Catching Up on My Cartoons: Star Wars Rebels and a Return to The Simpsons
Well, the jury is still out on the over-all success or failure of Disney XD’s new Star Wars animated show, Rebels, but boy, including the droid Captain Rex from Star Tours in the second episode sure makes it hard for me to dislike the show!! More on that in a moment. Star Wars
Late to the Party: Josh Reviews Girls Season 3
Judd Apatow’s involvement piqued my attention in the first season of Girls. My wife and I enjoyed that first season, and even though I read many critics who felt the show took a downturn in season two, my wife and I enjoyed that season as well. We’ve had the third seas
Late to the Party: Josh Reviews Louie Season Two
I am a huge fan of comedian Louis C.K.’s stand-up work. I think his recent stand-up films: Hilarious, Live at the Beacon Theater, and Oh My God, are among the finest stand-up performances I have ever seen. I really dug the first season of his FX show, Louie (click here for m
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