Josh Reviews The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is the new animated film set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world. Set two hundred years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, the story focuses on Rohan, the kingdom of horse-lords first introduced in The Two Towers. King He
Josh Reviews The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season Two
I was somewhat lukewarm on the first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. I was excited to return to the world of Tolkien, and I was impressed by the production values of the TV series. It looked amazing, with gorgeous props, costumes, and sets, bringing to life an
Josh Reviews The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season One
Back in 2017, Amazon bought the rights to make a TV series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings for a staggering one billion dollars. For years, LOTR fans like myself have been curious to see what sort of show Amazon would create. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of
The Best Not Quite “To Be Continued” Endings of Franchise Films
One of my complaints about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was how much of the film was filled with shameless plugs for future DC Universe films. I am all for connectivity between superhero films, thus establishing a shared universe of story-telling. That is, in fact, one of th
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Is a TV-show adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Avon Oeming’s wonderful comic-book series Powers finally going to happen? This project has been developed for YEARS, most recently at FX, but now it seems there’s a 10-episode order from Sony Pictures TV for P
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My friend Rabbi Ethan Linden has written a wonderful article on his blog about HBO’s recently-concluded Game of Thrones mini-series (which I LOVED) and some broader thoughts about the fantasy and sci-fi genres. Here’s an excerpt: People love to make fun of the superhero
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One of my favorite web-sites these days is Badassdigest.com — you should definitely check it out if you’ve never seen it. They’ve had some great pieces up recently, such as Devin Faraci’s simple, rational piece about why you should avoid purchasing the just-a
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Apparently police officers in Pittsburgh spent eight hours investigating “the most grisly murder scene in 35 years” before discovering it was, in fact, a movie set. Pretty funny. The breaking news this week, of course, is that Jon Favreau won’t be returning to dire
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So is Peter Jackson going to direct The Hobbit? Or will it be his protege Neill Bolmkamp, who directed District 9? Who knows — I just hope this mess with MGM gets sorted out soon. I’m still getting over my enormous disappointment that MGM’s financial situation resu