Epictastic Live with Epictastic Joshua

Here we are! After four seasons, 10 years and a lot of production stuff in between Season 4 and this, we now have reached the conclusion of the Netflix global phenomenon of an iconic series and we finally get to talk about the final season of this iconic show. This season has been met with dovided responses with fans and audiences and critics alike, but in this final review of Stranger Things, Jos...

Before the release of the next DCU film in the case of Craig Gillespie's "Supergirl", which is a spin-off and follow up to this film, I figured we'd do a live movie watch-along/commentary for the first overall film in the new DC Universe that just got released last summer, James Gunn's "Superman" and see how it holds up and also to prepare for Supergirl. #Superman20...

After 7 years since his introduction in “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse”, Spider Noir makes his live action debut appearance in the ever growing Spiderman/Spiderverse franchise in the first season of Spider-Noir and this had a lot to offer from Nicolas Cage’s performances to the visual spectacle. And this had me very interested in it for the most part despite a few concerns with this, but we’re...

After a promise that I made in 2022 to review this fourth season of this iconic show, many years later and now that the show has ended, we go back into the Hawkins for the final two seasons. In this TV show review, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall talks about the fourth season of Netflix’s glpbal phenomenon, “Stranger Things” and give his thoughts on why Season 4 is another great season an...

After a 3-year wait between the 2023 animated film and it's sequel, the Mario Bros., Nintendo fans and Illumination returns for a secondary round of Mario adventures and go into the world of Mario based on the Galaxy games. The question is: How does this sequel to the animated film compare to the original in terms of animation, story and characters and overall response? Well, after almost a month,...

Touch Me was a movie that wasn't clearly on my radar but considering the fact that I heard some decent buzz from some reviews and the fact that Olivia Taylor Dudley (an underrated actress) was involved, I wanted to give it a fair chance for myself. The end result turned out to be one of the most strangest, craziest, insane, batshit and horniest horror movies I've seen all year and so far my favori...

Since I've been on very long delays by not reviewing as much films from this year, it is the summer season and I've been in hiding with my thoughts on some 2026 films long enough, so we're going to do some catch-up for the movies I haven't reviewed and we're going to start off with some movies from earlier so far this year in some. Been a very long time since I've done this in audio form, but here...

After many stages of development, we finally get the film biopic about one of the greatest musicians to have ever do it and one of my favorite music artists, the late and legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson. With a first time actor in the case of Jafaar Jackson and a great supporting cast, along with the producer of Bohemian Rhapsody and The Town and the iconic director Antoine Fuqua, who has d...

The Housemaid was the latest attempt at not only a screen adaptation of the first book in a series of novels by Fates McFadden but also the latest attempt in many this decade to bring back and have a good erotic thriller. With a capable director in Paul Feig (mostly) and a solid trio of actors especially a double blonde threat in the case of Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, along with Brandon S...

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths had the potential to be one of the best movies of the animated DC Universe saga of films and considering it was a three part. But also had concerns because of this being the end of the DCAMU Tomorrowverse as it was getting started. The final result is a valiant effort that while I did mostly enjoy and mostly have fun with, it is also a prime example of my...

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths had the potential to be one of the best movies of the animated DC Universe saga of films and considering it was a three part. But also had concerns because of this being the end of the DCAMU Tomorrowverse as it was getting started. The final result is a valiant effort that while I did mostly enjoy and mostly have fun with, it is also a prime example of my...

After the first two movies and the watchalongs for them, we now have reach the end of this Blade trilogy watchalong series AND hopefully not the last of these watchalongs however. This is going to be for the third and final film of the Blade filmography (for now until we hear about something with him in the MCU), “Blade Trinity”, released in 2004. The version we are doing though is the extended ed...

Continuing where we left off in terms of movie watchalongs for the Blade trilogy and for films in general. This time, we are doing the best Blade film, “Blade II”. Expect a review to follow afterwards. *Disclaimer* Under copyright guidelines and restrictions, I am unable to show footage of 'Blade 2' during the Live stream watch along. To watch along with me, make sure to have your own copy on home...

