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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.

• Hopefully the Next 30 Days of Night Will be Better

  By Josh Lasser on March 24, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Being nearly as old as motion pictures themselves, vampire movies seem to always try and do something new and different in order to win over an audience. Filmmakers always seem to be on the lookout for a new hook to… Read More ›

• The Lipstick Jungle Finale and a Somewhat Lost Apology

  By Josh Lasser on March 22, 2008 • ( 0 )

  So, last night's season finale of Lipstick Jungle… Nico apparently felt bad that she was committing adultery while her husband was having a heart attack. Victory's response was that Nico should look to the future, not the past — she… Read More ›

• I’ve Gone on Better Ones, But I Didn’t Mind Tripping The Rift: The Movie

  By Josh Lasser on March 21, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Whether one believes the restrictions are too tight or too lenient, it is undeniable that there are certain limits to what one can show on broadcast and basic cable television. Thus, it is not a surprise when television series that… Read More ›

• How Celebrity Casting Ruined Law & Order’s "Shocking Twist"

  By Josh Lasser on March 21, 2008 • ( 0 )

  The Kidnapped reunion continued last night on Law & Order. It's one of those things that amaze me. There I was last year watching this fantastic show, but I was the only one. Now, the actors from the show (and… Read More ›

• HIMYM & Top Gear – A Wonderful Combination

  By Josh Lasser on March 19, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Last week I suggested to you that Monday, March 17 might represent a true night of televisual bliss. I was not wrong. Top Gear last night was bloody brilliant, and even if How I Met Your Mother did not reach… Read More ›

• Do The Riches Just Get Richer?

  By Josh Lasser on March 18, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Everyone has their price. So argues Wayne Malloy (Eddie Izzard) at the outset of the second season of the FX show, The Riches. As the audience quickly finds out, that “everyone” includes Wayne himself. The Riches follows the Malloy family… Read More ›

• A Question About Oceanic 815 and Jin

  By Josh Lasser on March 14, 2008 • ( 4 )

  Today we start off with the big question from last night's Lost episode. Does Jin die on the island or does he just remain behind? I'm sure that the vast majority of folks out there believe Jin to have died,… Read More ›

• I am Hereby Enchanted

  By Josh Lasser on March 12, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Spoofing one's self is always a dangerous proposition. If you don't poke quite enough fun at yourself you will be seen as soft; poke too much at yourself and you risk destroying all your previous work. Magically, wonderfully, Disney managed… Read More ›

• Bugatti! I Like Top Gear

  By Josh Lasser on March 12, 2008 • ( 0 )

  I know very little about cars, I can admit that. In fact, I happily admit it. I think there's no shame in not knowing about cars. I can drive a stick and have been known to go 88 MPH on… Read More ›

• …And Justice For All? I’d Watch it, but I Wouldn’t Believe in it

  By Josh Lasser on March 11, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Perhaps at the time best known as the director of In The Heat of the Night or Fiddler on the Roof, in 1979 Norman Jewison directed Al Pacino in the legal drama …And Justice For All. The film, though at… Read More ›

• Which Old Witch? The Wicked Witch of The Celebrity Apprentice

  By Josh Lasser on March 8, 2008 • ( 4 )

  I feel as though a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I woke up this morning and the air seemed fresher, the sky brighter, and all the birds were chirping. I felt as though I'd entered a new, better… Read More ›

• How I Met Your Mother is one of the Funniest Shows on TV… and You’re Killing it

  By Josh Lasser on March 6, 2008 • ( 4 )

  To clear up a misconception, not only do I watch an inordinate amount of television, I read an inordinate amount about television. After all, how can one fully stay up on the television news if one does not read about… Read More ›

• Balki is Back as Perfect Strangers Comes to DVD

  By Josh Lasser on March 6, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Everyone has their favorite television shows from years past. Some shows from our childhood will always hold a special place in our hearts. Watching some of these programs on DVD years later can be a depressing experience. Well, the television… Read More ›

• Oh That Top Gear, I am Smitten

  By Josh Lasser on March 5, 2008 • ( 3 )

  Okay, I've only seen two episodes so far, but Top Gear is quickly becoming my favorite show on television. I'm contemplating TiVoing the old episodes that BBC America is airing along with the new ones so that I can see… Read More ›

• I Hope Fox and The Simpsons Never Get Unhitched

  By Josh Lasser on March 4, 2008 • ( 0 )

  I was sitting there last night watching The Simpsons, when a thought struck me (the same thought that usually strikes me when I watch The Simpsons) — how have these guys been doing the show for so many years and… Read More ›

• I Think The Celebrity Apprentice may be Lost

  By Josh Lasser on March 1, 2008 • ( 0 )

  Ah Lost, how do I love thee, let me count the ways… First, the intricacy of the plot amazes me.  In a world in which so many shows seem to operate on an episode-by-episode basis, where things seem to be… Read More ›

• Digging Up Some Dirt with Courteney Cox

  By Josh Lasser on February 28, 2008 • ( 0 )

  The fallout from the writer's strike is going to continue to last for some time. Premiering this Sunday, March 2, is the second season of FX's Dirt, which, due to the strike, ended up only producing seven episodes instead of… Read More ›

• Top Gear Runs Hot, but quarterlife Leaves Me Cold

  By Josh Lasser on February 27, 2008 • ( 2 )

  I know I'm a day late with this one, but hopefully I'm not a dollar short… Top Gear. The new season started on Monday night on BBC America, and though I'm not a gear head, I'm an instant fan. I'd… Read More ›

• Justice League is Back… Again.

  By Josh Lasser on February 27, 2008 • ( 0 )

  It seems as though the number of “origin stories” in the comic book world vastly exceeds the number of superheroes. It feels as though every few years the origins of our favorite heroes and groups are reexamined, rethought, and retold…. Read More ›

• Well Feather my Velociraptor and Call me Shirley (Nova Sure Does)

  By Josh Lasser on February 26, 2008 • ( 0 )

  While in no way belittling those who study dinosaurs, it feels as though anytime a science documentary series is not quite sure what to do their next episode about dinosaurs are trotted out.  Dinosaurs are the “go to” animals.  People… Read More ›