The Top 15 Movies of 2012 — Part Three!
In Part One of my list of the Top 15 Movies of 2012, I listed numbers 15 through 11, and in Part Two I listed numbers 10 through 6. Let’s bring it home with the final installment of my Best Movies of 2012 list! 5. Django Unchained — Quentin Tarantino’s fierce, fier
Josh Reviews Django Unchained
Watching Django Unchained, the new film from writer/director Quentin Tarantino, I kept thinking to myself that I can only imagine this must have been what watching Blazing Saddles was like, back in 1974 when it was originally released. Both films deal with slavery and America’
From the DVD Shelf: Crimson Tide (1995)
Earlier this week I wrote about Tony Scott’s 1993 film True Romance. The second part of my little personal Tony Scott in memoriam double-feature was his 1995 film, Crimson Tide. I saw Crimson Tide back in theaters when it was originally released, but I haven never re-watched it
From the DVD Shelf: True Romance (1993)
The recent passing of Tony Scott prompted me to pick up two films, both directed by Mr. Scott, that had been sitting for quite a whole on my “to-watch” shelf: True Romance and Crimson Tide. I hadn’t seen True Romance since college, and Crimson Tide since it was origi
The Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2010 — Part Two!
Yesterday I began listing my Top 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays of 2010. Here’s the rest of my list! 5. Batman: Under the Red Hood — Bruce Timm’s Batman: The Animated Series knocked me for a loop when I first saw it back in the ’90s, and I’ve been a huge fan of his
The Top 10 Movies of 2009 — Part Two!
Yesterday I began my list of my Top 10 Movies of 2009! Let’s continue, shall we? 5. Inglourious Basterds — Quentin Tarantino demonstrates, once again, that no one can wring more nail-biting tension out of simple conversation than he can. What I thought would be a s
Josh Reviews Inglourious Basterds
I still remember the first time I saw Pulp Fiction. I didn’t know anything about this guy Quentin Tarantino, and I hadn’t yet seen Reservoir Dogs. But in reading about the film in advance of its release, it looked like it had a pretty spectacular cast, and I thought th
News Around the Net!
Welcome back to Motion Pictures! We’ve got lots of great stuff coming your way in the next few weeks (including my LENGTHY dissertation on Inglourious Basterds, coming on Wednesday). For now, let’s see what sorts of fun stuff has hit the web recently: James Cameron has
News Around the Net
Haven’t done one of these in a while… Here’s some of the fun stuff floating around the interwebs these days: The Simpsons has moved to HD! This has apparently necessitated a change in the show’s iconic opening credits sequence, which has remained constant for