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• “Sides of a Horn” and a Nuanced Look at Rhino Poaching

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

  

  What if some people–needy people–benefited from rhino poaching?  Is the issue of rhino poaching more than just black and white?  Writer-director Toby Wosskow has made a short film, “Sides of a Horn,” looking at just those questions. As for us… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Child’s Play” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on June 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The new version of “Child’s Play” hitting theaters this weekend is a story of capitalism and consumerism gone awry; it is our connected life gone villainous; it is our desire for ease turning into our undoing.  Plus, it’s the story… Read More ›

• Call her Captain Marvel-ous

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

  

  On this week’s podcast we’re taking a look at “Captain Marvel.”  Now available on Blu-ray, the film gives us the character who just might become the new face of the MCU.  What does it say about her? What baddies could… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Shaft” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on June 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  This is not your father’s Shaft.  Well, no, that’s not quite right.  This totally is your father’s Shaft.  It’s also your Shaft and a younger Shaft thrown in for good measure (your relationship to them varies based upon your age). … Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Men in Black: International”

  By Josh Lasser on June 13, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A movie can succeed in any number of ways.  There are movies that succeed with their plot.  There are movies that succeed with their visuals. There are movies that succeed with their characters.  There are movies that succeed with the… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Dead Don’t Die”

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

  

  Ah, the zombie film. At this point, they’re a dime a dozen. They have to different in order to shine through.  They have to be unique.  They have to have a way of separating themselves out from the pack. Frankly, I think… Read More ›

• Documentary “For the Birds” is Anything but

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

  

  What must it be like to keep over 200 types of fowl at your house?  What sorts f havoc must that wreak? Wonder no more, because director Richard Miron has documented Kathy Murphy’s trials and tribulations in “For the Birds,”… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Dark Phoenix”

  By Josh Lasser on June 6, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  At one point in “Dark Phoenix,” the new X-Men movie, our heroes are being held captive on a train.  The armed baddies holding them have patches on their shoulders that read “MCU.” Is this, like so much of the rest of… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Framing John DeLorean”

  By Josh Lasser on June 5, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  What exactly is “Framing John DeLorean?” It is a movie, certainly, but is it a documentary?  Is it a biopic?  Is it simply reenactments?  Is it a “making of” movie?  Is it a proof of concept for a larger film? … Read More ›

• Is John Krasinski’s Jack Ryan the real Jack Ryan?

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

  

  Several years ago, Amazon announced that they would be airing a new series based on Tom Clancy’s super spy.  Last summer, the series premiered and now the first season is out on Blu-ray.  Seasons two and three have already been… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”

  By Josh Lasser on May 31, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Although Godzilla has been around for decades, the current iteration of films here in the United States began in 2014 with the utterly mediocre “Godzilla.”  The film is shot with a fetish for not showing the title creature himself and… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Ma” (2019)

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

  

  There are people who will suggest that “Ma,” the Octavia Spencer-starring, Tate Taylor-directed pseudo-thriller film falls into the category of “so bad it’s good.” This critic vehemently disagrees. It is, instead, just plain bad. The tale focuses on Sue Ann, an adult… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Domino” (2019)

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

  

  Brian De Palma has made some truly wonderful films.  He has a talent for ratcheting up the tension and creating some very memorable sequences. His latest, the Nikolaj Coster-Waldau starring “Domino” may have an interesting moment or two, but it is… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Rocketman” (2019)

  By Josh Lasser on May 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year audiences were treated to the story of Freddie Mercury (or a version of it) in “Bohemian Rhapsody.”  As you may recall if you read my piece on the film, I liked it but also had real problems with… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Brightburn”

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

  

  As you may have noticed, superheroes are all the rage today.  You can’t go to a multiplex without having a superhero movie playing on multiple screens or trailers for several upcoming films or lobby cards or some combination thereof. It therefore… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Booksmart”

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

  

  Every few years a new senior year in high school/senior prom/graduation movie comes along.  By and large, these tend to be truly raunchy comedies.  And yet, for all the raunch, the best entries in the genre manage to get at… Read More ›

• Does John Wick Blast his way Into Your Heart?

  By Josh Lasser on May 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  On today’s podcast, with the third “John Wick” film sitting atop the box office, we take look at the first two films and just what makes them so successful.  There’s a little bit of Bond there.  There’s some great world… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Photograph” (2019)

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

  

  Do opposites really attract? There is an incredibly large number of movies which display individuals from very different backgrounds falling in love with one another and, perhaps, living happily ever after (stories tend to focus less on what happens next). … Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Perfect” (2019)

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

  

  There are movies which are easy to watch, or rather, ones that the audience can receive without difficulty.  Then there are more difficult watches, ones which require the audience to be an active viewer… or maybe even an active participant…. Read More ›

• Movie Review: “A Violent Separation”

  By Josh Lasser on May 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Sometimes it doesn’t matter how foolish the impetus for a plot is, but rather how the work follows up that foolishness.  One well worn movie and television storyline has people covering up an accidental death. Often such tales are ridiculous, with… Read More ›

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