This week’s podcast is 75% look back and 25% disappointment. Sure, that’s like an apples and air fryers kind of a thing taking us to 100%, but there’s a pandemic on and we don’t have to play by the rules… Read More ›
Lass is More
“The Call of the Wild” and the Bad CG
In my middle school, everyone learned that the lead character in “The Call of the Wild,” Buck, is a dynamic progressive character. It was the way we were taught to write a standard five paragraph essay. That worked wonderfully (except… Read More ›
“The Jesus Rolls,” is it a Gutterball?
John Turturro has reprised his role a Jesus Quintana in “The Big Lebowski” spinoff, “The Jesus Rolls.” The movie, which is also written and directed by Turturro, is out on Blu-ray today. Now then is the perfect time for us… Read More ›
Consider the Blu-ray Packaging… but Maybe not too much
Okay, so we don’t judge books by their covers, right? But what about blu-rays and their cases? Does what’s on the case of a blu-ray tell us what we can expect inside? If they don’t, why does anyone waste time… Read More ›
“Like a Boss” and the Business Morons
The comedy “Like a Boss” arrives on Blu-ray today and it’s… not great. What it does do, however, is offer a connection to our current pandemic. It shows us, in stark relief, what the people who would claim to be… Read More ›
Christian Kane on his New Series, “Almost Paradise”
If you’re like me, you’ve been a fan of Christian Kane for years on end. Not necessarily a “Kaniac,” as some of his fans are known, but a fan nonetheless. The actor, who previously starred on “Leverage” and “The Librarians”… Read More ›
“The Rise of Skywalker” and the ‘Fans’ on the Dark Side
There are great moments in “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.” No, the movie as a whole isn’t great, but there are great moments in it. Is that what causes so much anger amongst fans? Can’t be,… Read More ›
Warring Road Trips: “The Wizard” and “1917”
What does it mean to struggle with a personal crisis? What does it mean to be going through hell? How can movies harness those ideas? In “1917” we see two soldiers have to go behind enemy lines to stop British… Read More ›
Looking at Movie Cliches with the Man who Wrote the Book
Out on March 31st is a new book called “Spoiler Alert!: The Badass Book of Movie Plots: Why we all Love Hollywood Cliches,” and so this week on the podcast we have one of the authors, Chris Vander Kaay, here… Read More ›
“The Ten Commandments” Times Two
We have talked more than once about how interesting it would be to see a director get a second chance to make that first impression. Well, that’s not quite what happened when Cecil B. DeMille got to make “The Ten… Read More ›
“Dark Waters” and the End Times
Listen, if you don’t know this already, the vast majority of companies don’t care about you. There is, no joke, a track record of companies being happy to have you become seriously ill/die if there’s a way for it to… Read More ›
Movies that Mess with our Perception
As is tradition for our first podcast after the Oscars, we give the awards show a brief mention this week to complain/explain why we’re not really talking about it and quickly move on to something else. This week, in fact,… Read More ›
Jesus Figures in both Horror and Comedy
Jesus figures are everywhere. Or, perhaps more accurately, potential Jesus figures are everywhere. This week’s podcast takes a look at not one, but two possible such individuals. The first is the lead character in the John Cena kids comedy, “Playing… Read More ›
Choose Your Own Apocalypse: “Terminator: Dark Fate” or “Zombieland: Double Tap”
Whoever said that the apocalypse had to be dark? Clearly director Tim Miller and the folks behind the newest “Terminator” film, “Terminator: Dark Fate.” Sure, metal monstrosities are out there in our future and ready to kill one and all,… Read More ›
Mirroring as Gimmick or as Storytelling?
In “Gemini Man,” Ang Lee gives us the tale of a retired hitman being chased by his clone. It is a mirroring, one Will Smith versus another and it works well. In “I See You,” we get a half a… Read More ›
Andrew Desmond on Pulling the Strings of “The Sonata”
On today’s Lass is More Podcast, we have discussion with writer-director Andrew Desmond. His new film, “The Sonata,” is currently in theaters and tells the tale of one young woman attempting to piece together her father’s life and legacy after… Read More ›
A Podcast Episode on Change… Sort of
What is it that make “Where’d you go, Bernadette?” and “Once Upon a time… in Hollywood” similar? Well, honestly, they’re both about ways of altering our existence. In the former it is one woman pulling herself out of a funk… Read More ›
“The Fly” and Social Media Problems
The goal of the technological breakthrough in “The Fly” movies is to make the world smaller and better… which is awfully similar to the goal of social media. Of course, in both instances things go horribly awry, don’t they? People… Read More ›
“Grand Isle” Screenwriter Iver William Jallah on ‘Cage Rage’ and More
Getting that first screenplay produced has to be an incredibly heady experience, but not one without any number of stressors as well. Today, Iver William Jallah comes by the podcast to talk about “Grand Isle,” his first produced screenplay, which… Read More ›
“Official Secrets” and Trump’s Whistleblower
Out on DVD today is “Official Secrets.” The movie deals with a whistleblower in England in the run-up to George W. Bush’s Iraq War. Starring Keira Knightley, this isn’t just a well told tale, it’s one that has tons of… Read More ›
