Josh Reviews Orange is the New Black: Season 2
My wife and I tore through the first season of Orange is the New Black in about a week last October. (Click here for my review.) It’s been a long wait for season two! There are some shows that build gradually to popularity (like Seinfeld), while others explode onto the scene
Josh Reviews Game of Thrones Season Four
I keep waiting for Game of Thrones to stumble, but so far show-runners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have continued on an impressive winning streak, with each season successfully building on what came before. I wondered, in my review of season three, how the show would continue afte
Josh Reviews Mad Men Season 7.1
It’s a very rare thing when a TV series is able to end at a time and place of its creators’ choosing. There are many things that are problematic with today’s TV landscape, but I must say the recent trend of more TV series having this sort of opportunity is extremel
Josh Reviews Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 1
It picked up a little bit in the final third, with the episodes set after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but nevertheless it’s hard to characterize the first season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as anything other than a colossal disappointment. When the show wa
Josh Reviews the Final Episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Shockingly, the animated TV show Star Wars: The Clone Wars has, over the years, grown into a pretty terrific show and a fascinating expansion of the Star Wars saga. When the animated film was released to theatres back in 2008, I skipped it. I was totally soured on the prequels, an
Josh Reviews Sherlock Season 3!
I fell in love, last year, with the BBC’s modern-day reinvention of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock, when I watched the first two seasons on DVD. Starring Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch, the show is a dynamic, clever spin on the Holmes mythos. (Click here for my review of
“…To Miss New Orleans” — Josh Bids Farewell to Treme
I think that The Wire is probably the greatest TV show ever made. And while my crazy love for that show has ensured that I will eagerly watch any future which in which David Simon (who created and ran The Wire along with Ed Burns) has a hand, I never expected that any of his [&helli
Late to the Party: Josh Reviews Breaking Bad Season One
I’ve been wanting to start watching Breaking Bad since it first started. I never watched Malcolm in the Middle, but it seemed clearly to me that Bryan Cranston was a great actor, and seeing him in a dramatic role was appealing. And as a die-hard X-Files fan, I of course knew
Josh Reviews Orange is the New Black Season One!
A few weeks ago, my wife convinced me that we needed to check out Netflix’s series (that was released over the summer) Orange is the New Black. I am glad she did, because we tore through the series’ thirteen-episode first season in just a little over a week, and I am thr
Josh’s Thoughts on the Pilot Episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Well, this past week the much-hyped premiere episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. finally arrived! (That is a lengthy title, and I think for simplicity’s sake I will just be referring to the show as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. from here on in.) I am excited and intrig