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Name: Josh Radde
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Reject Since: October 2007
Email: josh@filmschoolrejects.com

Bio: Josh is 24 and has an extensive knowledge of film (just TRY challenging him in Scene It). He is one of the co-founders of strongwordsinc.com and co-host of that website’s notorious podcast “Strong Words” aka “VeerCAST”. Josh began his days as a critic on HollywoodBitchslap.com and continued voicing his opinions on that website throughout high school. Josh graduated from Illinois State University in 2006 with a degree in Mass Communications and created his legacy with a popular radio talk show he created, known as “The Water Cooler Talk Show.” Josh is happy to be contributing to Film School Rejects, even though he never properly applied to or attended a credited “film school.”


Posts by Josh Radde:

Mad Men Review: The Grown Ups

Mad Men Review: The Grown Ups

The Kennedy Assassination affects everyone at Sterling/Cooper and in the Draper household; Ken and Pete’s competition for Head of Accounts comes to an end; Roger’s daughter gets married.

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Mad Men 3.11 Review: The Gypsy and the Hobo

Mad Men 3.11 Review: The Gypsy and the Hobo

Betty confronts Don about his past life; Roger runs into an old flame; Don plans a getaway with Suzanne; Joan reaches out to Roger for occupational help.

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Mad Men 3.9 Review: Wee Small Hours

Mad Men 3.9 Review: Wee Small Hours

Betty starts writing letters to Henry Francis; Don starts to see Conrad Hilton as a father figure; a Sterling/Cooper account makes advances towards Sal.

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Mad Men 3.8 Review: Souvenir

Mad Men 3.8 Review: Souvenir

Don takes Betty out to Rome for a Conrad Hilton-related business trip; Pete gets involved with a nanny in his building.

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Review: A Serious Man

Review: A Serious Man

Do you remember the movie Stranger Than Fiction? There’s a scene where Dustin Hoffman explains to Will Ferrell the difference between comedy and tragedy and has him tally up events that would fit into either genre. The Coen Brother’s new film, A Serious Man, seems to live this debate as I can’t really tell if it’s a dark comedy depicting tragic events or a tragedy with comedic characters.

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Mad Men 3.7 Review – Seven Twenty Three

Mad Men 3.7 Review – Seven Twenty Three

Don, Betty, and Peggy all wake up in different places and their stories are told non-linearly: Don gets frustrated with Sterling Cooper’s offer of a three-year contract; Betty gets to meet with the government advisor she met at Roger’s yard party…

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Mad Men 3.6 Review: Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency

Mad Men 3.6 Review: Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency

Sterling/Cooper gets a new, young C.O.O.; Joan embarks on her last day as word of he husband’s promotion comes through; Don takes an important meeting with a hotel mogul…

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5 Movies That Make Us Hungry

5 Movies That Make Us Hungry

Some action movies make you drive a little faster once you leave the theater; some dramas make you re-think your life and donate money to the Red Cross. Which movies make you hungry?

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TV Review: Mad Men 3.5 – The Fog

TV Review: Mad Men 3.5 – The Fog

Betty has the baby; Duck Philips propositions Pete and Peggy for a job; Sally causes trouble in the classroom.

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TV Review: Mad Men 3.4 – The Arrangements

TV Review: Mad Men 3.4 – The Arrangements

Gene continues to bond with the Draper kids; Sal gets put in charge of directing the “Bye Bye Birdie”-themed commercial; Peggy decides to move to Manhattan and begins looking for a roommate.

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TV Review: Mad Men 3.3 – My Old Kentucky Home

TV Review: Mad Men 3.3 – My Old Kentucky Home

Joan and her husband are throwing a party for her husband’s co-workers, while most of the Sterling Cooper gang is at Roger and Jane’s for a Kentucky Derby garden party.

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Shouting Match: Best Horror Film of the Decade

Shouting Match: Best Horror Film of the Decade

With Rob Zombie’s Halloween II and the fourth installment in the Final Destination series out in theaters this weekend, FSR’s resident Devil’s Advocate Josh Radde and guest Adam Sweeney decided not to debate between the two franchises, but rather: what is the best horror film of the decade?

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Movies We Love: Murderball

Movies We Love: Murderball

We’re not going for a hug. We’re going for a f*cking gold medal.

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TV Review: Mad Men 3.2 – Love Among the Ruins

TV Review: Mad Men 3.2 – Love Among the Ruins

Don is very frustrated with the new oversight at Sterling Cooper and uncharacteristically wears his emotions on his sleeve.

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Is Brad Pitt Set To Foil Downey’s Sherlock Holmes?

Is Brad Pitt Set To Foil Downey’s Sherlock Holmes?

Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law is in pickup shoots right now, and there was rumor that Brad Pitt had flown out there to be a part of the film. Who would he play?

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The TV Watcher’s Guide to Mad Men

The TV Watcher’s Guide to Mad Men

Join us as we look ahead to what season three might have in store for all of your favorite Mad Men (and dames)…

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Hugh Jackman to Play PT Barnum

Hugh Jackman to Play PT Barnum

Hugh Jackman’s singin’ and dancin’ at the Oscars this year has seemed to pay off.

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Deputy Dewey Returns for a 4th ‘Scream’

Deputy Dewey Returns for a 4th ‘Scream’

In what might have been really exciting news three years ago, it appears there’s confirmation that Scream 4 will get its Dewey and Gale back. But will it matter without Neve Campbell? Or if Wes Craven doesn’t sign on?

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WB Wins Superman Legal Battle, Must Start Next Movie by 2011

WB Wins Superman Legal Battle, Must Start Next Movie by 2011

The results of a recent court case could put pressure on Warner Bros. to do something with the Superman franchise in the next few years…

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Shouting Match: Giant Robots Fighting; Two Men Arguing

Shouting Match: Giant Robots Fighting; Two Men Arguing

Now that everyone on the planet has had a chance to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, to make hilarious YouTube videos calling out Rob Hunter’s review of it, and to send us emails about us covering the film too much – we’re covering it EVEN MORE. What happens when two Rejects disagree this strongly? Get angry and find out.

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