Josh Wigler

Former Contributing Editor

Josh Wigler is a freelance entertainment reporter who has been published by Comic Book Resources, Comics Alliance, Marvel.com, MTV News, New York Magazine's Vulture and more. He lives for film, television, Survivor, pizza, and cats on the internets. Punch and pie.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. review

Director Guy Ritchie's adaptation of the 1960s spy series stands out as one of the most literally engaging action movies of the summer.

Entertainment Reviews         April 25, 2023

Fantastic Four review

Chock full of top-flight actors and riding a wave of success for superhero movies, Fantastic Four should have an easy time filling theaters, but instead it leaves us asking: What went wrong?

Entertainment Reviews         April 25, 2023

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation review

The fifth film in the Mission: Impossible series proves that there's still an enormous amount of life left in the Tom Cruise action franchise.

Entertainment Reviews         April 25, 2023

Pixels review

Donkey Kong, Q*Bert, and other classic arcade game characters collide with the Happy Madison band in one of the most truly baffling movies of the summer.

Entertainment Reviews         April 25, 2023

Ant-Man review

Paul Rudd leads the charge on the unlikeliest Marvel Studios movie yet, and clears every obstacle with humor and heart.

Entertainment Reviews         April 25, 2023

Enter Jessica Chastain’s secret chamber of serial killers on the set of Crimson Peak

We visit the set of Guillermo del Toro's haunted house horror movie, Crimson Peak, and dive inside the mind of actress Jessica Chastain, who discusses with us how she embraced her character, Lucille.

Features         April 25, 2023

‘This is your secret.’ The forbidden stories that Crimson Peak actors can never share

Guillermo del Toro, Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Hunnam open up about closing out their fellow cast members from knowing the full extent of their secretive Crimson Peak characters.

Features         April 25, 2023

Inside the living, breathing, bleeding house of Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak

The haunted house at the center of Guillermo Del Toro’s gothic horror film Crimson Peak isn’t just a set, it’s a living, breathing, bleeding character. And we got to step inside.

Features         April 25, 2023

Blackhat review

Director Michael Mann's new thriller is a total hack job, but it's also a ton of fun, thanks to Chris Hemsworth's action star brutality.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

Horrible Bosses 2 review

Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day return for a sequel to their 2011 comedy hit, and it more than lives up to its title.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

Big Hero 6 Review

Disney knocks another one out of the park with its latest superhero team-up, starring a big-hearted marshmallow of a robot named Baymax.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

John Wick review

Keanu Reeves kills it as a legendary assassin forced out of retirement, in what's easily one of the coolest and most original action movies of the year.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

The Equalizer review

Denzel Washington's hard R-rated action thriller is like Liam Neeson's Taken, with more personality and a deadlier villain.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

The Maze Runner review

Less Hunger Games or Twilight and more Law & Order meets Lost, The Maze Runner features strong performances in a strongly-rendered world, albeit with a messy final twist.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For review

Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez return to Sin City's familiar sights and sounds of violence — and while there's beauty in its brutality, there's undeniable ugliness, too.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

The Expendables 3 review

Less a movie and more a playdate, The Expendables 3 is pretty boring and kind of embarrassing, except when it's the Wesley Snipes show.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles review

Leonardo leads and Michelangelo farts all over the new Ninja Turtles movie from director Jonathan Liebesman and producer Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy review

The newest Marvel Studios movie isn't the most emotionally complicated blockbuster of the year, but it wins for sheer fun an entertainment value.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

Transformers: Age Of Extinction review

Michael Bay's fourth film in the record-breaking, robot-smashing blockbuster franchise is definitely a movie that exists.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

X-Men Days of Future Past review

X-Men: Days of Future Past is The Avengers of X-Men films, a big, bad “inbetweenquel” that’s packed with familiar faces and deep-cut nods from two different continuities.

Entertainment Reviews         April 24, 2023

Transcendence Review

Johnny Depp isn’t the only thing wrong with Transcendence, but his cold, emotionless portrayal of a thinking, feeling machine forms the hollow core of a sterile film.

Reviews         April 24, 2023

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes review

Hail Caesar! Rich characters and performances, technological innovation, and a powerful perspective on war and peace combine to create one of the year's very best films.

News         June 21, 2016

The Martian review

The science fiction thriller based on the Andy Weir novel of the same name succeeds tremendously thanks to small stakes on a big planet, with an even bigger cast.

Reviews         October 2, 2015

American Ultra review

Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart lead the way on one of the most fun and surprising action movies of the summer.

Entertainment Reviews         August 21, 2015

Hitman: Agent 47 review

The latest attempt at adapting the Hitman video game franchise for film swings and misses, even with an admittedly exciting opening scene.

Entertainment Reviews         August 20, 2015

Telltale’s Game Of Thrones enters ‘A Nest Of Vipers,’ and only one hero walks out alive

The penultimate episode of Telltale's Game of Thrones ends in tragedy for one of your two main characters, paving the way for a final climactic showdown.

Features         July 24, 2015

Game Of Thrones Recap: Vengeance Is Paid For The Watch

The final scene of Game of Thrones' season five finale, "Mother's Mercy," is among the show's greatest triumphs in trolling.

Features         June 15, 2015

Game of Thrones burns everything and emerges from the wreckage dragons blazing

Violence reins and more pieces are set In the second to last episode of Game of Thrones season 5, The Dance of Dragons.

Features         June 8, 2015

Game of Thrones gives us ‘The Gift’ of dragons and lions

Two fan-favorite characters finally meet each other in the latest episode of Game of Thrones, while another finally suffers much deserved justice.

Features         May 26, 2015

Game of Thrones Recap: Sansa Stark Faces Her Worst Nightmare Yet In ‘Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken’

If we're in line for a shape-shifting Stark in the coming weeks, then at least some good came out of this week's Game of Thrones.

Features         May 18, 2015

Kingsman: The Secret Service review

The Kick-Ass crew of Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Mark Millar team up with Oscar-winning Firth and other talented actors for a twisting-and-turning take on the classic spy genre.

News         May 13, 2015

Game of Thrones celebrate Mhysa Day with ‘Kill the Boy’

Game of Thrones very rarely leaves anyone with cause for celebration, but season five's latest episode, "Kill the Boy," reflected the real life Mother's Day holiday by honoring some of the greatest moms on the show.

Features         May 11, 2015

A great Game Of Thrones hero falls fighting the ‘Sons Of The Harpy’

Game of Thrones takes a big turn this week as the show deviates from George R.R. Martin books with the surprise offing of a favored hero.

Features         May 4, 2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron review

Captain America and Iron Man assemble Earth's mightiest heroes against its mightiest mean machine, and the results are undeniably epic.

Entertainment Reviews         April 30, 2015