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
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
I well remember my reaction upon watching Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time, many years ago. The star-child appeared, and the end credits rolled, and I turned to my brother and started laughing. “What the heck was THAT???” I had no idea
2009 Catch-Up: Josh Reviews Crazy Heart
Last week I wrote about Moon, one of the 2009 films that I hasn’t succeeded in catching before the switch-over to the Year We Make Contact. Today I’m here to write about another 2009 film that I’m glad I found a chance to see before getting too far into 2010: Crazy
2009 Catch-Up: Josh Reviews The Hurt Locker
After months and months of reading praise for Kathryn Bigelow’s film The Hurt Locker, I finally was able to see the film on DVD. (Once again, thank you Netflix!) I am extremely pleased to report that, for me, the film lived up to its hype. In the bravura opening sequence, we
2009 Catch-Up: Josh Reviews Moon
Though 2009 is well in the past, I’m still trying to find time to watch those 2009 films that I missed (some of which I listed when writing my Best Films of 2009 list). At the top of my I-really-wanted-to-see-it-but-never-did list from 2009 was Duncan Jones’ little sci-f