iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 15h

Though it occasionally veers into dim directions of obligation and blunt thematic allusion, David Ayer's Heart of the Beast works as a pressing survival film in large part off the back of its canine star and his believable actions.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Tangible Fuel of Heart of the Beast

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Robert Pattinson is disturbing and mesmerizing as Chris Hansen in Lance Oppenheim's Primetime, a vivid movie that captures the sleazy sheen of 2000s reality television in a spiraling story of ambition, ego, and manufactured heroism.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Down the Twisted Rabbit-Hole of Primetime

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The story of Canadian stuntman Ken Carter and an ambitious attempt to jump a car over the St. Lawrence, The Stunt Driver is an interesting look at a niche world and one man's psychology over his chosen vocation, but it lacks strength and honesty of conviction despite Jay Baruchel's great performance

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Not a Daredevil: The Intriguing Story of The Stunt Driver

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A gritty film noir by John Huston in which the cops are more corrupt than the criminals, The Asphalt Jungle is a curious caper film about a heist and its aftermath in the underbelly of Cincinnati -that flexes its compromised and morally complex characters to good effect.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Back to the Feature: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Star Trek: Lower Decks is an underdog love letter to the franchise that is not above satirizing its tropes and flaws. A workplace comedy that nonetheless puts real effort into deepening its characters and upholding earnestly the series' core principles and values -perhaps more fully than any other.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Why You Should Watch Star Trek: Lower Decks

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

1133

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Channeling the spirit of a New Hollywood wilderness thriller, The Weight is a sharp and deeply intense adventure film with a gripping tenacity, visceral stakes, and an honest sense of moral clarity, led by a magnificent performance of sturdy endurance by Ethan Hawke surrounded by an exemplary cast.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Weight Matches Thrilling Grit with Endurance and Craft

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

010

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Diving headlong into an approximation of Philippine folklore, Forgotten Island goes far on its rambunctious lead characters, its goofy Hangover-style premise, and its fun, inventive visual language, if some derivative story points, characters, and themes hold it back a tad.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Weird, Bombastic Memories of Forgotten Island

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A charming if somewhat slight stop-motion film, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom is like a cute old Halloween special. Its craft is impressive and its humour delightful, if it is just a bit derivative as a story.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

A Cute Claymation Seasonal Adventure with Shaun the Sheep

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The most profound, ambitious, and challenging of the Star Trek shows, and by far the most rewarding, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine expanded the breadth of the franchise and in chipping away at the moral simplicity of its universe only further solidified its ethos.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Why You Should Watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Oasis reunion tour documentary-concert film is more moving and profound than expected -an earnest, artful celebration of reconciliation and the power of music for both Liam and Noel Gallagher and their legions of fans around the globe.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Burying the Hatchet, D’You Know What I Mean?

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Na Hong-jin's ambitious monster blockbuster Hope is marked by some exhilarating action filmmaking and pointed visual compositions, but its techniques wear thin after a time, as does its comic relief, and it is stunted by some poor visual effects and a lack of resolution in favour of sequel-baiting.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Shreds of Hope

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

001

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Paul Greengrass's dry account of the 1381 Peasants Revolt is an interesting story of the people rising against corrupt power, but told with peculiar insinuation and vividly inappropriate action filmmaking techniques. It is also intensely wounded by the most bafflingly awful epilogue in years.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Peasants Are Revolting in this Dreary, Dispassionate Medieval Drama

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hirokazu Kore-eda's earnest A.I. fable responsibly places humanity at its moral centre, even as it engages in the curiosity of an artificial child who is in spite of his own designs no substitute for a healthy connection with grief. Clunky in some places, but Haruka Ayase shines!

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Human Element of Sheep in the Box

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Javier Bardem and Victoria Luengo go toe to toe as an estranged father and daughter reunited on a film set navigating the tensions of their broken relationship in The Beloved, an anxious drama from Rodrigo Sorogoyen about wounds that cannot heal.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Filmmaking and the Familial Powder Keg of The Beloved

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It is the Star Trek show that contributed more to the franchise's endurance than any other. Star Trek: The Next Generation expanded on the themes and virtues of its predecessor, whilst being more creative and character-based in its storytelling. An exciting, engaging series, now as much as ever.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Why You Should Watch Star Trek: The Next Generation

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Presenting a warped version of a children's television show, Buddy gets a lot of mileage out of both its surreal satire and its subversive horror, made stronger by select aesthetic choices and an atmosphere of real anxiety and tension, if it ultimately turns hollow by the end.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

A Weird and Wicked Buddy Imagines the Dark Fringes of Children’s Entertainment

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A throwback to certain action and horror stylings of the 1980s, Adam Wingard's Onslaught is a bit messy in the intensity of its violence and underpinning political commentary, but its centrepiece makes for a decent action film, particularly through the brute performance of Adria Arjona.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

