Josh Reviews Avengers: Endgame!
In yet the latest feat of I-can’t-believe-they-did-it, Kevin Feige and the team at Marvel have stuck the landing. Avengers: Endgame is a deeply satisfying, profoundly moving, and incredibly fun culmination to a decade-plus of movie-making. They have woven together threads an
Marvel Triumphs Again With Thor: Ragnarok!
Thor: Ragnarok is the third Thor film, but more importantly it is the incredible seventeenth film in the continuing and expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe. Looking back over these seventeen films, it is astounding to consider the incredibly high quality that Marvel has been able to
Josh Reviews Spotlight
Tom McCarthy’s new film Spotlight tells the story of the Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” team’s investigations, begun in 2001, into the sexual abuse of children by Boston Roman Catholic priests, and by the efforts of the Boston Archdiocese to cover up those in
“Hulk: Smash!” Josh Reviews The Avengers!
Well, here we are at last. The brilliant post-credits scene of 2008’s Iron Man (click here for my original review) promised the beginning of a bold experiment by the fledgeling Marvel Studios — launching stand-alone films starring several of their major characters (Iron
From the DVD Shelf: Josh Reviews Zodiac: The Director’s Cut (2007)
After having such a good time re-watching David Fincher’s films Se7en (click here for my review) and Fight Club (click here for my review), I decided to take another look at Zodiac. It was Zodiac that cemented David Fincher in my mind as one of the most amazing directors working
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews Shutter Island
And so we come at last to the final installment (for now, at least!) of my “Catching Up on 2010” series, in which I’ve been writing about all of the 2010 films that I watched in my very busy January attempt to catch up on as many of the 2010 films that I’d miss
Catching Up on 2010: Josh Reviews The Kids Are All Right
In Lisa Cholodenko’s film The Kids Are All Right, we meet Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), a loving lesbian couple who have been raising two kids together: Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson). Their lives aren’t perfect, but over-all it̵
Josh Reviews Where The Wild Things Are!
I’ve been reading about Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s deservedly beloved children’s book Where The Wild Things Are for a long time — years, now — and I am so thrilled to be able to report that the finished film which has finally been