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• Movie Review: “Abominable” (2019)

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

  

  As the credits began to roll there was no small amount of applause at the press screening I attended for “Abominable.”  Children in the audience laughed throughout the movie and adults several times as well, so this ought not have… Read More ›

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• Movie Review: “Judy” (2019)

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

  

  Who was Judy Garland when she was not on stage? This is the question that Rupert Goold’s new film, written by Tom Edge (based on the play “End of the Rainbow” by Peter Quilter), attempts to answer.  By looking at… Read More ›

• Will Smith is one All-Powerful Genie

  By Josh Lasser on September 24, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Some may have balked at the notion of taking on the role of the Genie in Disney’s live-action “Aladdin.”  Robin Williams voiced the role to perfection in the animated movie and that could easily cause folks to stay away.  Happily,… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Zeroville”

  By Josh Lasser on September 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you prefer your movies simple and straightforward, or do you like them to operate as some sort of a fever dream, where one is never quite sure what is taking place, nor whether the events are real or imagined? … Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Ad Astra”

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

  

  So often when movies take us into space, it is so that we can watch things blow up real good. There is, of course, absolutely nothing wrong with that, but it’s also wonderful to see a movie more in the “2001: … Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Downton Abbey”

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

  

  Taking a television series, particularly a beloved one, to the big screen is an incredibly difficult task. Amongst the myriad of potential problems is the issue of needing to come up with a story worthy of being a movie in theaters… Read More ›

• Michael Waltrip on Surviving Change in the “Blink of an Eye”

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

  

  Michael Waltrip, famed NASCAR driver, is the focus of a new documentary called “Blink of an Eye.”  Based on his own book, this is the story of Waltrip’s NASCAR career and the great and terrible day on which he broke… Read More ›

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