An Onslaught of Schlock and Pointed Violence

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I Want Your Sex marks Gregg Araki's return to erotic camp comedy and makes for quite a radical and absurd satire with impressively committed performances from Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde, but its narrative and thematic points are a little lacklustre and it is out of pace a touch with its time.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

I Want Your Sex is Bold and Outrageous, But has a few Kinks to Work Out

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sergei Eisenstein's hagiography of Alexander Nevsky embodies more than a rush of patriotic fervour, but is visually and stylistically very precise as it warns of the impending dangers of Nazi Germany and the necessity of a collective fight against fascism.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Criterion Channel Presents: Alexander Nevsky (1938)

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

010

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It is the 60th anniversary of Star Trek, and in this retrospective I argue that in spite of some of its cheesiness and dated elements, that original series is an entertaining, intelligent, politically and socially relevant show still worth watching and engaging with today.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Why You Should Watch Star Trek

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

011

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

There are some noble themes at the heart of The Dog Stars, an unusually restrained film from Ridley Scott. But it is an infectiously dreary and lifeless apocalypse guided by distant characters and fairly unoriginal circumstances and stakes. Dogs are less important than you would think.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Flat Perseverance is Edged Out by Bleakness in The Dog Stars

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A rom-com made by people both trying to appeal to Gen-Z and openly hostile toward them, Finding Emily skates by a little bit on the performance of Spike Fearn and his cute chemistry with Angourie Rice, but falls short in its proud but poorly written cliches and dull satire of 'woke' college culture.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Debilitating Defensiveness of Finding Emily

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Presenting a vividly bleak and unceasing purgatory on a single eternal road, It Ends is an excellent work of conceptual horror, where you are forced to project onto a torturous predicament, and anticipation and lack of resolution are its most disturbing prospects.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Unforgiving, Existential Dread of It Ends

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It is astounding to think that a movie as fun and inventive as Coyote vs. Acme was almost buried by an artistically bankrupt studio. A smart and charming Looney Tunes film, tapping effectively into the zeitgeist while never sacrificing its manic cartoon humour and classic delightful personalities.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Coyote vs Acme: Of Course You Realize This Means War

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

020

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A movie about bittersweet youthful nostalgia that is blinded by its limited authorial point-of-view and very dim attitude towards romance, sex, and women's agency, Summer of '42 is a legitimately fascinating movie in aspects of cognizance, but is less self-aware to its faults than it might appear.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Back to the Feature: Summer of '42 (1971)

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Matt Johnson's Anthony Bourdain biopic is a smart and compelling self-contained story of an abrasive young man's coming-of-age over one summer, elevated by a rush of atmosphere and a fantastic performance from Dominic Sessa.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

A Breezy, Engaging Tony Encapsulates a Summer of Self-Discovery

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

An adaptation of Enid Blyton's kids' fantasy series with a distinctly modern point-of-view, The Magic Faraway Tree is slight in some of its adventures and stakes, but is charming, colourful, and funny in its earnest world and characters and gentle critique on the infuence of tech in children's lives

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Joy of Imagination and Childhood Whimsy Fuels The Magic Faraway Tree

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A stoner comedy with a pretty great premise that it never takes full advantage of, The Wrong Girls suffers from tired plot conventions and laboured comedy, even while the chemistry between Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat and some of their hijinks modestly entertain.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

There's Something Wrong with The Wrong Girls

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A powerfully surreal treatise on sexual awakening and a boisterously wild satire on the slasher genre and the Hollywood ecosystem, Jane Schoenbrun's vividly distinct Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a thrilling and sexy, silly yet emotionally earnest work of genre deconstruction and queer art

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Sex, Death, and the Mesmerizing Mindscape of Camp Miasma

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Breathtakingly original and stylish, Andrew Patterson's beekeeping movie is a thrilling mix of wholesome atmosphere and shocking drama, gorgeous and gripping at the same time through unexpected turns of its plot and riveting performances from Matthew McConaughey and astounding Angelina LookingGlass.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

A Beautiful Balancing Act: The Exuberant Tones, Joys, and Energy of The Rivals of Amziah King

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

031

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A musical concert spectacle that filters the Queens of Henry VIII through Spice Girl aesthetics and personas, SIX makes for good girl pop homage with meticulous detail in performance and presentation, yet notably dileneates its intended themes and weary girl power principles.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Queens of Pop: SIX is a Splendid if Shallow Concert

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A film that runs rampant with the simple though compelling concept of 'dinosaurs in the suburbs', The End of Oak Street shows up the latter entries of that more famous franchise by its strongly articulated suspense, its unique context, and its involved human drama.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Creative Dinosaur Mayhem Thrills at the End of Oak Street

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Logistically impressive and relentlessly endearing, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a playful, unique, and exceptionally funny bit of DIY indie filmmaking, as well as a cogent testament to friendship and a charming tribute to the city of Toronto.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Nirvanna Plays the Rivoli

