Josh Reviews Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
In the latest Guy Ritchie film, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Jason Statham stars as super-spy Orson Fortune, who works with a team of contractors/spies hired by the British government to track a device called “the handle” that was stolen by mercenaries. Orson and h
Josh Reviews Revolver
I’m a huge fan of Guy Ritchie’s first two films: Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). Mr. Ritchie followed that up with Swept Away in 2o02, which remains the only film Mr. Ritchie has directed that I haven’t seen. It was brutally panned
Josh Reviews Wrath of Man
Wrath of Man is the latest film directed by Guy Ritchie. Jason Statham stars as the man nicknamed “H,” a security guard for an armored truck company. In the film’s opening sequence, we see a group of armed men attack and rob one of the company’s trucks, lea
Josh Reviews Parker (2013)
I’ve had a fun time watching the many films based on Donald E. Westlake (written under the pseudonym Richard Stark)’s Parker Character. I really enjoyed 1967’s Point Blank (click here for my review) and 1968’s The Split (click here for my review). I thought 1973’s T
Josh Reviews Spy!
At this rate, I want Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy to never stop making movies together. Ms. McCarthy killed in Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids, and then she stepped up into a co-starring role in Mr. Feig’s follow-up film, The Heat. In Spy, Ms. McCarthy and writer/director Feig
EZ Viewing IV: Star Wars & Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
The first two films shown at EZ Viewing IV (my annual movie marathon) were: Star Wars: A New Hope — The Adywan Fan-Edit and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. What is the Adywan Fan-Edit of Star Wars? It is, bar none, the very best version of the first Star Wars film (I ref