The Rewind

Josh is joined by his friend and The Rewind's Marvel Correspondent, Maya, to talk all things Captain Marvel. They discuss how Brie Larson did starring in Marvel's first female-led movie, how the movie captured the 90s, its nuanced depiction of Skrull aliens and much more! Let us know what you thought of the movie! Spoilers throughout!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Kayla Mead to talk about How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. They discuss how the movie manages to stay entertaining and heartfelt as the third in a series, whether it has a villain problem, the unique animation, and much more!

Josh is joined by freelance journalist Kayla Stetzel to talk about the new stalker film from writer/director Neil Jordan, "Greta." They discuss how young American star Chloë Grace Moretz holds her ground against French legend Isabelle Huppert, whether the movie gets gruesome enough, whether it is sufficiently campy and much more! Spoilers start at 19:37.

Josh is joined by recurring guest Josh Brown to discuss James Cameron's non-Avatar passion project, Alita: Battle Angel (Beginning-18:43) and whether taking such a big swing at creating a new post-apocalyptic franchise paid off. Then, they talk about the sequel to Blumhouse's 2017 hit, Happy Death Day in the aptly named Happy Death Day 2U (18:44-End) and whether it was able to sufficiently differe...

Just in time for the 2018 Oscars, Josh is joined by some of his most frequent guests to discuss most of the big categories (and the snubs that missed out on nominations in each) as well as a couple of fake categories. The medley of segments include: Beginning-13:18- Fred Kolb on Best Supporting Actress 13:20-35:08- Hannah Couture on the Best Scenes of the Year 35:11-1:01:15- Daniel Lima on the Bes...

Josh is joined by his 7 most frequent recurring guests to talk about their Top 10 movies 2018. All of the following friends of the pod stop by: Fred Kolb- (Beginning- 35:21) Hannah Couture- (35:23-1:05:00) Daniel Lima- (1:05:02-1:36:26) Elijah Howard- (1:36:28- 2:03:04) Joe Morgan- (2:03:06-2:32:47) Graham Hall- (2:32:50-3:06:59) Josh Brown- (3:07:01-End) Josh gives his full list at the end. Let u...

Josh is joined by recurring guest Joe Morgan to discuss The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part. They talk about how it compares to its 2014 predecessor, whether it goes too meta, the quality of the songs and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard to discuss the latest film from Steven Soderbergh, “High Flying Bird.” They talk about the value (or lack thereof) derived from Soderbergh shooting the movie on an iPhone, the movie’s pro-labor message with respect to professional athletes, and much more! Spoilers start at 23:36.

Josh is joined by recurring guest Fred Kolb for the weirdest double feature The Rewind has done to date, as they talk about Serenity (Beginning-34:09) and Velvet Buzzsaw (34:10-end). They discuss what how there is a version of Serenity that would have made sense as a movie, how director Steven Knight got so many big-time actors to sign up for such a bizarre movie and commiserate over Matthew McCon...

Josh is joined by his friend and now recurring guest Billy McCormick for The Rewind's final 2018 Best Picture nominee episode, as they talk all things "Bohemian Rhapsody." They discuss Rami Malek's performance as Freddie Mercury, how problematic the changes are that the movie makes from real life events, whether the film is overshadowed by sexual abuse accusations against director Bryan Singer, an...

Josh is joined by recurring guest Graham Hall to talk about M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass. They discuss where it fits in with the rest of his Eastrail 177 Trilogy, whether his message about the superhero movie genre worth the time the movie invests in it, how the three main performances worked off each other and much more! Spoilers start at 13:07.

Josh is joined by friend and fellow lawyer Sydney Weiss to celebrate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as they talk about the media from 2018 that examined her life, "On the Basis of Sex" and the Academy Award-nominated documentary, "RBG." They discuss how the former succeeds as a legal procedural, how each film compliments the other, how both illustrate the moment of time in which Justice...

