2008 Catch-Up: Josh Reviews Gran Torino and Revolutionary Road!
When I wrote my Top 10 Movies of 2008 list, I began by listing the many movies that I hadn’t yet had a chance to see. Well, even though 2008 is well behind us, I’ve been trying to catch up on some of the films that I missed. (I’ve had some time to do so, since
Double Feature Club!
My brother Dave had the great idea, recently, to start a Double Feature Club. This is a movie-version of a book club, in which a group of friends will gather, approximately once a month, to enjoy a Double Feature on a certain theme. Dave hosted the first installment last week ̵
Top 10 Movies of 2008! — Part Two!
Today we continue my list of the Top 10 Movies of 2008! Scroll down (or click here) to read yesterday’s installment, listing numbers 10-6 and several honorable mentions, if you missed it. 5. Tropic Thunder — Ben Stiller’s evisceration of Hollywood actors and thei
Top 10 Movies of 2008! — Part One!
In case you haven’t figured this out already, I LOVE movies. And in 2009, as usual, I saw a LOT of movies. Today and tomorrow I’d like to celebrate what I feel were the best of the best of the new films released between January 1st and December 31st, 2008. Before we dive
Man on Wire
Although it was released months ago (and is actually already on DVD!) it was only at the very end of December that I was finally able to see the documentary Man on Wire. I’d been interested in this film ever since I first heard about it many months ago. Luckily, the film w
Slumdog Millionaire
Believe it or not, Slumdog Millionaire is the first film by director Danny Boyle that I’ve ever seen. Although he’s gotten a lot of praise for the films he’s helmed over the last decade or so, either I haven’t been interested (A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach,
Josh Reviews Milk
I often find myself slightly dubious of “important” movies. You know the type — big, epic movies with SOMETHING TO SAY, that have a habit of coming out late in December in order to be best positioned for maximum Oscar hype. It is especially difficult to think abo
The Reader
Please note: While I have kept the following review of The Reader as spoiler-free as possible, it does contain some substantial discussion of the film’s story-line. Those of you who wish to know as little as possible about the movie before seeing it should proceed with cauti
Valkyrie
Bryan Singer’s film Valkyrie has been getting a bit hammered in the press lately. (Actually, I feel like I’ve been reading bad things about this movie for over a year, mostly in connection to the multiple shifts in its release date, which usually indicates a studio’
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
This is the film I’ve been waiting for. Steph and I took advantage of our vacation to see a LOT of the big Oscar-hopeful films that have been released in the past few weeks. As usual, there has been a crazy end-of-the-year rush of “serious” films, many of which won