Josh Reviews Tully
Tully marks the third collaboration between director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody. Their first film together, Juno, got a lot of (well-deserved) acclaim, but I liked their second film — Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt — even more! It’s b
Josh Reviews Vacation
National Lampoon’s Vacation was a film I loved dearly when I was a kid. It was so funny and raunchy and felt a little bit dangerous to my young self. (I probably saw it at a younger age than I should have, though on the other hand perhaps that was the perfect age at which [&
Catching Up on 2013: Drinking Buddies
Written and directed by Joe Swanberg, Drinking Buddies has a phenomenal cast and a great premise. Set in the world of micro-breweries, the film charts the romantic, beer-fueled entanglements of four friends. Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work together at a small craf
Josh Reviews HBO’s Adaptation of Game Change
Back in 2008, Jay Roach directed the excellent HBO movie Recount, which covered the incredible-but-true contested 2000 Presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. (I wrote briefly about Recount here.) Just a few weeks ago, HBO premiered another political film directe
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Adaptation (2002)
I was extraordinarily taken with Adaptation when I first saw it in theatres back in 2002, but I hadn’t seen it since. I had been waiting for there to be a follow-up to the initial bare-bones DVD with nary a single special feature (save the film’s theatrical trailer) R
Josh Reviews Dinner For Schmucks!
Hoo boy, this one was disappointing. I’m a big fan of both Steve Carell and Paul Rudd, and I thought Dinner For Schmucks had a premise that was so weird it seemed to promise good comedy. Rudd plays Tim, who is trying desperately to climb the ladder at the private equity firm a
DVD Shelf!
It’s been a busy month here, but that hasn’t stopped me from checking out a bunch of DVDs recently, new and old: The Conversation — Released in 1974, this masterpiece was written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola between The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.
DVD Shelf!
It’s been a busy month here, but that hasn’t stopped me from checking out a bunch of DVDs recently, new and old: The Conversation — Released in 1974, this masterpiece was written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola between The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.