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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: “Last Call: The Shutdown of NYC Bars”
It is one thing to be angry and quite another to see that anger manifest itself in a sensible—and potentially productive—way. The same is true for any emotion. Of course, try as we might, we can’t always control the ways… Read More ›
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“The Stairs” Offers up a Path to Highs and Lows
Mysteries are great. Suspense and scares are great. There is no reason why every little thing happening in a film has to be explained. There is no reason why we have to understand exactly how the horror in a horror… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Suicide Squad”
It would be wrong to think that James Gunn has taken, wholesale, his work on the two “Guardians of the Galaxy” Marvel movies and simply moved the concepts over to DC for their “Suicide Squad” sequel, “The Suicide Squad” (yes,… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Naked Singularity”
Movies don’t always have to make complete sense. The question is whether or not as we watch them we understand enough of what’s going on to enjoy them; whether there’s enough there to make us want to watch the entire… Read More ›
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“Lasso” is More
Listen, I’m not going to lie to you — I took last week off from the podcast. It’s the summer, I’m allowed to take a week off. Odds are, honestly, that I’m going to take another week off before the… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Green Knight”
What is it to face your destiny? What is it to know for an extended period that an upcoming moment is the moment and more than that, but to know exactly when it is going to take place? These are… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Never Gonna Snow Again”
Some movies require a certain amount of deciphering, of figuring out what is going on. Sometimes this is due to the fact that the narrative is cryptic, sometimes it’s due to the fact that the visuals are cryptic, and sometimes… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Old”
Some movies are clever, subtle, little things. They deftly offer up a notion, throwing it into the back of your mind before moving on to something else (“Inception”-style, if you will). But the idea sits there, lingering, growing in your… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins”
When the end credits for interestingly titled, “Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins” begin, they are markedly different from the rest of the film. Before the full-on scrolling starts, the credits are loud and colorful and a little off the wall… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Jolt”
Certainly not limited to the genre by any stretch of the imagination, Kate Beckinsale long ago proved her abilities to deliver oodles of action on screen, appearing in multiple “Underworld” movies and more. She is now back delivering body blow… Read More ›
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We Dive in as SpongeBob Goes “On the Run”
That fellow who lives in a pineapple under the sea (SpongeBob SquarePants) premiered his Nickelodeon series back in 1999. Now, here in 2021, his third big movie, “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run,” is out on Blu-ray. Although Josh… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Die in a Gunfight”
Unless the lead character in a story is a newborn, the question of how to deal with their backstory regularly (not always) appears. For a movie, how should a filmmaker go about giving us the information we need to know… Read More ›
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“Almost Famous,” “Boogie,” and Growing Up
The transition from childhood to adulthood is different for everyone, but, whatever the specifics of the shift, it is almost certainly not a smooth one. There are bumps and jerks and difficulties along the way. That it happens to all… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Marathon” (2021)
There is a certain masochism required to run a marathon. The training is long and often difficult, injuries crop up and destroy months of work, pandemics come along and cancel everything, some races can be cancelled at the last minute… Read More ›
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From “Cruella” to “Dalmatians,” is this Prequel Worth it?
Disney’s “Cruella,” which stars Emma Stone as the titular villain who eventually torments many a dog in the Disney classic, “101 Dalmatians,” is not available for purchase digitally. I, for one, am always a little skeptical of such origin stories… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Boss Baby: Family Business”
A character in the new “Boss Baby” movie, “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” has a hankering for sweets. He sits there and eats ice cream and soda and lollipops and, yes, even handfuls of sugar itself. Of course he does… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “First Date” (2021)
Way back in 1988, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince made sure that all teens knew the importance of not cruising around the neighborhood in a car that they shouldn’t be driving. Assuredly, this was not the first example… Read More ›
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Final Thoughts Before Leaving the World of “Biomutant”
A few weeks ago we delivered to you the first of two promised episodes on the open-world RPG “Biomutant.” It wasn’t a teaser as much as it was a review in progress. Well, this week, we’re finishing our discussion of… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Werewolves Within”
The question is perhaps not “do werewolves exist,” but rather “does it matter if werewolves exist when human beings, with all their horrific faults, are trapped together and believe that werewolves might exist?” Such is one of the conundrums put… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “F9: The Fast Saga”
The “Fast & Furious” movies long ago transitioned from being a series about relatively criminals with a penchant for cars running into trouble with police. They have, through the years, gotten bigger and dumber. The key thing though is that… Read More ›