Josh is joined by his friend Robert Wechsler to talk about the newest movie from Adam McKay, "Vice." They discuss Christian Bale's transformative performance as Dick Cheney, whether the movie goes too easy on Cheney in recounting his career, whether McKay's narrative tricks worked as well as they did in "The Big Short," and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guests Elijah Howard and Daniel Lima to break down the newest film from Barry Jenkins, "If Beale Street Could Talk." Daniel has been a bit of a Barry Jenkins hater through his first couple of films, so they discuss whether Beale Street made him a fan. They also get into how effective Jenkins in telling a story that was both a romance and a commentary on systemic racism...

Josh is joined by recurring guest Hannah Couture to talk about two movies. First, they discuss Mary Poppins Returns (Beginning-38:24) and how it compares to its predecessor, whether the songs are sufficiently catchy, how Emily Blunt captures the essence of the title character and much more! Then, they get into how Bumblebee revitalizes the Transformers franchise (38:25-End) as it tells the story o...

Josh is joined by his friend and former co-host Anthony Klam to talk about the newest entry into the DCEU, James Wan's "Aquaman." They discuss James Wan's depiction of Atlantis, the performances from the deep cast, where the movie fell short in the script, how it compares to other recent DC movies and much more! Spoilers throughout.

Josh is joined by recurring guest Josh Brown to talk about two movies. First, they discuss one of the weirdest and most poorly-reviewed movies of 2018, Robert Zemeckis' "Welcome to Marwen" (Beginning-31:14). They get into why a movie about a man who uses dolls to create WWII reenactments was made when it had already been a well-received documentary, how whether Steve Carell is able to keep the mov...

Josh is joined by recurring guest Maya to talk all things Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. They discuss its unique animation, its balancing of several complex storylines covering multiple dimensions, the loaded voice cast and much more! . Spoilers throughout!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard to talk about two probably Best Picture nominees. First, they discuss Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite,” (without spoilers from beginning-32:42 and with spoilers from 33:42-55:03) and how it manages to work humor and themes that are relevant today into a costume drama set in the early 18th century. Then, they break down Alfonso Cuaron’s passion proje...

Josh is joined by now-recurring guest Ben Luben to discuss South Korean director Lee Chang-dong's newest movie, "Burning," as well as Natalie Portman's newest, "Vox Lux." First, they talk about "Burning" and how the movie is able to constantly make you question everything its characters do, its depiction of what loneliness can do to the mind, Steven Yeun's layered performance and much more. (Spoil...

Josh is joined by recurring guests Daniel Lima and Josh Brown to discuss two movies, Peter Farrelly's "Green Book" and Jason Reitman's "The Front Runner." First, they discuss "Green Book" and how it is limited by being a movie about race relations told solely by white people, how it does at depicting racism in the early 60s in spite of that and whether its performances from Viggo Mortenson and Mah...

Josh is joined by The Rewind's Animation Correspondent, Joe Morgan, to discuss "Ralph Breaks the Internet." They talk about how it compares to 2012's "Wreck it Ralph," how it zeroes in focuses on the right aspects of the Internet to riff on, how it does in striking a balance between content that will appeal to adults vs. content that will appeal to kids and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest and fellow Josh, Josh Brown, to talk about the newest movie from Steve McQueen, Widows. They get into whether the loaded cast lived up to the hype, the movie's use of various tracking shot, the effectiveness of its various twists, and much more! Spoilers start around 32:04.

Josh is joined by friend and fellow Philadelphia native Nick Menta to break down Creed II. They discuss how the movie pays homage to a combination of four different Rocky movies, its resurrection and revitalization of Ivan Drago as a character, what they want out of future Creed movies, and much more!

Josh is joined by recurring guest Elijah Howard as they cover a range of topics including the newest film from Bad Robot, "Overlord" (Beginningg-36:30), Orson Welles' long-awaited last film, "The Other Side of the Wind (36:31-1:07:39) and the sad news of the shuttering of classic film streaming service Filmstruck (1:07:40-End). Here is a link to the Letterboxd list from TCM's Alicia Malone referen...