Josh Burns

Josh Burns

Favorite films

  • Braveheart
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • Labyrinth

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  • The Sword and the Sorcerer

    ★★★

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★½

  • My Bloody Valentine

    ★★★

  • Minions: The Rise of Gru

    ★★★★

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  • The Sword and the Sorcerer

    The Sword and the Sorcerer

    ★★★

    Given my affinity for all levels of 1980s fantasy films, this is one of the rare RiffTrax offerings that I would probably watch even without the riffs ... but it is still much more entertaining with! It is not a particularly good movie, but it is an entertaining one, and still much better than LOADS of other bad '80s fantasy movies (that I still find entertaining). Lee Horsley seems to be having a good time, while everybody else is not…

  • Captain America: Brave New World

    Captain America: Brave New World

    ★★★½

    Well, shit, now we have to acknowledge that THE ETERNALS and FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER actually happened.

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  • High Noon

    High Noon

    ★★★★★

    So many movies bear the fingerprints of this Western classic that it almost feels like watching a compilation of "greatest hits" moments from before they were hits.

    Gary Cooper commands the screen as ... well, as Gary Cooper, let's be honest. What more does he need to be? Grace Kelly is wonderful as his complicated bride, and Katy Jurado absolutely shines in the badass role of Helen Ramirez. The rest of the cast is filled out by some of the…

  • Shadow of Doubt

    Shadow of Doubt

    ★½

    Randall Kleiser's career has always been a little hit and miss. When he hits, we get movies like GREASE, THE BLUE LAGOON, BIG TOP PEE-WEE, IT'S MY PARTY ... even WHITE FANG was entertaining if unremarkable. But when he misses, we get dross like SHADOW OF DOUBT.

    Tom Berringer collects his paycheck here, but little else. Even someone as good as he usually is could not overcome the lousy script. One wonders if he was even trying to do so.…