On this week’s podcast, writer-director Maggie Betts is here to talk about her film, “Novitiate.” The tale of one nunnery struggling to come to terms with Vatican II, the film stars Margaret Qualley and Melissa Leo. This is Betts’ first… Read More ›
Month: October 2017
Movie Review: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
The Martin McDonagh written and directed “Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri” begins with a mother, Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand), deciding to rent some billboards in order to highlight the local police department’s inability to catch her daughter’s rapist and… Read More ›
“Lass is More” on “Dreamgirls,” “Spider-Man,” and Fame
There are individuals who are driven towards fame, driven towards money, driven towards power. It is a combination which–sometimes–attracts very bad people. It is also a heady mix for which I have no desire. Well, the money part would be… Read More ›
New York Film Festival Review: “Mudbound”
We are all human and thus we know what it is to be sad and to cry. Movies are able to elicit tears by pressing certain buttons and Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” is excellent at knowing just how to push those… Read More ›
New York Film Festival Review: “Wonder Wheel”
Justin Timberlake’s lifeguard/grad student, Mickey, wonderfully sets the stage in Woody Allen’s latest film, “Wonder Wheel.” In an opening explanation offered directly to the audience, he explains that we are at Coney Island following the Second World War. It is… Read More ›
Not a Movie Review: “Marshall”
Forgive me, this isn’t going to be quite a traditional review… “Marshall,” a biopic about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (played here by Chadwick Boseman) is, honestly, less a biopic than an exploration of one case Marshall worked on in… Read More ›
New York Comic-Con: The Experience of the “Experiences”
One of the things that I have found most fascinating about New York Comic-Con in recent years has been the various “experiences” offered by companies to promote a game or a movie or a TV show. These are events of… Read More ›
“Lass is More” isn’t Beguiled by “The Beguiled”
There are so many pieces that go into creating a movie or a TV show. So many moving parts. So many little tiny things that have to be worked out in order for the affair, as a whole, to be… Read More ›
New York Comic-Con: I get “Psych”-ed
New York – Like any multi-day event with a whole lot of speakers, exhibitors, and patrons, New York Comic-Con is an ever-shifting experience. I wrote on Friday about that being my longest day and how I was going to have… Read More ›
New York Comic-Con: “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”
New York – Today is going to be my longest day at New York Comic-Con this year, starting with the Peter Capaldi panel at 10:30 this morning and ending, sometime tonight, with an “Orville” panel and then one for “Family… Read More ›
New York Comic-Con: Peter Capaldi’s “Doctor Who” Victory Lap
New York – My relationship with Peter Capaldi’s Doctor started when I attended the New York press event for the 2014 world tour as his tenure on the show was just beginning. Last year I was there for Capaldi, Pearl… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Mountain Between Us”
A pilot takes two passengers on a private flight through the mountains after a commercial one gets cancelled. There is bad weather coming in, the pilot has a nonchalant attitude, and… well, whatever may cause the plane to go down,… Read More ›
“Lass is More” Tracks Down “Pirates of the Caribbean”
In this lightly spoiler-y (you have been warned) episode of the podcast, we delve into the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise in general and “Dead Men Tell no Tales” in particular. The new film, out on Blu-ray today, may be… Read More ›
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