Epictastic Live with Epictastic Joshua
by Joshua Drake Randall
Welcome to the Epictastic Live with Epictastic Joshua! I am an autistic YouTuber who loves movies, TV shows, music and anime on a few occasions. Here you will find audio versions of live commentaries or reviews/rankings of some of my content you see on YouTube whether it's a review series, ranking or a live commentary for a film or live stream. As always, stay Epictastic, acknowledge me, Join the Epictasticness and you guys keep it cool.
Episodes
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All 3 Mulan Movies Ranked from Worst to Best (w/ Mulan 2020)
With the release of it's live action counterpart, I stop and rank all 3 Disney Mulan films from the worst to the best. DISCLAIMER: This is my personal ranking so don't get mad if you don't agree. #Mulan1998 #Mulan #DisneyPlus Thanks for watching! If you liked this video please Like, Comment, and...
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Disney's MULAN (2020) Movie Review
Disney has been very hit and miss with their live-action remakes, so now they take an attempt at remaking the best Disney Reinassance movie in my eyes and my 14th favorite film of all-time, but does this remake bring honor to it's original 1998 classic while doing something different? Here's my...
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Mulan II (2004) - Movie Review | A Review of Mulan 2 from a fan of the Original
Before it's live action counterpart, I decided to take a look at NOT ONLY the 1998 animated film but also the not so well respected 2004 direct-to-DVD sequel to Mulan, and this was a first time watch. Question is, is Mulan II an entertaining sequel to my 14th favorite movie of all-time or just a...
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Mulan (1998) is the DISNEY RENAISSANCE ERA FILM & Still Holds Up | (22nd Anniversary Movie Review)
22 years since it's release, this movie has been classified one of Disney's best animated films ever and one of my favorite films ever. But since it's live-action counterpart is being released next month, how does it hold up 22 years later since it's 1998 release? We get to talk about that in…
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Revisiting TROY (2004) 22 Years Later! - Movie Review | Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Wolfgang Petersen
Troy has always been a movie that I have enjoyed since my childhood days. While its certainly no masterclass in cinema nor one of the greatest movies of all time, rewatching and revisiting Troy for the historical epics series and for the 22 year anniversary, I have still so mich entertainment…
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The Rocketeer (1991) is Underrated - Requested Review | Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton | EpicJoshua
The Rocketeer is one of those underrated comic book movies and movies in general that doesnt get as much love as it should be given and it’s also been one of the more requested reviews in my requested reviews list, so after years of being asked, I am finally getting around to it and talking about...
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Anyone But You ACTUALLY IS PRETTY SOLID | Glen Powell | Sydney Sweeney | Epictastic Joshua
While it might not have looked like a good or decent romance comedy from the marketing, but believe me when I say that Anyone But You is not one of the bigger surprises of last year but a great sign that the romcom genre is making a comeback. #AnyoneButYou #GlenPowell #SydneySweeney Sypnosis...
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Formula 51 Deserves A Lot More Appreciation | Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer | Epictastic Joshua
Formula 51 is a movie that came out in the early 2000s that you probably never seen or probably never heard of because its one of the prime examples of "came and gone". For the first review of February, we're taking a look at this underrated gem. #Formula51 #SamuelLJackson #EmilyMortimer...
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Stranger Things (2016-2025) Season Reviews Compilation
Giving you guys another compilation video with my reviews of the complete series of the Netflix smash hit, “Stranger Things”. #StrangerThings #StrangerThings4 #FinnWolfhard #MillieBobbyBrown #CalebMcLaughlin #SadieSink #JoeKerry #GatenMatarazzo #NoahSchnapp #NataliaDyer #CharlieHeaton #MayaHawke...
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) - Movie Review | Is It Solid? | Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a legacy sequel that came out of nowhere when first announced, but for curiosity same, I felt it had some potential going for it. How does it measure up to the 2006 original classic? Joshua Drake of Epictastic Joshua gives his full thoughts on this sequel and talks…
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Maintenance Required (2025) is Harmless! - Movie Review | Madelaine Petsch, Jacob Scipio | Amazon Prime
Maintenance Required was one of the moviea last year that released to Amazon Prime and while its nothing great or bad (compared to the After franchise), it was a watchable experience even if it’s familiar to other romance films. #MaintenanceRequired #MadelainePetsch *Timecodes* 0:00 - cold...
