Josh The Movie Apprentice
@movieapprentice.bsky.social
Just a film dork that reviews them on YouTube! Figured I'd give this Blue sky a go! Expect sharing of my movie reviews with a heavy dose of DnD, Anime, Wrestling and in general anything geeky! Ft some F1 Ice Hockey and Footy of course.
Edgar Wrights #TheRunningMan releases tomorrow! And in it he takes aim at the media, consumerism and deep fakes. Colman Domingo is the standout in this enjoyable yet underwhelming outing, that would have hit better had we not just had The Long Walk
Review: youtu.be/MOADBH9WSg4
Review: youtu.be/MOADBH9WSg4
The Running Man (2025) A Direct Shot At Media Manipulation | MOVIE REVIEW
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November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Edgar Wrights #TheRunningMan releases tomorrow! And in it he takes aim at the media, consumerism and deep fakes. Colman Domingo is the standout in this enjoyable yet underwhelming outing, that would have hit better had we not just had The Long Walk
Review: youtu.be/MOADBH9WSg4
Review: youtu.be/MOADBH9WSg4
Benoit Blanc returns in #WakeUpDeadMan and is as witty and condescending as ever, but this time he is not the show stealer...
Full Review: youtu.be/l0qx3__wMMg
Full Review: youtu.be/l0qx3__wMMg
Wake Up Dead Man (2025) A Solid Third Instalment | MOVIE REVIEW
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November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Benoit Blanc returns in #WakeUpDeadMan and is as witty and condescending as ever, but this time he is not the show stealer...
Full Review: youtu.be/l0qx3__wMMg
Full Review: youtu.be/l0qx3__wMMg
Ethan Hawke is outright enthralling in his depiction of Lorenz Hart. This performance carries an isolated setting to a thoroughly engaging level that would have not worked with another actor.
#BlueMoon movie review: youtu.be/q0jMOzcJn70
#BlueMoon movie review: youtu.be/q0jMOzcJn70
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ethan Hawke is outright enthralling in his depiction of Lorenz Hart. This performance carries an isolated setting to a thoroughly engaging level that would have not worked with another actor.
#BlueMoon movie review: youtu.be/q0jMOzcJn70
#BlueMoon movie review: youtu.be/q0jMOzcJn70
When awards season rolls round, fully expect #SentimentalValue and Renate Reinsve to be in the conversation. This was my favorite film at LFF this year, and is arguably one of the years best all together!
Full Review: youtu.be/kAGKIVAfSkA
Full Review: youtu.be/kAGKIVAfSkA
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When awards season rolls round, fully expect #SentimentalValue and Renate Reinsve to be in the conversation. This was my favorite film at LFF this year, and is arguably one of the years best all together!
Full Review: youtu.be/kAGKIVAfSkA
Full Review: youtu.be/kAGKIVAfSkA
Ok so the first half was a rough one (post opening scene), I get what the idea was but tonally felt like there was a little too much humour and too much going on. But boy did #PredatorBadlands deliver in that second half with it's incorporation of its setting and change of stakes tying it together!
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ok so the first half was a rough one (post opening scene), I get what the idea was but tonally felt like there was a little too much humour and too much going on. But boy did #PredatorBadlands deliver in that second half with it's incorporation of its setting and change of stakes tying it together!
In what might have provided the most wholesome scene this year, #LeftHandedGirl is well worth the view and is a solid directoral effort from Shih-Ching Tsous!
Full Review: youtu.be/mgJW340qHgY
Full Review: youtu.be/mgJW340qHgY
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In what might have provided the most wholesome scene this year, #LeftHandedGirl is well worth the view and is a solid directoral effort from Shih-Ching Tsous!
Full Review: youtu.be/mgJW340qHgY
Full Review: youtu.be/mgJW340qHgY
The last film I saw at LFF was #christymovie and as someone unfamiliar with her story, this was one that garnered so many reactions from me, and left me rocked despite some pacing and technical flaws.
Full Review: youtu.be/PB4V6fsSMNg
Full Review: youtu.be/PB4V6fsSMNg
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The last film I saw at LFF was #christymovie and as someone unfamiliar with her story, this was one that garnered so many reactions from me, and left me rocked despite some pacing and technical flaws.
