It is like that theme song from the show about the bar where everybody knows your name — that is, sometimes you wanna get away. Sometimes you are too stressed out, too tired, too sick, too sad, too… whatever and… Read More ›
Month: November 2016
Movie Review: "Bad Santa 2"
Is the first “Bad Santa” film an intelligent, wry, commentary on the commercialization of the holiday season? Is it an insightful look at knowing the difference between the things we want and the things we need? Is it a reminder… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Talks to Alan Eustace About Being "14 Minutes from Earth"
Meet Alan Eustace, the main subject of the Tribeca Film Festival selection, “14 Minutes to Earth.” Eustace was a Google executive who decided that he was going to ride a balloon into the stratosphere, detach himself from it, and fall… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Allied" (2016)
Robert Zemeckis’ new live action film, “Allied,” opens with Brad Pitt’s character, Max Vatan, parachuting into French Morocco in 1942. He lands in the desert and is quickly picked up and brought to Casablanca. A spy, once in the city… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"
Quick, how much of the Harry Potter books/movies do you remember? How well steeped are you in the Deathly Hallows? Does the name Gellert Grindelwald mean anything to you? “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” the return of the… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Life on the Line" (2016)
People have dangerous jobs and telling the story of someone with a dangerous job can make for an exciting, enlightening, dramatic film-going experience. Or, it can feel a little like pandering to that group. “Life on the Line” feels more… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Finds Happiness with "Finding Dory"
This is, if we’re looking to label it, the year of the belated sequel. Some of these have been good, some have been bad, and many feel like they simply exist in order to prey on our nostalgia and drain… Read More ›
New York Film Festival Movie Review: "Manchester by the Sea"
Sitting there at the New York Film Festival, just as with anywhere one might watch a film, there are things that work and things that don’t. Some movies leave you flat and others hit you like a freight train, offering… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Looks at "Morris from America" and "Bad Moms"
At first glance, “Morris from America” and “Bad Moms” are very different creatures, but a closer inspection–like the in today’s podcast–yields the thought that perhaps they are far more alike than one would have initially believed. Essentially, these are movies… Read More ›
Movie Review: "Arrival" (2016)
We are, it seems to me, living in a great day for science fiction movies. Rather than solely having to subsist on massive, operatic space battles (which, don’t get me wrong, can be great), we also get thinking science fiction…. Read More ›
Movie Review: "Trolls" (2016)
If “The LEGO Movie” taught us nothing else, we at least all walked away from that film knowing that there is a way to make a movie based upon a toy that doesn’t feel as though the film is merely… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Heads to Deep Space with "Star Trek Beyond"
Are film franchises more difficult beasts than one-off movies, at least for writers? How hard does it have to be to do something new and different and yet familiar and enjoyable? How hard does it have to be knowing that… Read More ›
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