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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: “Exit Plan”
There is something to be said for moody films which contemplate what it means to be alive and what it means to die on one’s own terms. Nicolaj Coster-Waldau’s latest, “Exit Plan,” is just that – a movie that examines… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Shirley” (2020)
It would be unfair to say that once the credits start rolling on Josephine Decker’s “Shirley” one will ask why they bothered watching it all the way through. The answer to that is Elisabeth Moss. Yet again proving herself to… Read More ›
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Great Versus Great fun: “The Deer Hunter” and “Escape from L.A.”
“The Deer Hunter” is an incredible film. It is also a difficult watch. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve seen it — the thing never gets any easier even when you know what’s going to happen. “Escape from L.A.”… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Vast of Night”
There are movies out there that make you feel the weight of whatever event is taking place within them. Then there are movies where the event may be important, but rather than experiencing emotions based on it, the sentiment felt… Read More ›
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How can we see the Breath of “The Invisible Man?”
I don’t necessarily like being the person who looks at something fun and has all the enjoyment sucked out of it for a potentially silly reason, and yet, here we are. You can’t fight genetics. Or, you can fight genetics… Read More ›
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The one with Ross’s Sandwich… Recipe
Please forgive the kind of meta nature of the below piece. It feels essential to do it this way… Every so often when I request a review copy of something, the response I get is positive, but it comes with… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Painter and the Thief”
A painter has a show in an art gallery. A drug addict in the middle of an extended binge breaks into said gallery with another man and steals two of the painter’s works. When the thief comes down and is… Read More ›
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Playing Catch-up: “Flashdance,” Tom Cruise, and “Downhill”
This week’s podcast is 75% look back and 25% disappointment. Sure, that’s like an apples and air fryers kind of a thing taking us to 100%, but there’s a pandemic on and we don’t have to play by the rules… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Scoob!”
There is no specific need for a Stargate to appear in “Scoob!,” the new Scooby-Doo based animated film that’s arrived on VOD today, but it fits into a movie which also incorporates the Blue Falcon, Dynomutt, Dick Dastardly, Simon Cowell,… Read More ›
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“The Call of the Wild” and the Bad CG
In my middle school, everyone learned that the lead character in “The Call of the Wild,” Buck, is a dynamic progressive character. It was the way we were taught to write a standard five paragraph essay. That worked wonderfully (except… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “How to Build a Girl”
There is something unsettling that takes place throughout the running time of “How to Build a Girl.” The movie, which stars Beanie Feldstein, is full of golden little moments, great bits of humor, and a wonderful lead performance. It is… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Spaceship Earth”
No, “Spaceship Earth” is not a tale of the ride inside the sphere right at the front of EPCOT, and if some of the architecture in Matt Wolf’s documentary looks similar to that of EPCOT’s Future World, it has to… Read More ›
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“The Jesus Rolls,” is it a Gutterball?
John Turturro has reprised his role a Jesus Quintana in “The Big Lebowski” spinoff, “The Jesus Rolls.” The movie, which is also written and directed by Turturro, is out on Blu-ray today. Now then is the perfect time for us… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Becoming”
Watching the new Netflix documentary, “Becoming,” born from Michelle Obama’s memoir of the same name, there is the inescapable feeling that it is, in no small part, a promotional piece. That is, the documentary exists to work in synergistic fashion… Read More ›
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Consider the Blu-ray Packaging… but Maybe not too much
Okay, so we don’t judge books by their covers, right? But what about blu-rays and their cases? Does what’s on the case of a blu-ray tell us what we can expect inside? If they don’t, why does anyone waste time… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The True History of the Kelly Gang”
There are times during “The True History of the Kelly Gang” where director Justin Kurzel offers up wide shots of Australian wilderness. The shots vary in terms of their visual substance, but the underlying feeling is always the same: the… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Robert the Bruce”
Although Richard Gray’s latest film is called “Robert the Bruce,” the title character, who is played by Angus Macfadyen, isn’t really the lead. Yes, Macfadyen played the role previously in “Braveheart,” and this movie picks up several years after the… Read More ›
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“Like a Boss” and the Business Morons
The comedy “Like a Boss” arrives on Blu-ray today and it’s… not great. What it does do, however, is offer a connection to our current pandemic. It shows us, in stark relief, what the people who would claim to be… Read More ›
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Christian Kane on his New Series, “Almost Paradise”
If you’re like me, you’ve been a fan of Christian Kane for years on end. Not necessarily a “Kaniac,” as some of his fans are known, but a fan nonetheless. The actor, who previously starred on “Leverage” and “The Librarians”… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Elephants” (2020)
Disney has been anthropomorphizing elephants for decades so it doesn’t come as a surprise to see them do so again in the new DisneyNature film, “Elephant” (and, yes, animal documentaries regularly anthropomorphize their subjects). Launching this Friday on Disney+ in… Read More ›
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