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.
The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up with a final day of screenings on Sunday. I still have some reviews to publish, so I’ll roll those out over the next few days. The festival also announced its winners y...
Prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To typically directs 1-2 new movies every year. (Though he apparently didn’t make any in 2010, IMDb shows him making up the lost ground with three this year.) Somehow, remarkably, most of...
I believe that the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences needs to implement a major overhaul of the Emmy nomination process, such that once a person (in a specific role) or show wins a category, they should be retired from that ...
In addition to everything else going on this time of year, September also traditionally marks the start of the school year. As either you or your kids head back to class, let’s use this week’s Roundtable to reflect on ...
For all the great movies you might get a chance to see at a major film festival like TIFF, the festival experience wouldn’t be complete without catching at least one total dog of a movie. For me, that distinction this year g...
The director of ‘Chronos‘ and ‘Baraka‘ has a new film? Hell yes, I’m going to see that on the big screen, the bigger the better!
Have you ever wondered what might have happened to spunky, borderline-psychotic go-getter Tracy Flick from Alexander Payne’s 1999 comedy ‘Election‘ after she grew up? Screenwriter Jason A. Micallef and director J...
‘Suits’ is definitely my favorite new show from this summer. I had little to no expectations for it going in, and it really surprised me. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to recap the last few episodes due to time co...
Without consciously planning it this way, I started off this year’s Toronto International Film Festival with a pair of foreign, existential sci-fi movies back-to-back. The first was the Spanish ‘Extraterrestrial’...
I think it’s a given that most people reading this blog are home theater fans. We’ve dedicated ourselves to obtaining the best quality movie presentation in the home. I’m sure that we all also have plenty of horr...
Greetings from the Toronto International Film Festival. My trips to the city this time of year are starting to become an annual pilgrimage. This year, I started off the festival with the very bizarre and very fun ‘Extraterre...
It’s a big week for comic book movies on VUDU. The streaming service adds two of this summer’s biggest superhero hits to the rental stream, along with at least one interesting (non-comic book) indie picture.