Josh Reviews George Carlin’s American Dream
George Carlin’s American Dream is a two-part documentary film (running close to four hours in total), exploring George Carlin’s life and seminal stand-up career. It was directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio. (This is a fantastic companion piece to Mr. Apatow
Josh Reviews The Bubble
Judd Apatow’s film The Bubble chronicles the increasingly chaotic and unhinged situation on the set of a big-budget film, Cliff Beasts 6, attempting to stay in production during the pandemic. The idea is that the cast and crew will isolate in a bubble in a lavish hotel, enabli
Josh’s Favorite Movies of 2020 — Part One!
I hope you enjoyed my look back at my favorite TV series of 2020! And now, let’s dive into my favorite movies of 2020: 15. Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story — I was a huge fan of The Ren & Stimpy Show back when it first started airing on Nickelodeon
Josh Reviews The King of Staten Island
In Judd Apatow’s new film, The King of Staten Island, SNL’s Pete Davidson stars as Scott, who lives at home with his widowed mother. Scott’s father was a firefighter, who died on the job when Scott was young. Scott is content to live his slacker-ish life, smoking
Josh’s Favorite Episodes of TV of 2018 — Part Three!
Click here for part one of my list of My Favorite Episodes of TV of 2018, and click here for part two. And now, onwards to my top five! 5. Black Mirror: “Bandersnatch” (released on 12/28/18) — This was the most impressively surprising TV experience I had all year. I’d nev
Josh Reviews The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
I’ve been a huge fan of Garry Shandling for as long as I can remember. Mr. Shandling was a genius-level stand-up comedian, and he masterminded two of the greatest television shows ever made: It’s Garry Shandling’s Show and The Larry Sanders Show. It was Larry San
Josh Suffers Through Netflix’s Love
Love is a ten-episode Netflix show created by Judd Apatow, Paul Rust & Lesley Arfin. The show chronicles the slow steps along the way of two single people, Gus (Paul Rust) and Mickey (Gillian Jacobs), as the find their way into a relationship with one another. I was interested i
News Around the Net!
I’ll have a lot to say about the long-anticipated return of The X-Files very soon. In the meanwhile, here is a fantastic 45 minute interview with X-Files creator Chris Carter and writers Glen and Darin Morgan, who were key writers on the show who returned to write episodes of
The Top Twenty Movies of 2015 — Part Two!
Yesterday I began my list of the Top Twenty Movies of 2015, listing numbers twenty through sixteen. Now, on with my list! 15. Trainwreck — A perfect vehicle for Amy Schumer (who wrote the film, in addition to starring in it) and a wonderful combination of her very specific com
Josh Reviews Trainwreck
I’m a huge Judd Apatow fan. Have been ever since I fell in love with Freaks and Geeks back in 1999. I adore that show, and its equally criminally underrated follow-up Undeclared. (Important note: Paul Feig was the co-creator of Freaks and Geeks.) When Judd Apatow found b