This is, if we’re looking to label it, the year of the belated sequel. Some of these have been good, some have been bad, and many feel like they simply exist in order to prey on our nostalgia and drain… Read More ›
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"Lass is More" Looks at "Morris from America" and "Bad Moms"
At first glance, “Morris from America” and “Bad Moms” are very different creatures, but a closer inspection–like the in today’s podcast–yields the thought that perhaps they are far more alike than one would have initially believed. Essentially, these are movies… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Heads to Deep Space with "Star Trek Beyond"
Are film franchises more difficult beasts than one-off movies, at least for writers? How hard does it have to be to do something new and different and yet familiar and enjoyable? How hard does it have to be knowing that… Read More ›
"Lass is More" on the Nerve of "Nerve"
You want to put out a movie with a message? You want your film to have a moral? That’s fine. Morals, messages, takeaways — whatever you want to call them, they are worthwhile, but only if you actually believe what… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Goes to Town with the Original "Mr. Deeds"
“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” is an utter classic. It offers up incredible dialogue and great performances and this monolithically ugly view of New York City. Obviously, the first of these two things are to be celebrated, the third is… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Rumbles Towards at "Shin Godzilla" and "The Thing"
We have talked about horror before on the “Lass is More” podcast, but we’re doing it again this week as “The Thing” gets a new blu-ray edition and “Shin Godzilla” hits the big screen here in the States. The question… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Hunts for the "Wilderpeople" with "Beauty and the Beast"
What is that the want in life? I am of the belief that we regularly don’t know the answer to that until we find it. I would never have figured that my life would taken me where it has–it certainly… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Acknowledges "Warcraft" Gets so Much Right but is Still Wrong
There are an incredible number of things that go into making a movie. Seriously, it’s a truly staggering number of things, especially for a big budget film. A movie like “Warcraft” somehow manages to succeed on nearly every level. It… Read More ›
"Lass is More" on the Brilliance of Staying Home Sick
Staying home sick is, if you’re not a parent, brilliant. Staying home sick is what made me the person I am today. Staying home sick is, I’m sorry, educational. If I hadn’t stayed home sick, I never could have watched… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Looks at Genius in "Genius" and "Now You See Me 2"
Forgive me if I complain for a few moments about our society here, but there are certain things about which I feel strongly. Somewhere in these strong feelings is my belief that experts are experts for a reason, that intelligence… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Opens "The Jungle Book"
What if the audience growing tired of sequels wasn’t to blame for this summer’s filmic woes? What if the sense that fewer reboots and remakes would have made everything better both at the box office AND on the screen is… Read More ›
Lass is More Knows "The Man who Knew Infinity"
The time has come, as so many saddened children will tell you, to head back-to-school. Why, exactly, are those children sad? Clearly because they haven’t had a teacher like the legendary Jaime Escalante. This week, the Lass is More podcast… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Delves Deeply with "The Dwarvenaut"
On today’s podcast we have not one, but two interviewees. Sitting down together to talk to us are Josh Bishop and Stefan Pokorny of the new documentary, “The Dwarvenaut.” Bishop is the film’s director while Pokorny is the main subject…. Read More ›
"Lass is More" on "Mother’s Day" and Milquetoast
When Garry Marshall’s “Mother’s Day” hit theaters this year, it was met with a deafening chorus of boos; that is, the critical reception was largely negative. Did the movie deserve such a thrashing? Is there something redeemable within it? That… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Makes a Meal of "The Lobster" with "Friends"
Long have I argued that every bit of media, no matter the form, that we consume affects our reception of anything else. Coming to DVD and Blu-ray next week is a movie which perfectly exhibits this reality — “The Lobster.”… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Reminisces About "Return of the Living Dead" and USA’s "Up All Night"
It is in our very nature for us to want things from bygone days. It would take a wiser mind than mine to know precisely where that sort of desire comes from, but I am smart enough to recognize it…. Read More ›
"Lass is More" on "Everybody Wants Some!!," "Elvis & Nixon," and Music
Who doesn’t like to listen to some good music? We all do, and Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some!!” is full of it. Well, maybe full of it in more ways than one. “Elvis & Nixon,” on the other hand, perhaps… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Ruminates on "Precious Cargo" and the Art of the Bad Movie
Is there an art to making a bad movie; a movie that is “so bad it’s good?” At what point does silly dialogue, a ludicrous plot, and comical line readings turn a film from being a disaster into something… special?… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Examines "Hello, My Name is Doris" and "10 Cloverfield Lane"
On the surface it may appear like the intense thrilled “10 Cloverfield Lane” and the comedy “Hello, My Name is Doris” have little in common. I believe nothing is further from the truth. Here are two films which very much… Read More ›
"Lass is More" on Animation, "Zootopia," and "Anomalisa."
I know that I’ve talked before about animation and how the best animation is work that is for both kids and adults, that gets everyone in the audience excited. Well, I’m back at it today, but this time with two… Read More ›