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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.

• Movie Review: “Zeroville”

  By Josh Lasser on September 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you prefer your movies simple and straightforward, or do you like them to operate as some sort of a fever dream, where one is never quite sure what is taking place, nor whether the events are real or imagined? … Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Ad Astra”

  By Josh Lasser on September 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  So often when movies take us into space, it is so that we can watch things blow up real good. There is, of course, absolutely nothing wrong with that, but it’s also wonderful to see a movie more in the “2001: … Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Downton Abbey”

  By Josh Lasser on September 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Taking a television series, particularly a beloved one, to the big screen is an incredibly difficult task. Amongst the myriad of potential problems is the issue of needing to come up with a story worthy of being a movie in theaters… Read More ›

• Michael Waltrip on Surviving Change in the “Blink of an Eye”

  By Josh Lasser on September 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Michael Waltrip, famed NASCAR driver, is the focus of a new documentary called “Blink of an Eye.”  Based on his own book, this is the story of Waltrip’s NASCAR career and the great and terrible day on which he broke… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Hustlers” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on September 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria and “inspired” by a true story, “Hustlers” is one in a long line of movies that pretends to be deeper and smarter than it is in reality.  At one crucial moment for the viewer,… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Freaks” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on September 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  There are some movies that totally and completely blow you away; they somehow manage to peel back any and all emotional calluses and hit you were it hurts the most.  After watching them you leave the theater shaking, wondering how… Read More ›

• The Beauty (and Horror) of “Apocalypse Now Final Cut”

  By Josh Lasser on September 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Some filmmakers like to tweak their work, even years after the film’s original release.  At the end of this summer, Francis Ford Coppola gave us a new version of “Apocalypse Now,” this one called “Apocalypse Now Final Cut.”  The film… Read More ›