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• Movie Review: “The Last Full Measure”

  By Josh Lasser on January 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  It has been stated fairly regularly that war is hell, and still, no matter how often it is depicted on film, it always seems like there is more to say about that hell. Movies like “The Last Full Measure” from… Read More ›

• Mirroring as Gimmick or as Storytelling?

  By Josh Lasser on January 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Movie Review: “Dolittle”

  By Josh Lasser on January 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  editor’s note: this review will indeed involve specific details about what occurs in the movie. In a climactic moment of “Dolittle,” our hero sticks his hands up a dragon’s rectum and begins pulling out bones and armor before the dragon… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Bad Boys for Life”

  By Josh Lasser on January 16, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  The new entry in the “Bad Boys” franchise, “Bad Boys for Life,” does not feature Michael Bay at the helm. Even so, the man known for his particular brand of action—affectionately or not, known as “Bayhem”—is certainly in evidence here… Read More ›

• Andrew Desmond on Pulling the Strings of “The Sonata”

  By Josh Lasser on January 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Movie Review: “Like a Boss”

  By Josh Lasser on January 9, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  tvWith Rose Byrne, Tiffany Haddish, and Salma Hayek leading the cast, there is certainly the necessary on screen talent for the new comedy, “Like a Boss,” to be one truly hysterical ride. That sense is only enhanced with addition of… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Les Misérables” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on January 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  An alternate version of Ladj Ly’s new film, “Les Misérables,” would end without the final 20 minutes. It would be a powerful and sad film, one which gets its point across and makes the viewer contemplate. With those last 20… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “1917”

  By Josh Lasser on December 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  editor’s note:  We spoke to the cast and crew of “1917” at New York Comic-Con earlier this year.  Be sure to listen to the interviews on our podcast. One of the things we have been told about Sam Mendes’ new… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Just Mercy”

  By Josh Lasser on December 20, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The act of discussing an important issue in a film does not magically confer exceptional status to the movie itself. That is, making a movie about an important topic doesn’t necessarily make the movie important, nor does it make the… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Cats” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on December 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In the movie (and presumably play, but I’ve never seen it) “Six Degrees of Separation,” a con man claims to be the son of Sidney Poitier, and that Poitier is working on a film version of “Cats.” The explanation of… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Little Women” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on December 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a beautiful, incredible, level of truth which bursts forth from Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” It is there in every in every frame, in every line, in every face. This is not to say… Read More ›

• A Podcast Episode on Change… Sort of

  By Josh Lasser on December 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Movie Review: “Jumanji: The Next Level”

  By Josh Lasser on December 12, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  editor’s note: I feel it essential to state before this review is read that I was under the weather for the screening and while I still believe my take on the movie to be accurate (or I wouldn’t publish it),… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Uncut Gems”

  By Josh Lasser on December 11, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  As the credits started to roll on “Uncut Gems,” the new Adam Sandler film written and directed by the Safdie brothers (Ronald Bronstein also has a writing credit), I checked my pulse. That is not hyperbole. My watch monitors my… Read More ›

• “The Fly” and Social Media Problems

  By Josh Lasser on December 10, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Movie Review: “Bombshell”

  By Josh Lasser on December 9, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Read any critic long enough and you’ll notice that they have certain hobby horses. They will tell you over and over again about how various movies fail or succeed at something that they find particularly interesting, or regularly return to… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Grand Isle” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on December 4, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Nicolas Cage appears in a lot of movies and while they are sometimes here-and-gone affairs, the actor regularly brings an intensity to his roles that makes them highly watchable. This intensity is certainly present in his latest film, “Grand Isle.”… Read More ›

• “Grand Isle” Screenwriter Iver William Jallah on ‘Cage Rage’ and More

  By Josh Lasser on December 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Josh Lasser on November 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Movie Review: “Knives Out”

  By Josh Lasser on November 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In an unusual turn of events, I was able to see Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” more than once prior to release.  There first time through, I was, for a time, slightly disappointed.  That disappointment was not in evidence during the… Read More ›

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