for me to a recall another film that has so bravely allowed its lead character to come off as so completely unlikable. In The Social Network‘s power-house of a first scene, Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg) is clearly presented to us as a Grade-A, pr
From the DVD Shelf: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
After re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird last month, I couldn’t resist re-watching the famous film adaptation from 1962 starring Gregory Peck. I’d seen the film before, many years ago, but I hardly remembered it. After having devoured Harper Lee’s magnificent novel
From the DVD Shelf: Amistad (1997)
My revisitation of the last decade-and-a-half of the films of Steven Spielberg continues! I’ve already looked at Jurassic Park and The Lost World, which brings me now to 1997’s Amistad. In an attempt to recapture the magic of 1993 (in which he released two films in a sin