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Josh Lasser is a freelance entertainment reporter/critic. His work has appeared in print, online, and perhaps one day in book form.
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Movie Review: “Adult Life Skills”
In 2016, writer/director Rachel Tunnard’s “Adult Life Skills” won the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now, in 2019, the film finally is being released in theaters and on demand here in the United States (it is a… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek”
It has become very popular to offer up shades of grey in both movies and television, to blur the lines between which group of folks are the good guys, and which group are the bad. Sometimes this is the result of… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “An Acceptable Loss”
There are difficult, terrible, decisions that have to be made by the individuals in our government; decisions with massive ramifications and unknown outcomes. That knowledge has to weigh upon those making said decisions, and the new film by writer/director Joe… Read More ›
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Digging into the TiVo Archives… and Coming up Empty
For this week’s podcast, I did something unthinkable — I sat down and watched one of the movies I had recorded on my TiVo years ago but then never actually watched. There are a decent number of such movies sitting… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened”
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines schadenfreude as “enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others.” It is an idea that will be in the viewer’s minds well before the Chris Smith documentary, “Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened,” discusses anything remotely… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “A Dog’s Way Home”
If you are on the fence about wanting a dog, the Charles Martin Smith directed “A Dog’s Way Home” is likely to push you into a new four-legged friend. Voiced by Bryce Dallas Howard, the adorable pooch, Bella, at the… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Glass” (2019)
For better or for worse, but certainly by his design, M. Night Shyamalan’s films are largely defined by their “twist,” that moment late in the movie where the story is suddenly turned on its ear, forcing the audience to reassess… Read More ›
