Josh Reviews Kevin Smith’s Red State
As I wrote recently in my review of Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, for the first decade or so of Kevin Smith’s film career I was a huge fan. I still have a lot of love in my heart for his first run of films: Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob […]
Josh Reviews Kong: Skull Island
In 1973, as the United States forces leave Vietnam, a group of soldiers are assigned to what is supposed to be a geological expedition. Unfortunately, it turns out their mission is at the behest of U.S. government agent Bill Randa (John Goodman), who is attempting to prove his theor
Josh Reviews 10 Cloverfield Lane
I feel like 2008’s Cloverfield has been somewhat forgotten and/or dismissed in recent years, but I loved that film when it came out. Back in 2008 I wasn’t yet fed up with J.J. Abrams’ “mystery box” schtick and it was fun going into seeing that movie wit
Josh Reviews The Monuments Men
Two of the films George Clooney has directed are among my very favorite films. I think his debut film, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, is probably in my top 20-30 films of all time. It’s a deliriously clever, mind-bending piece of work, with a dynamite script by Charlie Kau
Josh Reviews Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis is another home run from the Coen Brothers. I found the film to be emotionally wrenching, an unflinching look at the pain, heartbreak, and rejection that so often accompanies the men and women who try to create art (be that music, paintings, film, etc.). ItR
Josh Reviews Argo!
I’ve been a fan of Ben Affleck’s ever since I first listened to his hilarious and endearing contribution to the raucous DVD commentary track for Kevin Smith’s Mallrats. (Seriously, track it down and give it a listen — it’s one of the best commentary track
Josh Reviews The Sweatbox, the Documentary the Walt Disney Company Doesn’t Want You to See!!
Remember the Walt Disney Company’s 40th animated feature, released in 2000, called Kingdom of the Sun? It was an epic tale set in the Inca empire about a selfish king who briefly switches places with a poor farmer who happens to look just like him, and an evil magician with a pl
Josh Reviews The Artist
Well, I was already a big, big fan of star Jean Dujardin and director Michael Hazanavicius from their two OSS:117 French-language James Bond parody films, Cairo Nest of Spies (click here for my review) and Lost in Rio (click here for my review). Now, after seeing the two men’s
Double Feature Club!
My brother Dave had the great idea, recently, to start a Double Feature Club. This is a movie-version of a book club, in which a group of friends will gather, approximately once a month, to enjoy a Double Feature on a certain theme. Dave hosted the first installment last week ̵