From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Coraline (2009)
I missed Coraline in theatres when it was released back in February of 2009, so I was thrilled to finally have a chance to watch this wonderful film on DVD last month. Adapted from a novel by Neil Gaiman (a legend among comic-book fans for his beautiful series The Sandman), Coraline i
Josh Reviews Sherlock Holmes!
Ever since Snatch back in 2000 I’ve been waiting for Guy Ritchie’s next great film. Finally, just squeaking in before the close of the decade, it has arrived: Sherlock Holmes. As you’re all probably very well aware, Sherlock Holmes stars Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Once (2006)
I finally signed up for Netflix, and my first selection was quite a winner: the small Irish film Once. This is an extraordinarily delightful film, exactly the kind of unique little movie with a voice all its own that I love to be surprised by. I’d read about the film when it g
Josh reviews Avatar!
An indeterminate number of years in the future, mankind has ravaged the Earth and is forced to turn to alternative sources of energy. By far the best is the ore nicknamed “unobtanium” (talk about a macguffin) that has been discovered on the alien world called Pandora.
Josh Reviews Up in the Air
Director Jason Reitman continues his winning streak with his third film (after Thank You For Smoking and Juno), Up in the Air. George Clooney (continuing to prove that he is a far better actor than you might think a fellow with his movie-star good looks and fame would need to be) play
Josh Reviews A Serious Man
This, my friends, is how you follow up a Best Picture Oscar win. After No Country For Old Men, the Coen Brothers released the wonderfully bizarre Burn After Reading (read my review here). Less than a year later, they have bestowed upon us the even more wonderful (and even more bizarre
Josh Reviews The Informant!
The exclamation point in the title of Steven Soderbergh’s new film The Informant! should tip you off right away that this isn’t another ultra-serious film about a corporate whistle-blower a la The Insider. (That’s not a knock against The Insider, by the way, which
Josh Reviews Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore’s latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, starts off strong. The film juxtaposes narration from a movie about the fall of the Roman Empire with images of the United States of America from the last year and a half. Moore’s point is clear. It is hardly surpr
Josh Reviews The Invention of Lying
The story of The Invention of Lying, as you’ve probably figured out from the trailers, unfolds in a universe almost identical to our own. Except that, in this world, no human being has ever told a lie. Ricky Gervais plays a rather Ricky Gervais-like character named Mark Bell
Josh Reviews Where The Wild Things Are!
I’ve been reading about Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s deservedly beloved children’s book Where The Wild Things Are for a long time — years, now — and I am so thrilled to be able to report that the finished film which has finally been