
Josh Howie
Josh Howie is a stand up comedian, screenwriter and father of five children

Beckham review: Kick-about with Becks? Nah
His prowess as a sporting god is on full display, but sadly David Beckham's cool arrogance as a person peeps through in this revealing doc

Rise of the Nazis - The Manhunt review: Exposing the failure to punish evil
Latest installment of series explores why it fell to heroes such as Fritz Bauer and Beate Klarsfeld to finish the work of governments in securing justice for the horrors of Hitler's regime

Manayek review: Top Israeli noir with cops and karaoke
With its taut, realistic dialogue and organically-developing plot, this award-winning series is a cut above your average crime fare

Telemarketers review: Office friends spill the beans on tele-crimes
Story of how sales company had a deliberate policy to hiring drug addicts, school dropouts and felons in the knowledge they would see picking up the phone as a means of survival

Painkiller review: This story has been told before
Netflix series telling the tale of how the opioid OxyContin wrought devastation upon America hits the wrong notes

Ukraine, Holocaust Ground Zero review: Unbearable but important watch
Filmed by the Nazis themselves, the footage reveals the true horror of what they did to our people

Stan Lee review: Slick biopic video with too much to Marvel at
Disney+ documentary about American comic book writer fails to address crucial questions

German. Soldier. Jew review - Why on earth do Jews join the German army?
Absorbing investigation into a fascinating topic - even if its 30 minutes running time means it is short on penetrating psychological analysis

Someone You Love review - I owe Silverman a good one but I can’t give it
The US stand-up once forgave me a cringeworthy faux pas but, sadly, I can't repay her with a glowing write-up of her disappointing new HBO special

Crazy Rich Agents review: Tasteless property porn with the naffest designs
Maybe this isn’t a silly ill-executed television show, but proof the entire prestige property market is a con

Music festivals? We Jews are pros
If Jewish festivals aren’t quite doing it for you, do give their musical cousins a go

The Deepest Breath review - Beneath the blue and almost beyond the pale
Story of how two freedivers' lives were thrown together is powerful but feels manipulative

The Bear review - Pleased I came back for a second panini
The second series of the kitchen comedy lives up to the hype

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem review - Lightweight epic’s knockout punch
Only Israel would produce a 'soap opera' that swings back and forth from the end of the Ottoman Empire to independence struggles with the British Mandate

A Spy Among Friends review: Too much fiction in real-life espionage story
Portrayal of friendship between SIS agents Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby let down by clumsy portrayal of their era

And Just Like That review: Faffing over fashion is not worth one star
They took all the criticisms of the first series of this new incarnation of Sex and the City, and doubled down. Stand by for a bloated hour of asinine emptiness
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