From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Before seeing his latest film, The Lovely Bones, I thought it fitting to seek out a gaping hole in my Peter Jackson viewing filmography: his 1994 film, Heavenly Creatures. I’ve been hearing/reading about this film since the lengthy pre-release build-up to The Fellowship of the
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews the Director’s Cut of American Gangster
Sometimes I get DVDs and I watch them immediately, devouring the movie and the special features within 24 hours. Sometimes I’ll get a DVD and, for one reason or another, it will sit on my shelf for months and months. Such was the case with the Director’s Cut of Ridley
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Paper Heart (2009)
Charlyne Yi (who you might recognize from Knocked Up) doesn’t really believe in the concept of falling in love. She’s not sure such a thing as love truly exists — and if it does, she’s not sure it’s something that she’s capable of. So she sets o
Josh Reviews The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus!
When unsuspecting passers-by step through the magic mirror in Doctor Parnassus’ traveling imaginarium, they find themselves transported into a world in which their innermost thoughts and desires are brought to life. Watching The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, I feel as thoug
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Whatever Works (2009)
I read all the bad reviews when Woody Allen’s latest film was released this past summer. But I was dubious. Larry David starring in a Woody Allen film seemed like a genius idea, to me. How could a combination of those two neurotic, grumpy Jewish comedians not yield somethi
Josh Reviews Fantastic Mr. Fox
Having watched Fantastic Mr. Fox, the phenomenal new stop-motion animated film from director Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Darjeeling Limited), I am almost forced to reconsider all of his previous (also wonderf
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.