On this week’s podcast we have directors Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin. The two women spent years filming Gemma, an inhabitant of a housing project, or “scheme,” in Scotland. Although they may not have known where the voyage would take… Read More ›
Month: April 2019
Movie Review: “Come to Daddy” (2019)
There are times when, in writing a review, a critic is compelled to offer up some sort of explanation of the events of the film; a brief synopsis if you will. Then there are other films where anything more than… Read More ›
Car Rides and “The Kid who Would be King”
A road trip prevented a new “Lass is More” last week, but this week we’re back and we’re back with the fruits of that road trip. Put another way, our new car has a rear entertainment system, and that system… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Hellboy” (2019)
The rebooted “Hellboy” starts off with a voiceover by Ian McShane. Laying out the evil that Hellboy will be facing in this film, this opening feels absurdly rushed, as though McShane couldn’t wait to be done reading it, finish this… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Man who Killed Don Quixote”
It seems so very improbable that after decades trying to make “The Man who Killed Don Quixote,” Terry Gilliam’s movie is going to finally hit theaters here in the United States. In fact, it is a remarkable enough occurrence that… Read More ›
“Holmes & Watson” & Unfunny Jokes
Up this week on the “Lass is More” podcast we have a discussion of the most recent collaboration between Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly — “Holmes & Watson.” The movie is out today on Blu-ray and DVD and… it… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Pet Sematary” (2019)
When telling a story, the question of motivation is an important one – why do the people in it do what they do, what prompts them to follow a certain path. In movies (or books or TV, etc.), the reasons… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Wind” (2019)
It is a wonderful setup for a movie – two lonely houses on the prairie, no one around for miles, and some sort of evil spirit lurking. The spirit that comes at night, on the wind, and terrorizes the women… Read More ›
“Bumblebee” Gets Transformers Right
It may have taken six outings, but the Transformers film franchise finally got it right with “Bumblebee.” The movie is available on home video today, and so we’re taking a few minutes to discuss exactly why this entry succeeds where… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Teen Spirit”
There is something deeply unsettling about writer-director Max Minghella’s “Teen Spirit.” The film, which stars Elle Fanning, is Minghella’s first feature as a director and while it shows flashes of brilliance, they are not carried through. What starts as a fascinating… Read More ›
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