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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: “Anna and the Apocalypse”
Perhaps the inevitable upcoming zombie apocalypse won’t be all bad. Assuredly loved ones will be lost and brains will be on the menu (it is a zombie apocalypse after all), but there might be singing and dancing, too, and who… Read More ›
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“To Kid or not to Kid” That is Maxine Trump’s Question
This week’s podcast episode features director Maxine Trump, whose new documentary, “To Kid or not to Kid” just premiered at DOC NYC. The movie looks at the decision most people have to eventually make on whether or not to have… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Creed II”
There is a basic formula for “Rocky” movies and the “Creed” films are very much “Rocky” movies even if they focus on Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan), with Rocky’s story taking a backseat. Due to this formula, the… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”
One of the biggest problems with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” the first of the Harry Potter universe prequel movies, is that it isn’t telling the story it wants the audience to think it’s telling. Or, rather, it is… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Widows”
Steve McQueen’s new film, “Widows,” starts with a whiz-bang opening sequence, cutting between the home life of four thieves and the same thieves on the job. The jumps between the two are purposefully jarring, causing the audience to sit up… Read More ›
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“BlacKkKlansman,” “Midaq Alley” & Racist Presidential Rhetoric
Sometimes we sit down to watch movies and simply cannot escape their echoes. We look and we see the movies reflected in our world, for good or for ill. So, this week we’re looking at “BlacKkKlansman” and “Midaq Alley,” two… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Overlord” (2018)
It is very nearly the plot of a videogame. That sentence isn’t written in some sort of hyperbolic way either – the “Wolfenstein” franchise has spent no small amount of time exploring the various hypothetical things the Nazis could have… Read More ›
