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• Movie Review: “Arctic” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on January 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  After the dark backgrounded opening titles, “Arctic” opens on an exceptionally bright scene.  People may blink and turn away as their eyes adjust to this new reality.  It is the only time during the entire affair that they will turn… Read More ›

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• Talking “Then Came You” with Peter Hutchings

  By Josh Lasser on January 29, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The new film “Then Came You” finds itself in the difficult position of having to balance a potentially dark drama with far lighter moments.  It is a difficult tone to shoot for, but director Peter Hutchings and his cast, which… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Kid who Would be King

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

  

  Whether it is “The Goonies” or “WarGames” or “E.T.” or “Labyrinth” or “Flight of the Navigator” or any number of other movies, the 1980s were a great time for a kid to watch other kids on the big screen and fall… Read More ›

• Looking at History with “Once Upon a Deadpool” and “First Man”

  By Josh Lasser on January 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We need to look at history.  We need to understand what it can tell us about today.  Movies help us do just that, and it is essential to understand that films made about the past aren’t just about way back… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Adult Life Skills”

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

  

  In 2016, writer/director Rachel Tunnard’s “Adult Life Skills” won the Nora Ephron Prize at the Tribeca Film Festival.  Now, in 2019, the film finally is being released in theaters and on demand here in the United States (it is a… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Standoff at Sparrow Creek”

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

  

  It has become very popular to offer up shades of grey in both movies and television, to blur the lines between which group of folks are the good guys, and which group are the bad. Sometimes this is the result of… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “An Acceptable Loss”

  By Josh Lasser on January 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  There are difficult, terrible, decisions that have to be made by the individuals in our government; decisions with massive ramifications and unknown outcomes.  That knowledge has to weigh upon those making said decisions, and the new film by writer/director Joe… Read More ›

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