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GI Joe: Snake Eyes is A Waste of Potential | GI Joe movie review | Epictastic Joshua
GI Joe: Snake Eyes is the third live action film adaptation of GI Joe directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos, Joe Shrapnel, and Anna Waterhouse and based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise, serves as an origin story for the title character, created by Larry Hama and…
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GI Joe: Retaliation (2013) | Flawed But Decent Watch | Movie Review
GI Joe Retaliation is the 2013 sequel/soft reboot to 2009's GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra and this is a movie that I've had a conflicting relationship with since it's release but over the years, I've grown to accept it for what it is. In this review, ff39480 Reviews gives you his thoughts on this...
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GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) Still Holds Up | 12 Years Later | Retro Movie Review
I figure it's time to revisit the first two GI Joe films as well as bring back older film reviews. In this video, futurefilmmaker39480 Reviews gives you his thoughts on the first GI Joe film, "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra". #GIJoe #GIJoeTheRiseofCobra #CobraCommander Sypnosis Armed with the latest…
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Does OBSESSION Live Up to It’s Hype? - Movie Review | Curry Barker, Michael Johnston, Inde Navarette - EpicJoshua
*This review was filmed originally back in May!* Obsession is one of the year’s most talked about and most beloved and debated films from all accounts and serves as the debut of a former comtent creator turned first time filmmaker Curry Barker, but with rave reviews from festivals, a newcoming...
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All 5 Dune Movies Ranked from WORST to BEST!
With the release of the sequel to Dune, "Dune Part Two" in overall physically and streaming wise, it's finally time (despite being late to it) to stop and rank all 5 adaptations of the Dune Saga from worst to best. Epictastic Joshua gives you his complete ranking of all of the entire Dune film...
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Dune Part 2 is A MASTERCLASS of CINEMA (with A Few Issues) | Denis Villeneuve | Movie Revuew | Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
After a small delay in between November and March, Denis Villenueve takes us back to the world of Arrakis, originated from Frank Herbert's novels with his second part to his beloved Dune movie and the second of this now planned trilogy. Aside from a few gripes, this is a reminder of why I love...
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Dune: Part 1 is the Sci-fi LORD OF THE RINGS | A Denis Villeneuve Film - Movie Review | Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin
Dune: Part One, is the long awaited most anticipated epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, primarily covering the first half of the book and stars ensemble cast Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin and Jason...
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Children of Dune (2003) is a Solid Companion Piece to the Dune Miniseries - Movie Review
Children of Dune was the second adaptation of Frank Herbert and his classic Dune novels made into a direct to TV mini series, but how does it hold up considering this is from the Syfy network. #DunePart2 #ChildrenofDune Sypnosis Frank Herbert's intricate epic traces a galactic feud between two...
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Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) Miniseries Review
Denis Villeneuve's first of a planned two part adaptation and potential trilogy is a few weeks ahead of us and already making money at the box office overseas and it's time to continue the Road to Dune Coverage with my audio review of the 2000 miniseries that aired on the Syfy channel back in the...
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Dune (1984) Movie Review - Interesting Idea, But Disappointing Results | David Lynch, Kyle Malachlan, Sean Young
With the release of the 2020 Denis Villenueve's two-part interpretation of Frank Herbert's respected novel coming out in December (hopefully), I decided to take a look at the previous versions of Dune and see how they hold up. Starting with my review of the 1984 cult classic film, directed by…
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The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026) - A Marvel Studios Presentation | Disney+ Special Review
The Punisher: One Last Kill sees the return of Jon Bernthal's interpretation of the character that we last saw in 2019 with Season 2 of his show and while there's some room for improvement in the future, this is a welcoming return for The Punisher and hopefully a sight of potential for him in the...
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Is WONDER MAN A Solid MCU Show? - Season 1 Review | MCU Television | Quick Review
Wonder Man was a show thar had some intrigue to it for me, but also concerned me due to the MCU shows being very up and down and due to a lack of marketing here. This also had the potential to be one of the biggest jokes in terms of new characters for the MCU considering the controversy with the...
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Braveheart (1995) - Movie Review | Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau | One of the Best of the Epics!
Braveheart has stood out over the past 31 years as being one of the best historical epics in the film genre and one of the best films in the genre. It’s also has been regarded as one of the most divided films now because of the Best Picture Oscar win it has gotten, but also has gotten controversy...
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Christy (2025) is Severely Overlooked - Movie Review | Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, David Michod
Christy was a movie that I had some intrigue in watching, not only to know about the life and career of Christy Martin, but also who was in charge of directing and to see Sydney Sweeney take on a different project other than her usual role. Unfortunately, the movie not only was a victim of being…
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The Strangers Trilogy (2024-2026) is A DISAPPOINTING WASTE of Potential! - Movie Review Compilation | Madelaine Petsch, Renny Harlin | Epictastic Joshua
The recent trilogy of the Strangers films has wrapped up this and I figured that even though I have reviewed these films before individually, we yet again do another review compilation for newcomers and for fun as well, that way people can watch either in this compilation or individually in the...