Full Review: youtu.be/PB4V6fsSMNg
Full Review: youtu.be/PB4V6fsSMNg
Yes I am definitely the last person to review #ShelbyOaks but... c'mon I'm a talking head movie reviewer on YouTube, there's no way I was not gonna talk about our bois debut! Even if it was disappointing.
Full Review: youtu.be/EPHUmsnycxo
Full Review: youtu.be/EPHUmsnycxo
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Yes I am definitely the last person to review #ShelbyOaks but... c'mon I'm a talking head movie reviewer on YouTube, there's no way I was not gonna talk about our bois debut! Even if it was disappointing.
Full Review: youtu.be/EPHUmsnycxo
Full Review: youtu.be/EPHUmsnycxo
Finally continuing my LFF reviews, Park Chan-wook returns with this brutal yet morbidly hilarious call out of the job market in an increasingly AI world, and how one man takes an interesting approach to secure that bag.
#NoOtherChoice Movie Review: youtu.be/QyVwk_p2n_s
#NoOtherChoice Movie Review: youtu.be/QyVwk_p2n_s
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Finally continuing my LFF reviews, Park Chan-wook returns with this brutal yet morbidly hilarious call out of the job market in an increasingly AI world, and how one man takes an interesting approach to secure that bag.
#NoOtherChoice Movie Review: youtu.be/QyVwk_p2n_s
#NoOtherChoice Movie Review: youtu.be/QyVwk_p2n_s
After Psycho the other week time to check off another blind spot 🍿
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
After Psycho the other week time to check off another blind spot 🍿
As much as I wanted to like Stuckman's #ShelbyOaks it unfortunately has too much going against it than for it. Inconsistent lighting, an elongated opening and a final 10 minutes that betrays a character's whole motivation sours what is a fine debut effort. I'm proud of him for achieving the dream.
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
As much as I wanted to like Stuckman's #ShelbyOaks it unfortunately has too much going against it than for it. Inconsistent lighting, an elongated opening and a final 10 minutes that betrays a character's whole motivation sours what is a fine debut effort. I'm proud of him for achieving the dream.
Brendan's back in a story of lies, legacy, loneliness and the need to fill the hole that's missing in one's life. #RentalFamily was a welcome tonic at LFF, and I would highly recommend.
Find out why here: youtu.be/n9Tet9Oc1zo
Find out why here: youtu.be/n9Tet9Oc1zo
October 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Brendan's back in a story of lies, legacy, loneliness and the need to fill the hole that's missing in one's life. #RentalFamily was a welcome tonic at LFF, and I would highly recommend.
Find out why here: youtu.be/n9Tet9Oc1zo
Find out why here: youtu.be/n9Tet9Oc1zo
So every LFF there's always one film that I wouldn't have otherwise have heard of that jumps out at me. Next Sohee, Happyend, Gasoline Rainbow, Paris 13th district, and this year it was #TheHolyBoy an Italian Horror ♥️
Full Review: youtu.be/O_BbwlFPCZo
Full Review: youtu.be/O_BbwlFPCZo
October 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So every LFF there's always one film that I wouldn't have otherwise have heard of that jumps out at me. Next Sohee, Happyend, Gasoline Rainbow, Paris 13th district, and this year it was #TheHolyBoy an Italian Horror ♥️
Full Review: youtu.be/O_BbwlFPCZo
Full Review: youtu.be/O_BbwlFPCZo
Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone team up again, this time including the ever impressive Jesse Plemons in what is quite a gripping tale of crazy talk and wild theories, that may or may not have something to them depending on your side 👀
#Bugonia full review: youtu.be/j7mA4hIFIM8
#Bugonia full review: youtu.be/j7mA4hIFIM8
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone team up again, this time including the ever impressive Jesse Plemons in what is quite a gripping tale of crazy talk and wild theories, that may or may not have something to them depending on your side 👀
#Bugonia full review: youtu.be/j7mA4hIFIM8
#Bugonia full review: youtu.be/j7mA4hIFIM8
The Boss of us all is finally being depicted on the big screen this Friday! Sadly despite Jeremy Allen White's best efforts, this is yet another musical biopic that plays it a little too safe.
Full Review now on the channel!
