Josh Reviews Moon Knight
Oscar Isaac stars in Marvel’s latest excellent Disney+ series, Moon Knight. Mr. Isaac plays Steven Grant, a shy, nebbishy fellow who works in the gift shop of the British Museum in London. Mr. Grant is afflicted by a weird problem in which he seems to lose time and wake up i
Josh Reviews Dune
Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of my very favorite novels. I adore it and have read it many times. (Each time I read it, I feel like I inch closer to full comprehension.) I have a soft spot in my heart for David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune; it’s a terrible mov
Josh Reviews Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Walking out of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, I was thrilled. It felt like a joyous return to the fun spirit of the original Star Wars films, something the dour, talky Prequels felt like they’d forgotten. But after a little time thinking about it,
Josh Reviews Star Wars: The Last Jedi!
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, written and directed by Rian Johnson, is not at all the film that I expected it to be. It is very different from The Force Awakens, but a satisfying continuation of the story that film began. The film is exciting, suspenseful, and emotional. It is funny
Josh Reviews X-Men: Apocalypse
The X-Men film franchise began with such promise but it’s been a big mess for quite a while now. Bryan Singer’s 2000 X-Men film launched the golden age of super-hero films that we’re still living in. No one had ever before brought a super-hero team to life on scr
The Top Fifteen Episodes of TV in 2015 — Part One!
Last week I listed by Top Twenty Movies of 2015. (Click here for part one of my list, numbers twenty through sixteen. Click here for part two of my list, numbers fifteen through eleven. Click here for part three of my list, numbers ten through six. Click here for part four of
The Top Twenty Movies of 2015 — Part Three!
What fun this has been, revisiting a great year of movies, Click here for the numbers twenty to sixteen, and click here for numbers fifteen to eleven. And now, on to my top ten! 10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — This was the hardest film to find the right place for on my l
Josh Reviews Star Wars: The Force Awakens!
I don’t remember a time in my life in which I didn’t know about and love Star Wars. I was a little kid when the original films came out, and by the time I really remember it, Star Wars was already a complete thing. Three films: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and R
Josh Reviews A Most Violent Year
In the ripping crime yarn A Most Violent Year, Oscar Isaac plays Abel Morales, the owner of a Brooklyn-based oil company. As the film opens, in 1981, Abel and his friend and attorney, Andrew Walsh (Albert Brooks), have just secured a great deal: the purchase of an enormous fuel term
Josh Reviews Ex Machina
In Alex Garland’s film Ex Machina, Domhnall Gleeson plays Caleb, a young programmer for Bluebook (a company that, in the world of the film, is the world’s most popular search engine). Caleb wins a contest to spend a week with the company’s brilliant and reclusive y