Articles by Josh Weiss

With an amazing second season of “Better Call Saul,” Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould prove you don’t need blue meth to have a good time.…

So rarely is Hollywood able to capture the electric magic of American summertime youth like fireflies in a mason jar.  The closest a director has…

J.J. Abrams seems to have his hands in every proverbial cookie jar these days. Whether he’s producing a show for Hulu (such as “11.22.63”), rebooting…

Don’t believe everything you’re told as a child. Contrary to what we’re told in our youth, cake can be a substitute for dinner, bedtimes are…

Ever since Mickey Mouse came on the pop culture scene, Disney has had a long standing tradition of using anthropomorphic animals in its animated features,…

Second chances don’t come around often, but when they do, you have to grab life by the chimichangas and cut its freakin’ head off with…

The Coen brothers are “Barton Finking” it up again with “Hail, Caesar!” — a screwball comedy about the massive studio system of Hollywood’s heyday. But…

“That’s one small step for man, one giant conspiracy for all mankind.” Did we really land on the moon in July 1969? Is history as…

Know what a mortgage backed security is? How about a collateralized debt obligation? Does the term subprime mortgage ring a bell? If you answered no…

It’s an older franchise, sir, but it checks out. Well, sort of. Stop combing the desert because the galaxy far, far away is back. No,…