Full Review now on the channel!
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Boss of us all is finally being depicted on the big screen this Friday! Sadly despite Jeremy Allen White's best efforts, this is yet another musical biopic that plays it a little too safe.
Full Review now on the channel!
Full Review now on the channel!
My London Film Festival reviews could only begin with del Toro's #Frankenstein a beautifully shot tragedy of a creature, who never asked to be created, played brilliantly by Elordi, that DEMANDS to be seen on the biggest screen possible!
Full Review: youtu.be/0f9eFnjbK9Q
Full Review: youtu.be/0f9eFnjbK9Q
October 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My London Film Festival reviews could only begin with del Toro's #Frankenstein a beautifully shot tragedy of a creature, who never asked to be created, played brilliantly by Elordi, that DEMANDS to be seen on the biggest screen possible!
Full Review: youtu.be/0f9eFnjbK9Q
Full Review: youtu.be/0f9eFnjbK9Q
Whilst I enjoyed the performances in #GoodFortune and appreciated what it was trying to say, it's virtue singling feels very soulless considering the wealth of its cast and reminds us that films are just a fantasy, and that most of us are expected to just deal without comfort.
October 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Whilst I enjoyed the performances in #GoodFortune and appreciated what it was trying to say, it's virtue singling feels very soulless considering the wealth of its cast and reminds us that films are just a fantasy, and that most of us are expected to just deal without comfort.
Back at the movies 🍿
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Back at the movies 🍿
31 in person and 2 online watches later my #LFF journey concluded Friday, and this might have been the most consistent iteration I've attended.
My tier list of every single movie I watched is now live on The Movie Apprentice YT channel!
My tier list of every single movie I watched is now live on The Movie Apprentice YT channel!
October 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
31 in person and 2 online watches later my #LFF journey concluded Friday, and this might have been the most consistent iteration I've attended.
My tier list of every single movie I watched is now live on The Movie Apprentice YT channel!
My tier list of every single movie I watched is now live on The Movie Apprentice YT channel!
Film #8 is ironically #Exit8 a very well crafted psychological horror with shades of Triangle. It's ever mobile Cinematography and subtle sound ques, help build an anxious tension that stays prevalent throughout, but when the film begins to cut away, its momentum slows.
October 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Film #8 is ironically #Exit8 a very well crafted psychological horror with shades of Triangle. It's ever mobile Cinematography and subtle sound ques, help build an anxious tension that stays prevalent throughout, but when the film begins to cut away, its momentum slows.
It is that time of year for a cheeky thread of everything I see at #LFF #LondonFilmFestival
October 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It is that time of year for a cheeky thread of everything I see at #LFF #LondonFilmFestival
For a movie called #TheSmashingMachine it certainly pulls its punches. It has a lot of threads it can focus on but refuses to pull any, and as a result lacks a true emotional through line to guide us. Blunt is great, as for Dwayne, he's ok. Certainly not the 'i can act' performance I expected.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
For a movie called #TheSmashingMachine it certainly pulls its punches. It has a lot of threads it can focus on but refuses to pull any, and as a result lacks a true emotional through line to guide us. Blunt is great, as for Dwayne, he's ok. Certainly not the 'i can act' performance I expected.
Well it turns out my curiosity of how #TheStrangersChapter2 would play out was greatly misguided.
youtu.be/Gdf-3Xwze2I
youtu.be/Gdf-3Xwze2I
October 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Well it turns out my curiosity of how #TheStrangersChapter2 would play out was greatly misguided.
youtu.be/Gdf-3Xwze2I
youtu.be/Gdf-3Xwze2I
PTAs #OneBattleAfterAnother is filled with a phenomenally edited sequence in the mid point, crushing performances by DiCaprio, Penn and Infiniti, and some truly absurd humour. I don't think it's the world beater people are saying it is, but boy was it enthralling!
After yesterday's disappointing double feature, let's see how the hyped movie holds up #OneBattleAfterAnother
September 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
PTAs #OneBattleAfterAnother is filled with a phenomenally edited sequence in the mid point, crushing performances by DiCaprio, Penn and Infiniti, and some truly absurd humour. I don't think it's the world beater people are saying it is, but boy was it enthralling!