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Stranger Things: Season 5 - TV Series Review | Is it Satisfying? (MINOR SPOILERS) | Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink
Here we are! After four seasons, 10 years and a lot of production stuff in between Season 4 and this, we now have reached the conclusion of the Netflix global phenomenon of an iconic series and we finally get to talk about the final season of this iconic show. This season has been met with…
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Superman (2025) Live Watch-Along | James Gunn, David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, Edi Gathegi, Nicholas Hoult | DCU | Epictastic Joshua
Before the release of the next DCU film in the case of Craig Gillespie's "Supergirl", which is a spin-off and follow up to this film, I figured we'd do a live movie watch-along/commentary for the first overall film in the new DC Universe that just got released last summer, James Gunn's "Superman"...
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Spider-Noir is VERY GOOD! - Season 1 Review (SPOILER FREE) | Nicolas Cage, Li Jun Li
After 7 years since his introduction in “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse”, Spider Noir makes his live action debut appearance in the ever growing Spiderman/Spiderverse franchise in the first season of Spider-Noir and this had a lot to offer from Nicolas Cage’s performances to the visual…
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Stranger Things: Season 4 (2022) - TV Series Review | A GREAT PRELUDE TO SEASON 5 | Stranger Things
After a promise that I made in 2022 to review this fourth season of this iconic show, many years later and now that the show has ended, we go back into the Hawkins for the final two seasons. In this TV show review, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall talks about the fourth season of…
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Super Mario Galaxy (2026) - Movie Review | Disappointing or Entertaining? | new Mario Bros. film
After a 3-year wait between the 2023 animated film and it's sequel, the Mario Bros., Nintendo fans and Illumination returns for a secondary round of Mario adventures and go into the world of Mario based on the Galaxy games. The question is: How does this sequel to the animated film compare to the...
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Touch Me was an Unexpected Surprise! - Movie Review | Olivia Taylor Dudley | 2026 Horror
Touch Me was a movie that wasn't clearly on my radar but considering the fact that I heard some decent buzz from some reviews and the fact that Olivia Taylor Dudley (an underrated actress) was involved, I wanted to give it a fair chance for myself. The end result turned out to be one of the most...
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LET'S DO SOME CATCHUP! 2026 Reviews Vol. 1 (Joe's College Road Trip, Primate, K1ller Whale & More!)
Since I've been on very long delays by not reviewing as much films from this year, it is the summer season and I've been in hiding with my thoughts on some 2026 films long enough, so we're going to do some catch-up for the movies I haven't reviewed and we're going to start off with some movies…
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Does Michael: Part One Do MJ Justice? | LIVE Movie Review | Jafaar Jackson | Epictastic Joshua
After many stages of development, we finally get the film biopic about one of the greatest musicians to have ever do it and one of my favorite music artists, the late and legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson. With a first time actor in the case of Jafaar Jackson and a great supporting cast…
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THE HOUSEMAID is Actually Solid Crazy Fun - Movie Review | Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Paul Feig | Epictastic Joshua
The Housemaid was the latest attempt at not only a screen adaptation of the first book in a series of novels by Fates McFadden but also the latest attempt in many this decade to bring back and have a good erotic thriller. With a capable director in Paul Feig (mostly) and a solid trio of actors...
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Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) is the Best Justice League Film! | Movie Review | Jeremy Sisto, David Boreanaz, Lucy Lawless | Epictastic Joshua
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths had the potential to be one of the best movies of the animated DC Universe saga of films and considering it was a three part. But also had concerns because of this being the end of the DCAMU Tomorrowverse as it was getting started. The final result is a...
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The JUSTICE LEAGUE: Crisis on Infinite Earths is Fine but Rushed - Movie Review | Epictastic Joshua
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths had the potential to be one of the best movies of the animated DC Universe saga of films and considering it was a three part. But also had concerns because of this being the end of the DCAMU Tomorrowverse as it was getting started. The final result is a...
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Blade Trinity (2004) Live Watch-Along | Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds | David S. Goyer | Epictastic Joshua
After the first two movies and the watchalongs for them, we now have reach the end of this Blade trilogy watchalong series AND hopefully not the last of these watchalongs however. This is going to be for the third and final film of the Blade filmography (for now until we hear about something with...
