Josh Review Disclosure Day
Disclosure Day, the new film directed by Steven Spielberg (with a story by Mr. Spielberg and a screenplay by David Koepp, who wrote Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, Carlito’s Way, Mission: Impossible, and many more great movies) opens with the world on the brink of a global con
Josh Reviews Music by John Williams
John Williams is, in my opinion, unquestionably the greatest film composer of all time. Mr. Williams’ music has been a constant companion throughout my life. He has written music that almost everyone on this planet knows: scores for Star Wars and Indiana Jones and Superman a
Josh Reviews The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg’s latest film, The Fabelmans, is a lightly fictionalized version of Mr. Spielberg’s formative years, discovering his love for (and skill at) cinema and weathering his families’ moves across the country and his parents’ divorce. The film opens with young Sammy
Josh’s Favorite TV Series of 2019 — Part One!
I am excited to begin my Best of 2019 lists! Let’s kick things off with my list of my favorite TV series of 2019. What a year this was for TV!!! I watched SO MUCH great TV, and even so, there were still so many shows I wanted to see but didn’t get to, including […]
Josh Reviews Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg’s latest film, Ready Player One, is an adaptation of Ernest Cline’s popular novel of the same name. (Full disclosure: I have not read the novel, and so I will be judging Ready Player One fully on its strengths and weaknesses as a movie.) The story is s
Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2017 — Part Four!
And so we reach the end of my look back at my favorite movies of 2017! Click here for part one of my list, click here for part two, and click here for part three! And now, here are my five favorite movies of 2017: 5. The Big Sick — The Big Sick, written by Kumail Nanjiani
Steven Spielberg Triumphs Again With The Post!
In 1971, the New York Times obtained a secret study prepared by the Department of Defense on the history of the United States’ involvement in Vietnam from 1945-1967. These documents demonstrated that a succession of Presidential administrations had been lying to the U.S. publi
Josh Enjoys Seeing Close Encounters of the Third Kind Back on the Big Screen!
About a week after seeing the new 3D release of James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day, I got to see one of the 40th anniversary screenings of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I can’t believe this film is forty years old!!! Close Encounters is one of my very fav
Josh Reviews The BFG
I adored the work of Roald Dahl as a kid, and The BFG was in heavy rotation for me for many years. The idea of a movie adaptation of that terrific book was exciting, and that it would be helmed by Steven Spielberg — probably the greatest director working today — was even
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