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• Consider the Blu-ray Packaging… but Maybe not too much

  By Josh Lasser on April 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Movie Review: “The True History of the Kelly Gang”

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

  

  There are times during “The True History of the Kelly Gang” where director Justin Kurzel offers up wide shots of Australian wilderness. The shots vary in terms of their visual substance, but the underlying feeling is always the same: the… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Robert the Bruce”

  By Josh Lasser on April 22, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Although Richard Gray’s latest film is called “Robert the Bruce,” the title character, who is played by Angus Macfadyen, isn’t really the lead. Yes, Macfadyen played the role previously in “Braveheart,” and this movie picks up several years after the… Read More ›

• “Like a Boss” and the Business Morons

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

  

  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”

  By Josh Lasser on April 8, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  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 ›

• Movie Review: “Elephants” (2020)

  By Josh Lasser on April 2, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Disney has been anthropomorphizing elephants for decades so it doesn’t come as a surprise to see them do so again in the new DisneyNature film, “Elephant” (and, yes, animal documentaries regularly anthropomorphize their subjects). Launching this Friday on Disney+ in… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Slay the Dragon”

  By Josh Lasser on April 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  If the ascendancy of Donald Trump to the Presidency didn’t already make it clear, elections matter; they have very real consequences for individuals within a country. As the new documentary “Slay the Dragon,” out this Friday, makes even more obvious… Read More ›

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