A fan of Mari Okada and the Super Peace Busters anime collective, Josh looks at their latest feature film, about three boys and the furry friend that brings them together, Fureru.

Overcoming his fear of horror to see the movie everyone’s talking about, Josh takes a look at Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s Sinners.

In a world without the Avengers, can a band of misfits and rogues do the job? Josh looks at Marvel Studios’ surprise redemption story Thunderbolts*.

Anthony Mackie has big shoes to fill on and off the screen in “Captain America: Brave New World”, his first Marvel movie since taking on the mantle. Will this new Cap be a hero who unites, or divides?

Did you know that Studio Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart sort-of received a live-action sequel? A follow-up to the original manga set 10 years later, Josh looks at 2022’s “Whisper of the Heart”.

Not all anime needs to be haute cuisine and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying the equivalent of a Big Mac, Josh argues as he makes the case for trash anime like Girlfriend Girlfriend.

In 2023, Pokémon XY turned 10 years. Josh looks back at his review from back then, evaluating Game Freak’s first foray into 3D graphics on the Nintendo 3DS.

Naoko Yamada has since established herself as a major anime film director, but Josh goes back to one of her earlier films: Tamako Love Story, the conclusion to the Kyoto Animation series.

When Netflix first announced their live-action ONE PIECE, there was a lot of understandable skepticism, but this new take on Eiichiro Oda’s manga quickly won over fans. Josh looks at why this was a rare anime adaptation masterpiece.

When Game Freak returned to the Hoenn region with 2016’s Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Josh took a look at the Nintendo 3DS remakes.

Josh looks back at the first analytical film essay he wrote, exploring the Faustian pact in the classic film “The Red Shoes”.

Ahead of the original release of Square Enix’s Bravely Default back in 2013, Josh spoke with the game’s English voice director Bill Black about the localisation of the Nintendo 3DS game.

Josh looks at “When Marnie Was There”, the heartfelt film by Studio Ghibli and Hiromasa Yonebayashi, that might have left him sobbing in the cinema.

Now one of Nintendo’s most beloved franchises, Josh goes back to his review of the very first Splatoon game.

From Kunihiko Ikuhara, the visionary director of Revolutionary Hero Utena, comes Yurikuma Arashi - an anime about a very different kind of gay bear, and one of Josh’s favourites.

What makes a good adaptation? Is it just replicating the style and set pieces, or do you need an understanding of a work’s very core? Josh looks back at the controversial live-action Ghost in the Shell.

Josh looks back at Anthem of the Heart, the first anime film from the Super Peace Busters, including writer Mari Okada.

For the first post on my website's blog, there's nothing more fitting than my very first review, published way back on 29th July 2011. Although its subject is now lost media, here is my review of the Nintendo DSiWare game Aura Aura Climber.

So, what will this website and blog be? Think of it like my story - a time capsule to my time in enthusiast journalism, a record of my career in Film/TV, and a map charting my (hopeful) future as a creator.