JOSHUA ** Rating: R Length: 106 minutes Director: George Ratliff (Hell House; Purgatory County) Writers: George Ratliff (End Zone) and David Gilbert (End Zone) Starring: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan, Dallas Roberts, Michael McKean, Celia Weston, Nancy Giles, Linda Larkin, Alex Draper, Jodie Markell
You’ve seen one “Evil Child” movie, you’ve seen them all. “Joshua” is no different. Bound to draw comparisons to “The Omen”, “The Bad Seed”, and even the Macaulay Culkin disaster “The Good Son”, “Joshua” asserts itself into the unmemorable section of it’s genre. A shame really, because it has a lot of potential. The cast is dynamite. The always reliable Sam Rockwell is excellent, as if Vera Farmiga, whom I loathed in “The Departed”. Jacob Kogan as the title character/boy from hell is also creepy and effective. The problem is we’ve just seen the story one too many times and there’s nothing really new or different about “Joshua” for it to stand out. Rockwell and Farmiga are an upper class Manhattan family who welcome a newborn baby girl into their family. Their nine year old son, Joshua (Kogan), is instantly jealous. He all ready feels like an outsider and one day stumbles across a video cassette that reveals the horrific post mortem depression his mother went through after his birth. Joshua also senses that his Dad might not really love him. Accidents start to happen, pets start to die, strange events take place without explanations and the finger points to the kid, but he’s too smart to let anyone but dear old dad catch on. The movie isn’t as bloody or terrifying as “The Omen”, which I believe it will get the most comparisons to. It has moments of tension and suspense (the cinematography is very well done), but it just doesn’t add up to anything special. If you’re going to tread familiar waters, it helps to have a dynamite cast, but you have to help them out a little. You have to give them something new to do.
This was another music blog, but let's face it- there are enough of those to go around at the moment and the web is becoming a bit too crowded for them (except for the bomb ass ones like "Fight Test", "Fluxblog", etc...). So, I decided to make this a movie review blog where I'll post reviews of the movies I watch. I'll include MP3s from the movie soundtracks to download when I can find them. Keep in mind these are just my OPINIONS, so you could very well love a movie I hate or vice versa- so please, don't bother posting comments on what an idiot I am for not liking a movie you like (or for confusing a slight fact- no need to call someone a dumbass for not knowing a remake was originally Thai and not Japanese. There are some rude people out there) It is pointless and I'd rather you just not come to the site if that's the case. Also, the MP3s posted are to help encourage you to either purchase the soundtrack and/or the individual group or artist's album(s). If you are the owner of any of the songs posted and want them removed- please let me know and it will be done ASAP. Thank you for stopping by!
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