Article by: Josh Bradley In May, HBO’s five-part miniseries Chernobyl premiered to rave reviews, inspired some of the dumbest Instagrams you will ever see, and for a moment became the highest-rated TV show on IMDb, topping juggernauts like Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and The Wire (it has since fallen to #4,
Author: Josh Bradley
Josh Bradley is a rocket scientist and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. He spends most of his time in traffic on the 405.
Arthouse Spotlight: MADELINE’S MADELINE (2018) Review
Article by: Josh Bradley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_ezPTjSSPw Inspired by strolls through the Huntington Art Collection in Pasadena, I wrote a piece several years ago about how certain movies from certain filmmakers need to be assessed differently than mainstream films because they share more in common with the stuff you see in an art museum
Movie Review: EIGHTH GRADE (2018)
Article by: Josh Bradley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lFgF_IjPw Towards the end of Bo Burnham’s latest standup special, Make Happy — which is reportedly his last one for at least a while — he kneels downstage and brings up the house lights to have a frank talk with (well, “at”, but sort of “with”) his audience. He
Movie Review: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018)
Article by: Josh Bradley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enH3xA4mYcY In the surreal, alternate-reality Oakland where Sorry To Bother You takes place, the most-watched TV show is a gameshow called I Got the S#*@ Kicked Out of Me. Each week, 150 million people nationwide tune in to watch willing contestants get brutally bloodied for a chance to
Movie Review: ISLE OF DOGS (2018)
Article by: Josh Bradley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt__kig8PVU In his original review in Variety, Todd McCarthy called the Coen brothers' A Serious Man "the kind of picture you get to make after you've won an Oscar." (Whether he was speaking in generalities about the Coens' success or specifically about No Country for Old Men's Oscar
Movie Review: I, TONYA (2017)
Article by: Josh Bradley There’s a brief scene late in I, Tonya as Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) prepares her makeup before her first free skate at the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994, and it’s incredible. In it, Harding grits her teeth to aggressively apply dark red makeup, her demeanor and chosen color both
11 Most-Anticipated (Non-Franchise/Reboot) Movies Of 2018
Article by: Josh Bradley Black Panther. Aquaman. Ant-man and the Wasp. An inevitable Jurassic World sequel. An overdue Incredibles sequel. Avengers: Infinity War. Solo: A(nother) Star Wars Story. Jamie Lee Curtis returning for a direct sequel to Halloween (1978) that ignores the other nine films in the franchise. Reboots of Tomb Raider and Predator. Creed
Movie Review: STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
Article by: Josh Bradley The original Star Wars trilogy looms over the new Star Wars trilogy in complicated ways. Obviously, the original trilogy’s immense and devoted fanbase and it’s unfathomable cultural footprint put a lot of pressure on the filmmakers of the new trilogy to do it justice, but its legacy
12 Movies to Know for Oscar Season
Movie Review: BLADE RUNNER 2049
Article by: Josh Bradley One of the most fascinating aspects of Ridley Scott’s original Blade Runner (1982) — and, I think, one of the reasons the movie has endured — is its exploration of what it means to be human. If replicants (bioengineered androids virtually identical to humans created for slave