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A sex comedy written and directed in such way to suggest it is afraid of and disgusted by sex, Will Gluck's One Night Only presents a misguided, comedically thin, and oddly sexually puritanical rom-com ill-placed within its satirical dystopian gimmick.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

One Night Only is a Sex-Negative Rom-Com in Both Subject and Spirit

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The only film adaptation of a book by Flannery O'Connor, directed by a late-period John Huston, Wise Blood is an apt and unsentimental critique of firebrand ministry, religious atheism, and the search for meaning to fill a void -featuring an excellent Brad Dourif in his first leading role.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Criterion Channel Presents: Wise Blood (1979)

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

020

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Maturing the tone in tandem with the character, Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a compelling, humble movie that wrings great drama out of Peter Parker's isolation and loneliness as he contends with both a personal crisis and an intriguing menace. An engaging movie that finds a relatable heart.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

A Brand New Day for a Bold New Spider-Man

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

An intense yet deeply sincere comment on the effects of evangelical homophobia and conversion therapy in the form of supernatural horror, Leviticus is a frightful and compelling debut feature from Adrian Chiarella, critically sweet between the scares.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

A Harsh and Heartbreaking Leviticus Earns its Blunt though Potent Metaphors

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Futurama returns with an episode about ...hot dog eating contests. "Beef" is a halfhearted premise motivated by a very wild last act, but meanders through much of its runtime to get there. For an episode in which cloning and cannibalism play a role, it ultimately feels mundane.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Futurama Reviews: S11E01 -"Beef"

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A standalone animated sequel to the beloved 2000s series, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender grapples with a couple interesting themes and new lore while animated beautifully, but is rather montonous in its structure, script, and lack of character development.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Avatar Aang Out of Balance

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

An excellently produced, intimately shot film of Hadestown is an exhilarating, moving, and distinctive musical that breathes fresh life and renewed purpose into the tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. The best form outside of the Broadway/West End stage in which to see it.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

At Long Last, a Heady and Heartbreaking Tour Way Down Hadestown

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

020

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Nicolas Winding Refn's stylish though smug return, Her Private Hell, is a confounding mess of narratives and tones. Dotted by thrilling imagery and a passively effective atmosphere, it is nonetheless coloured by superfluous pacing, indulgent sexual allusions, and unpolished ideas.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Her Private Hell is a Self-Satisfied, Stunning Slog

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The Australian maritime thriller that launched the careers of Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane, Dead Calm was also an important movie for the late great Sam Neill, combining vivid and atmospheric survivalist drama with fascinating though disturbing sexual intensity.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Back to the Feature: Dead Calm (1989)

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The culture war that erupted in the online right-wing grift space around the casting of The Odyssey has run aground against the movie's extreme success -revealing the true scope of the movement's influence relative to a sane and mostly offline general public.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Nobody Actually Cares about Black Helen of Troy

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A classical epic of extraordinary craft, scale, and vision, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is an intuitive adaptation of the iconic myth that hones in on familiar themes and anxieities as it chronicles the trials and psychological journey of a soldier grappling with the chaos he has unleashed.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

A Monumental Modern Odyssey

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Now playing in theatres across the country (except for in Saskatchewan, predictably), Clement Virgo's Steal Away, which I saw and reviewed last year at TIFF:

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Double-Edged Sword of Ambiguity in Steal Away

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

001

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yet another horrible Disney remake made worse by its cheap designs and performances, the live-action Moana is dreadfully lazy on a level that even the Mouse hasn't quite stooped to yet. A new height of creative bankruptcy it is a relief to see audiences rejecting.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Disney's Live-Action Moana is a Predictably Lifeless and Dry Replication

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A thrilling and evocative adult dramedy from Olivia Wilde, in which she and Seth Rogen give their best performances in years, The Invite is an amusing, honest, and necessarily uncomfortable examination of a fractured relationship through the lens of a sexually invigorating situation.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

A Steaming Invitation

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A cheeky comedy about a quest to sleep with a famous person that adopts the structure of The Wizard of Oz, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass should be a winning formula, but its style, performances, and sense of humour often fall short of its lofty conceits.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

If It Only Had the Nerve

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A lush and pretty movie that taps organically into the sensual subtleties of teenage lesbian attraction, Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls unfortunately saddles these vibes and aesthetics with an archetypal, mediocre script and thinly drawn characters.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

Heated Reciprocity: A Radiant though Rudimentary Queer Coming-of-Age

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000

Jordan Bosch @jordanbosch.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A beautiful parable from Ghanaian filmmaker Blitz Bazawule, The Burial of Kojo is a haunting and evocative piece of magical realism about guilt, grief, and emotional reconciliation that exists firmly on the line between the tangible and spiritual.

reviewsofthebosch.blogspot.com

The Criterion Channel Presents: The Burial of Kojo (2018)

A movie blog for new and old reviews, editorials, lists, and essays

000