This week’s “Lass is More” offers up an interview with former Jamal Joseph. Joseph has chronicled his life in the memoir, “Panther Baby,” and is here on the podcast to talk about his new movie, “Chapter & Verse.” The film,… Read More ›
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"Lass is More" Pays Respect to the "Queen of Katwe"
Listen, if there’s one thing this podcast doesn’t do, it’s sugarcoat things. If we have a problem with a movie, we say so. If we have a problem with the world we say so. Good, bad, or ugly, “Lass is… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Enters the "Death Race 2050"
The newest “Death Race” movie, “Death Race 2050” is out on Blu-ray today (you may recall our piece from New York Comic-Con on the panel for the film) and it harkens back to the original film, “Death Race 2000” and… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Boards the "Train to Busan"
It isn’t that “Train to Busan” is a bad zombie, or even just a bad movie, it’s that there are some notable issues with logic in the film. That bothers me. It bothers me so much. “Train to Busan” isn’t… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Knows Something About George Bailey
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is one of those films which I watch every year. Every. Single. Year. It’s been that way for the better part of a decade, and the movie never seems to get old, it never seems to… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Goes Political with "Florence Foster Jenkins"
The description for “Lass is More” states that the movies and television shows which we watch are not created in a vacuum. No, these things exist in a dialogue with the real world. So, today, even if I would rather… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Looks at Escaping with "The Secret Life of Pets"
It is like that theme song from the show about the bar where everybody knows your name — that is, sometimes you wanna get away. Sometimes you are too stressed out, too tired, too sick, too sad, too… whatever and… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Talks to Alan Eustace About Being "14 Minutes from Earth"
Meet Alan Eustace, the main subject of the Tribeca Film Festival selection, “14 Minutes to Earth.” Eustace was a Google executive who decided that he was going to ride a balloon into the stratosphere, detach himself from it, and fall… Read More ›
"Lass is More" Finds Happiness with "Finding Dory"
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 ›
"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 ›
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