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• Mending the “Elden Ring” and our Hearts

  By Josh Lasser on June 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I sunk an incredible number of hours into the game “Elden Ring,” so many that I hesitate to actually offer up the number.  It is, unquestionably, one of the best games I’ve ever played and I am now quite sad… Read More ›

• Chasing an “Ambulance”

  By Josh Lasser on June 14, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Michael Bay’s latest film, “Ambulance,” may be the Michael Bay-iest yet. It is this perfect distillation of what you expect (and want) from such an endeavor — chases and explosions and shootouts and yelling. We can’t help but wonder though… Read More ›

• With Apologies, we do not Enjoy “Grease 2”

  By Josh Lasser on June 7, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  A very wise TV show theme song once taught us that people don’t move to the beat of just one drum, that what might be right for you, may not be right for some.  There is certainly no denying that… Read More ›

• Grasping at “The Untouchables”

  By Josh Lasser on May 31, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  We have on this podcast found ourselves talking in recent weeks about engaging with films, the difficulties sometimes inherent therein, and the need to not be a passive viewer.  Well, one of this week’s new 4K releases is the perfect… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Top Gun: Maverick”

  By Josh Lasser on May 24, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The “Star Wars” movies do not exist within the world of “Top Gun.” That might be an odd thing to have stick with someone walking out of the long-delayed “Top Gun: Maverick,” a sequel to the 1986 film, but it… Read More ›

• Legends and Facts and “The Man who Shot Liberty Valance”

  By Josh Lasser on May 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I love the movie “The Man who Shot Liberty Valance.”  I thought my family would as well, but the reception for the movie wasn’t quite what I hoped it would be and with it being released today on 4K UHD,… Read More ›

• On Writing Less and Enjoying More

  By Josh Lasser on May 10, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Although there have been fewer reviews written here of late, that ought not imply in any way that there has been less watching taking place.  Curiously, I’ve also had the sense that I’ve been enjoying watching movies more and that… Read More ›

• Turning red over “Turning Red”

  By Josh Lasser on May 3, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  There is always the new outrage, the latest threat, the thing people are getting upset about now.  This week, with the streaming and blu-ray release of “Turning Red,” we’re looking at one of the dumber things that folks got upset… Read More ›

• Timelessness and “West Side Story”

  By Josh Lasser on April 26, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  You can’t necessarily control your initial reaction to something — there’s a level of programming/instinct in there you can’t always instantaneously short circuit.  What you can do, however, is reassess after that knee-jerk response. On this week’s podcast, we talk… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Bad Guys” (2022)

  By Josh Lasser on April 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Years ago, NBC offered up reruns by explaining, “if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you.” The same sort of notion is present in DreamWorks Animation’s latest, “The Bad Guys.” Rather than just recycling an old episode though, what… Read More ›

• “Marry Me” may not be Deep, but it Succeeds

  By Josh Lasser on April 12, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a certain inescapable affability to the Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson film, “Marry Me.”  The whole thing is a tale of two people who lead very different lives falling in love, and though love is undeniably important, the stakes in… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Sonic the Hedgehog 2”

  By Josh Lasser on April 6, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  In my review of the first “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie, I suggested that the film had managed an incredible task – it had exactly the same amount of good and bad within it and therefore somehow hit a neutral state…. Read More ›

• The Beauty of Branagh’s High Gloss Hercule Poirot

  By Josh Lasser on April 5, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  It may have been delayed by Covid, but Kenneth Branagh’s second Hercule Poirot film, “Death on the Nile,” was in theaters earlier this year and is out today on Blu-ray and streaming.  That makes this this the perfect moment to… Read More ›

• “Ordinary People” and Three-Dimensional Characters

  By Josh Lasser on March 29, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I read or heard or was told a while back something that struck me. Essentially it’s that we see ourselves in shades of gray that we fail to recognize in others. We understand better than anyone else (even if not… Read More ›

• The Beautiful Dream that is “Nightmare Alley”

  By Josh Lasser on March 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I do not love everything that Guillermo del Toro touches.  I’ll admit that.  There is something in the way so many of his tales unfold that does not work for me.  What I will tell though is this, he is… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Outfit” (2022)

  By Josh Lasser on March 17, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  “You had me at hello.” Renée Zellwegger’s line from “Jerry Maguire” has become something of a punchline (maybe it was a punchline from the moment the film came out), but there is still truth in there. Sometimes, from the moment… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “John and the Hole”

  By Josh Lasser on March 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Is there a reason for it? Even if we don’t know why someone in a movie acts in a specific manner, or takes a specific action, does the character have a reason for taking the action? If the answer is… Read More ›

• “The King’s Man” and How I’m the Problem

  By Josh Lasser on March 8, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The third entry in the “Kingsman” franchise, “The King’s Man,” is now out on Blu-ray and digital.  To say that I’m disappointed by it is both true and yet somehow misses the mark.  Yes, what we have here is another example… Read More ›

• “Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City” and Never Just Being Happy

  By Josh Lasser on March 1, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Gone is the Paul W.S. Anderson version of “Resident Evil,” or at the very least, it’s been relegated to the shadows as the Johannes Roberts directed “Resident Evil:  Welcome to Raccoon City” has now reinvigorated the franchise. Out now on… Read More ›

• “Summer of Soul” and Winters of Discomfort

  By Josh Lasser on February 22, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The Oscar nominated documentary from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, “Summer of Soul,” is currently available on digital and DVD.  It is a film which looks at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and the world in which the concert series took place…. Read More ›

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