About Josh Zyber
Josh Zyber is a veteran movie and video disc reviewer from Laserdisc to DVD and beyond. He previously wrote for DVDFile.com, DVDTalk.com, and Home Theater magazine.
In one of last week’s Trailer Park posts, E. said that he thought the new trailer for ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ makes the movie look like “another giant turd that will stink up the summer.” I guess I ca...
Christmas is right around the corner. This will be our last Roundtable before the holiday, so let’s use this opportunity to drop some last-minute hints to friends and loved-ones about Blu-ray titles we’re hoping to fin...
Yesterday morning, in a presentation hosted by Woody Harrelson, Sofia Vergara, Gerard Butler and Rashida Jones, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominees for the upcoming Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Januar...
This week, in addition to some of the expected new titles, VUDU also adds a notable new documentary that is apparently not getting a Blu-ray release. Times like this are why a good streaming service is useful to supplement a disc ...
A lot of the season’s storylines are finally starting to come to a head on ‘Terra Nova’. I guess that’s a good thing, isn’t it? I mean, at least it’s some sort of progress.
‘Chuck’ is a fun show, but it’s also a frustrating one that too often relies on cheap gags and erratic, illogical plotting as narrative shortcuts. This past Friday’s episode featured some of both the best a...
HBO has a pretty simple formula for developing its original programming. When creating a new drama series, throw a whole lot of money at it and attract big name talent. The strategy works more often than not. This past Sunday, the...
Something very odd happened last week. From seemingly out of nowhere, my DVR suddenly reported that it recorded a new episode of ‘Haven’, Syfy’s summer series that had its second season finale back in September. ...
The second of last week’s two new ‘Grimm’ episodes was not only the better of the two, but is probably the best episode of the show to date.
After a couple weeks off, NBC’s ‘Grimm’ returned last week with not one but two new episodes, on Thursday and Friday respectively. (The Thursday ep filled the time slot for ‘Prime Suspect’, which is u...
Even if the volume of new Blu-ray releases may seem light today, the week brings us more interesting titles than we’ve gotten in a few months.
His remake of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ hasn’t even opened yet, and already David Fincher is battling with film critics. While it’s not unusual for a director to get defensive about his work, the od...