Josh Reviews Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders: The Complete Novel
I’m an enormous fan of Francis Ford Coppola. His films of the seventies, including The Godfather Part I and Part II, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now, are among my favorite films of all time. And yet, weirdly, despite my being a huge fan, I’d never seen a number of
Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2018 — Part Four!
We’ve reached the end of my list of my Favorite Movies of 2018! Click here for part one of my list, and click here for part two, and click here for part three. 5. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? — Like so many of my generation, I grew up watching Mr. Rogers’ Neighbo
News Around the Net! UPDATED with Avengers 4 Trailer!
UPDATE: The first trailer for Avengers 4 has finally dropped! First off: the title. Endgame. That’s… OK. Not a bad title, but it’s a bit generic. I think the phrase “endgame” is a bit overused in genre circles, and Dr. Strange’s line in Infi
Josh Reviews Mission: Impossible — Fallout
It is astonishing to me that not only does Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible film franchise still exist a whopping twenty-two years after the first movie was made (1996’s Brian DePalma-helmed Mission: Impossible), but that the series has arguably never been better! I real
Josh Reviews Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Recently I reviewed Kingsman: The Golden Circle. I thought the first Kingsman movie was mediocre, and I wasn’t expecting a sequel to ever get made, but when one was, I went to see it because I was curious to see whether they’d done better with a second whack at the mater
Josh Reviews Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation!
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible series has always been a somewhat weird franchise. Rather than having tight continuity between films, every film has felt like it’s own unique one-off adventure, usually very driven by the style of the director. And so it’s been s
Days of De Palma (Part 13): Mission: Impossible (1996)
Slowly but surely, my journey through the films of Brian De Palma continues! (If you scroll down to the bottom of this post, you’ll find links to all the other Brian De Palma films I have watched!) Mission: Impossible is probably the Brian De Palma film that I have seen the most o
The Top 20 Movies of 2014 — Part One!
2014 was a fantastic year for movies. I had so many films that I wanted to make mention of in my end-of-the-year best-of list, that I’ve decided to expand my usual Top 15 list into a Top 20. Cheating? Perhaps! But it’s all in the service of spreading love for a gre
Josh Reviews Oblivion
Oblivion, the new sci-fi movie from director Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) and starring Tom Cruise, comes very close to greatness. Tantalizingly close. It’s a shame, then, that the film falls short, that its reach exceeds its grasp. I don’t want to tell you too much a
News Around the Net!
Well, I had less-than-happy things to say last week about the teaser posters for Star Trek into Dark Knight (ahem, Into Darkness) and Man of Steel. But both films have shut me up for now by unveiling pretty awesome teaser trailers, first Trek and now Man of Steel: http://youtu.be/KVu3