Josh Reviews His Dark Materials Season One
Philip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials was originally published between 1995-2000. The first book, The Golden Compass, had previously been adapted into a mediocre movie back in 2007. Now, the BBC and HBO have adapted that first book, The Golden Compass, into an
Josh Reviews the Re-Edited Fourth Season of Arrested Development
The first three seasons of Arrested Development still stand tall among the greatest comedy TV shows ever made. Last year I re-watched those three seasons in their entirety, and they remain brilliant, with a dense layering of joke upon joke upon joke unlike any other TV show I’
Josh Reviews Into the Unknown: The Making of Frozen II
Not long after I finished watching Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, my entire family and I watched and enjoyed another Disney+ “making-of” series: the six-episode Into the Unknown: The Making of Frozen II. This six-episode series, directed by Megan Harding, is an incredibl
Josh Reviews Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian
I loved the first season of The Mandalorian on Disney+, and I cannot wait for season two! To help bide the time, Disney+ has released an eight-episode behind-the-scenes look at The Mandalorian, called Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian. (It’s a wordy title that doesn’t re
Josh Reviews 30 Rock: A One-Time Special
A silver lining of coronavirus’ tremendous disruption of TV and film production has been the reunion shows I never expected to see. I loved the Parks and Recreation special, and now here comes something else I never expected to see: a new installment of 30 Rock! 30 Rock: A One
Josh Reviews Barry Seasons One and Two
Early on during our social isolation, my wife and I caught up with the HBO series Barry. Bill Hader stars as the titular Barry, a former marine turned hitman who attempts to recreate himself after accidentally walking into an acting class and being mistaken as a prospective studen
Josh Reviews Luther
Idris Elba (The Wire) stars as DCI (Detective Chief Inspector) John Luther in the BBC television series Luther. Luther is a brilliant investigator but he always seems to tread right up (and sometimes over) to the boundary separating a by-the-book police officer with someone willing
Josh Reviews Undone
Amazon’s gorgeous, emotionally rich animated series Undone centers around a young woman named Alma (Rosa Salazar), who feels stuck in the mundane routines of her every-day life. When her younger sister Becca announces her engagement, Alma begins to spiral into insecurity and f
Josh Reviews Disenchantment Season Two
Matt Groening’s animated Netflix series, Disenchantment, doesn’t seem to me to have made much of an impact on the pop-culture scene. And, let’s be honest, Disenchantment isn’t The Simpsons. It doesn’t come near to approaching that series’ trans
Josh Reviews The Spy
Netflix’s six-episode mini-series The Spy tells the true story of Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy in Syria in the 1950’s. This was one of my favorite series of 2019, but I realized I’d never finished & posted my full review — time to remedy that! I watched all