Josh Reviews Finch
The film Finch is set some time in the future. A massive solar flare, combined with other environmental catastrophes, has mostly wiped out mankind. Tom Hanks plays Finch, an engineer who has survived with his dog Goodyear by living mostly in the sheltered, underground lab of the c
Josh Reviews Greyhound
Earlier this week I reviewed News of the World, one of two great Tom Hanks films released in the latter part of 2020. The other was Greyhound. Based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, the film depicts several terrifying days in the middle of the Atlantic during
Josh Reviews News of the World
In News of the World, Tom Hanks plays Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a veteran of the Civil War who now eeks out a living by traveling from town to town to read from newspapers for the townspeople’s entertainment and edification. Captain Kidd winds up entangled with a young girl n
Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2020 — Part Three!
Click here for part one of my list of my Favorite Movies of 2020, and click here for part two. And now, let’s dive into my top Five Favorite Movies of 2020! 5. News of the World — I wrestled with which 2020 Tom Hanks film I preferred: News of the World or Greyhound. Ul
Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2020 — Part Two!
On Monday I began my list of my favorite movies of 2020! And now, let’s enter my Top Ten: 10. Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary — Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary is exactly what it sounds like — a feature-length look back at the making of 1999’
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 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Late in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, journalist Lloyd Vogel (played by The Americans‘ Matthew Rhys) shows his wife Andrea (Susan Kelechi Watson) the article he’d written about Fred Rogers. It’s not really about Mister Rogers, she comments. Neither is thi
Josh Reviews Toy Story 4
I have loved all three previous Toy Story movies. Toy Story 2 is one of my favorite sequels ever made, and I adored Toy Story 3 as well. The ending of Toy Story 3 felt like a perfect ending to the series, beautiful and heartfelt. And so I was a little nervous when Toy Story [&he
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