Send Help is the latest effort from legendary director Sam Raimi, who is one of the best director in terms of horror and in terms of comic book films and was something that I was curious about but cautiously optimistic and skeptical because the marketing had me a little conflicted. Let this be living proof to not doubt things from the great director himself. In this video, Epictastic Joshua’s Josh...

Greenland was one of the bigger surprises in the worst year ever for movies in the case of 2020 and was definitely one of the better disaster movies considering the genre. So, it’s inevitable that a sequel would be made. In a way that is weird, I was kinda looking forward to seeing a sequel because it could be on the same level. That being said, there has been some mixed reactions and I havent bee...

How to Lose A Popularity Contest is the second of two Tubi movies so far this year that I have had the distinction of watching. Usually, these teen romance movies I can enjoy even with all of the cliches here but this one, unfortunately, just doesn’t have much to offer for me. In this video, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall talks about and gives a calming rant on “How to Lose A Popularity...

Welcome to start of my little historical/fantasy epics review series leading and buliding up to the release of “The Odyssey”, releasing this July and I’m very excited to get into this review series as I have been hyping and planning this since ghe last half of last year. For the first film in this big review series, I decided to start with an underrated gem that no one really talks about as much a...

Continuing my little 2025 review catch up with another film that came out during the summer movie season and it’s a Wes Anderson film, called “The Phoenician Scheme”. In this review/video, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall gives his full pros and cons about The Phoenician Scheme, from its direction to the cinematography, performances, story and how much did it work for him and where does fi...

Two months into the new year for movie season, four movies back to back and easily of the four movies to make the worst movies of the year so far, this is the one I ACTUALLY HATE the most and have the most extreme visceral anger against. This is my record/MAJOR EPIC RANT for the new “black movie” thriller, “Twin”, released on Tubi. In this video, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall talks and...

Here is my final review compilation of the Transformers franchise in terms of the revival era with Bumblebee, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and the animated film Transformers One. Individual reviews are up on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Timecodes: 0:00 - Bumblebee (2018) Review 25:03 - Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) Review 39:10 - Transformers One (2024) Review Cast & Crew Bum...

Continuing the series of review compilations of the Transformers franchise and this time we’re into the Yeager duology from 2014-2017 with Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. Individual reviews and audio versions are up on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts *Timecodes:* 0:00 - Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Review/Kinda RANT 26:12 - Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) Movie Review/EPI...

The new Strangers trilogy has been nothing short of a frustrating and disappointing experience with two movies in so far (especially with talents like Renny Harlin as director and the lovely but talented Madelaine Petsch as star), but considering that, Chapter 3 could have the potential to be the best of the three and deliver something satisfying, right? Unfortunately, while this is the best of th...

Here is the first in a series of review compilations for the Transformers franchise from 2007 to now. This is including the Witwicky trilogy that ranges from Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), directed by Michael Bay. #Transformers #Transformers2007 #TransformersRevengeoftheFallen #TransformersDarkoftheMoon Timecodes 0:00 - Tr...

After a little bit of a long wait to get around to reviewing the newest film in the Transformers series, Rise of the Beasts proves to be a fun Transformers movie even though it's not as great as Bumblebee or the first 3 films in the Bay series, it's a fun ride. #Transformers #RiseoftheBeasts #OptimusPrime TIMECODES: 0:00 - intro/review starts/plot sypnosis 1:55 - my excitement 3:50 - The Light 11:...

We have a brand new Transformers movie. And it's been getting a lot of praise and buzz, but what do I think of the sixth installment of this franchise? Here's my review of #Bumblebee. Grade: Better than Vampire Academy Studio: Paramount Pictures, AllSpark Pictures, Bay Films, di Bonaventura Pictures, Hasbro, Tencent Pictures Director: Travis Knight Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto, D...