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Blade II (2002) - Live Commentary | Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Guillermo del Toro | Epictastic Joshua
Continuing where we left off in terms of movie watchalongs for the Blade trilogy and for films in general. This time, we are doing the best Blade film, “Blade II”. Expect a review to follow afterwards. *Disclaimer* Under copyright guidelines and restrictions, I am unable to show footage of 'Blade...
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Is SEND HELP A GOOD or BAD Raimi Film? - Movie Review | Rachel McAdams | Epictastic Joshua
Send Help is the latest effort from legendary director Sam Raimi, who is one of the best director in terms of horror and in terms of comic book films and was something that I was curious about but cautiously optimistic and skeptical because the marketing had me a little conflicted. Let this be...
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Greenland 2: Migration - Movie Review | Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin | Epictastic Joshua
Greenland was one of the bigger surprises in the worst year ever for movies in the case of 2020 and was definitely one of the better disaster movies considering the genre. So, it’s inevitable that a sequel would be made. In a way that is weird, I was kinda looking forward to seeing a sequel…
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How to Lose A Popularity Contest | Movie Review/Rant | Another Lame Tubi Movie! | Epictastic Joshua
How to Lose A Popularity Contest is the second of two Tubi movies so far this year that I have had the distinction of watching. Usually, these teen romance movies I can enjoy even with all of the cliches here but this one, unfortunately, just doesn’t have much to offer for me. In this video,...
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Master & Commander (2003) is Underrated! | Movie Review | Russell Crowe | Epictastic Joshua
Welcome to start of my little historical/fantasy epics review series leading and buliding up to the release of “The Odyssey”, releasing this July and I’m very excited to get into this review series as I have been hyping and planning this since ghe last half of last year. For the first film in…
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The Phoenician Scheme isn’t Top Tier Wes Anderson, but it’s GOOD! | Movie Review | Epictastic Joshua
Continuing my little 2025 review catch up with another film that came out during the summer movie season and it’s a Wes Anderson film, called “The Phoenician Scheme”. In this review/video, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall gives his full pros and cons about The Phoenician Scheme, from its...
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Twin IS the WORST MOVIE OF 2026 So Far! | Drew Sidora | Tubi Originals | Epictastic Joshua
Two months into the new year for movie season, four movies back to back and easily of the four movies to make the worst movies of the year so far, this is the one I ACTUALLY HATE the most and have the most extreme visceral anger against. This is my record/MAJOR EPIC RANT for the new “black movie”...
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Transformers Reviews Compilation #3 (2018-now): The Revival Era | Epictastic Joshua
Here is my final review compilation of the Transformers franchise in terms of the revival era with Bumblebee, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and the animated film Transformers One. Individual reviews are up on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Timecodes: 0:00 - Bumblebee (2018) Review 25:03…
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Transformers Reviews Compilation #2 (2014-2017): The Yeager Era | Epictastic Joshua
Continuing the series of review compilations of the Transformers franchise and this time we’re into the Yeager duology from 2014-2017 with Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. Individual reviews and audio versions are up on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts *Timecodes:* 0:00 - Transformers…
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The Strangers Chapter 3 is UNSATISFYING! | Madelaine Petsch, Renny Harlin | MAJOR EPIC RANT | EJ
The new Strangers trilogy has been nothing short of a frustrating and disappointing experience with two movies in so far (especially with talents like Renny Harlin as director and the lovely but talented Madelaine Petsch as star), but considering that, Chapter 3 could have the potential to be the...
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Transformers Reviews Compilation #1 (2007-now): The Witwicky Trilogy | Epictastic Joshua
Here is the first in a series of review compilations for the Transformers franchise from 2007 to now. This is including the Witwicky trilogy that ranges from Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), directed by Michael Bay....
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts isn't the BEST Transformers Movie but It's FUN! | Epictastic Joshua
After a little bit of a long wait to get around to reviewing the newest film in the Transformers series, Rise of the Beasts proves to be a fun Transformers movie even though it's not as great as Bumblebee or the first 3 films in the Bay series, it's a fun ride. #Transformers #RiseoftheBeasts...
About this show
Welcome to the Epictastic Live with Epictastic Joshua! I am an autistic YouTuber who loves movies, TV shows, music and anime on a few occasions. Here you will find audio versions of live commentaries or reviews/rankings of some of my content you see on YouTube whether it's a review series, ranking or a live commentary for a film or live stream. As always, stay Epictastic, acknowledge me, Join the Epictasticness and you guys keep it cool.
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