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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: “Half Magic”
Currently best known for her acting, Heather Graham has now written and directed her first motion picture, “Half Magic.” Although the film is not earth-shattering, it is certainly smart enough and funny enough, that it more than sustains its run… Read More ›
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“Lass is More” Celebrates Christmas with “Daddy’s Home Two”
Sure, it isn’t the holiday season, but why should that matter? We celebrate Christmas roughly from Halloween to New Year’s these days (and longer if you have looked at any stores the day after Labor Day). “Daddy’s Home Two,” most… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Early Man”
I remember watching the first three Wallace & Gromit shorts years ago and thinking to myself that Nick Park and Aardman had really created something special. To this day, I still love the way all their characters are imbued with… Read More ›
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“Lass is More” Brings the Movies Home
Snow days are made for but one thing: movies. That’s it. Well, really, a snowball fight followed by some hot cocoa and a movie. Our ability to sit at home and watch a movie is greater than its ever been… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Peter Rabbit”
The dizzying speed at which Peter Rabbit and the camera move along at the opening of the new film based upon the classic stories by Beatrix Potter makes it abundantly clear that this is not your grandfather’s bunny. The characters… Read More ›
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“Lass is More” Gets Spooky with “Winchester”
Not so many a year ago, I lived near the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. One of the moderate disappointments of my life is never having gotten the opportunity to visit the place despite being in the area for… Read More ›
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In Which my Eyes are Dilated and I Watch “I, Tonya”
Yesterday I went to the eye doctor (no, mom, nothing is wrong, just a regular old eye exam and, yes, mom, everything was fine). Naturally, the eye doctor dilated my pupils and thereby made it exceptionally difficult for me to… Read More ›
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Notes from a Writer: On Completing Games
A very odd thing occurred the other day – I beat the final boss in an open world video game. I play games on a fairly regular basis, and I see the end credits roll on a fairly regular basis,… Read More ›
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“Lass is More” has “24 Hours to Live”
Hitting blu-ray next week is an Ethan Hawke actioner entitled “24 Hours to Live.” The actor plays a freelance hitman who, for ludicrous reasons, finds himself with… yes, that’s right, 24 hours to live. Instead of solely focusing on the… Read More ›
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Notes from a Writer: The Idea Man
I regularly worry about ideas. I don’t know where they come from. I don’t know how to find them. Once I have one, I can develop it, I can expand upon it, but it’s that initial, “Oh, here’s an idea”… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Maze Runner: The Death Cure”
There are probably minor spoilery things below in terms of discussion of plot bits that don’t work. I have left out the names of people at these moments of discussion, but the discussion exists. In the “Maze Runner” films, all… Read More ›
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“Lass is More” Pits “The Post” Against Trump
I went to see “The Post” for a second time and rather than taking pages of notes, as I did the first time, I wrote down one sentence: “Is it possible to root for ‘The Post’ and the Trump administration?”… Read More ›
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One from the Shelf: “Doctor Strange”
Here we are, back again with another One from the Shelf. This new selection is “Doctor Strange,” a movie I most definitely was not in love with when it came out. I tweeted something about being bored by the story… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Mom and Dad” (2018)
Some of the key duties that come with being a parent include raising one’s children to be responsible adults and protecting them along the way. This is why the setup for “Mom and Dad,” a horror tale from writer-director Brian… Read More ›
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“Lass is More”: “Maze Runner” is like “The Commuter,” but Good
I am often intrigued by the setup of a movie — the way it builds whatever problem is to be tackled, or the way it creates the world in which the movie is to take place. That said, all too… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Paddington 2”
We are only starting the second week in January and it therefore feels a little presumptuous to write about a new film something like “quite possibly the most fun you’ll have at the movies all year,” but “Paddington 2” very… Read More ›
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One from the Shelf: “The Muppet Movie”
In my 2018 outlook piece, I said I was looking at doing a new series called “One from the Shelf,” and here we are, less than a week later and I have the first installment finished. Before I get to… Read More ›
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Watching Television: Am I Just Too Old?
In recent years I have covered more film than television, but don’t mistake that for my not watching TV, it’s just that my viewing habits have changed. This change stems from a number of factors, but I think that chief… Read More ›
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Setting Expectations for 2018
And so here we are in 2018. What does that mean for The TV and Film Guy’s Reviews? Well, I’ll tell you right now that I love all the movie reviews we did last year, more than any previous single… Read More ›
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“Lass is More” Shoots for “Killing Gunther”
I see a lot of bad movies. A lot of them. And that’s okay. I keep going back in and trying again. This week, I tried “Killing Gunther.” It’s a low-budget action-comedy from Taran Killam. Starring Killam, Cobie Smulders, Arnold… Read More ›
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