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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.

• Sorry Sanjaya, You’ve Lost

  By Josh Lasser on April 19, 2007 • ( 0 )

  So, that Sanjaya kid on American Idol.  Apparently he’s gone. Yeah, I can’t even pretend like I care, sorry about that – on to better things… Like Lost.  I like that show.  I really, really do.  Would you like to… Read More ›

• I Got Your Payback Right Here

  By Josh Lasser on April 18, 2007 • ( 8 )

  I believe that one day in the future an entire new segment of the film industry will be born.  This new area will focus solely on recutting movies that Richard Donner and his friends, acquaintances, and one-time co-workers were fired… Read More ›

• The Riches Go Poor

  By Josh Lasser on April 17, 2007 • ( 4 )

  I love being right. There’s a certain sense of vindication when you look at something that’s happening and just know that it’s not progressing as it should. Whether or not it’s obvious what will take place, there’s still a sense… Read More ›

• Arnold and Pimp My Ride Save The World This Earth Day

  By Josh Lasser on April 16, 2007 • ( 3 )

  Earth Day. It comes around once a year and reminds everyone in the world that we have to be kind to planet on which we live. We need to think about that which we do every day and try and… Read More ›

• Nova Reveals Its First Flower

  By Josh Lasser on April 16, 2007 • ( 7 )

  Nova covers odd things. Or, at the very least, promotes things in odd ways. On April 17, Nova’s newest episode “First Flower” will air. No joking — during the promo for this episode, which clearly states that it is about… Read More ›

• I’ve Got Some Notes From the Underbelly For You, But You Won’t Like Them

  By Josh Lasser on April 13, 2007 • ( 0 )

  I’m going to try and be nice here, soft spoken, and not overly rude. It’s hard because what I have to discuss is just dreadfully bad, but I’m going to try anyway.  Of the many shows I watched last night,… Read More ›

• Getting all Bloody Looking for a Diamond

  By Josh Lasser on April 13, 2007 • ( 0 )

  WARNING: This review may contain some plot spoilers. Most simply stated, the film Blood Diamond, directed by Edward Zwick (thirtysomething, The Siege, The Last Samurai), is a look at the role of diamonds in Sierra Leone’s civil war. It takes… Read More ›

• Talking Baseball, Baseball as a Mogul: Baseball Mogul 2008

  By Josh Lasser on April 12, 2007 • ( 0 )

  Someone get on the horn to Joe Torre, the Yanks are good to go. I know, it’s awfully early to make that prediction, but I’m going to step out on a limb and say it. How can I be so… Read More ›

• The Riches Takes a Turn for the Worse

  By Josh Lasser on April 12, 2007 • ( 0 )

  Okay, here it is, in brief:  have the producers of The Riches already run out of ideas?  Cause, that’s the feeling I’m getting.  I’m not going to say that the whole thing isn’t witty and funny, and smart, at least… Read More ›

• Monday Night’s Polar Opposites

  By Josh Lasser on April 10, 2007 • ( 0 )

  Monday television seems to bring out both some of the best good shows and worst good shows around (and a pox on you, NBC, for pulling The Black Donnellys earlier than initially announced — you keep doing stuff like that… Read More ›

• Speaking the Truth About Desperate Housewives

  By Josh Lasser on April 9, 2007 • ( 0 )

  It seems as though the truth hurts, and I just can’t figure out why that has to be the case. And this may hurt, but I have to say it anyway — last night, those Housewives proved once again that… Read More ›

• On a Wing Island, Without A Prayer

  By Josh Lasser on April 5, 2007 • ( 0 )

  I have grave concerns about the future of the Nintendo Wii. I absolutely love it, thus far, but there is a distinct lack of quality games available at this point. Game developers still seem to be so in love with… Read More ›

• Television: Is it the Journey or the Destination?

  By Josh Lasser on April 4, 2007 • ( 0 )

  I’m a contemplator. I’m sorry, it’s just who I am. This past weekend I was contemplating The Black Donnellys. You won’t believe this whole thing now, but it’s true, I was thinking to myself that I have so little free… Read More ›

• Amazing Race: How Sweet the Sound

  By Josh Lasser on April 3, 2007 • ( 0 )

  I tend not to write that much about reality television. I’m not quite sure why that is, but today that’ll change. At least it will for today, because we just have to talk about The Amazing Race: All Stars. I’ve… Read More ›

• Amazon Unbox Throws a Movie into my TiVo Box (and I think I like it)

  By Josh Lasser on April 2, 2007 • ( 2 )

  This past week I had my first opportunity to sample Amazon and TiVo’s newest service: Amazon Unbox. The concept behind it is pretty simple. Amazon offers a number of movies that can be either bought or rented from them which… Read More ›

• Giving Lost The Benefit of the Doubt

  By Josh Lasser on March 29, 2007 • ( 1 )

  I’ll be the first to admit it, my Battlestar Galactica review earlier in the week took a lot out of me. It was an emotionally draining experience. I don’t find it easy to come down against shows that I usually… Read More ›

• Project: ALF Or, How To Fricasee a Cat in 10 Easy Lessons

  By Josh Lasser on March 29, 2007 • ( 0 )

  For those of you that are unaware, ALF is an alien life form.  Actually, not only is ALF an alien life form, but ALF stands for Alien Life Form, which is probably why he’s called ALF (except when he’s called… Read More ›

• Battlestar Galactica’s Season Finale… What the Frak?!?

  By Josh Lasser on March 27, 2007 • ( 2 )

  Let’s get something straight right off the bat, people: simply having a pretty good cliffhanger at the end of an episode, particularly a season finale, doesn’t make up for boring the audience for the previous 45 minutes.  That’s right, today… Read More ›

• Oh to be a Football Mogul

  By Josh Lasser on March 26, 2007 • ( 0 )

  I love my fantasty sports. Not to a ridiculously insane degree, but I do. Let’s face it, people love their fantasy sports. They’re obsessed with it. As computing power grows, it seems that more and more of it is devoted… Read More ›

• Get Me Maxwell Smart!

  By Josh Lasser on March 24, 2007 • ( 0 )

  Many moons ago, I told how I had received a short screener, touting some of the elements of Time-Life’s upcoming Get Smart:  The Complete Collection DVD.  I said something along the lines of that if the DVD collection was as… Read More ›