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• Movie Review: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

  By Josh Lasser on December 10, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  It may sound impossible, but what if we really did have room for another Spider-Man origin story? Watch “Spider-Man:  Into the Spider-Verse” and you’ll be convinced that this new movie was absolutely worth making.  Directors Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”

  By Josh Lasser on December 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  More than halfway through the Alexis Bloom documentary, “Divide and Conquer:  The Story of Roger Ailes,” an interesting question comes to the fore – did Roger Ailes believe the stories he had Fox News peddle, or was he just in… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Mary Queen of Scots” (2018)

  By Josh Lasser on December 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  At its outset, “Mary Queen of Scots” is a slow-paced chess match between two queens — Mary Stuart of Scotland (Saoirse Ronan) and Elizabeth I (Margot Robbie)of England.  In fact, at points it seems curious that the film is not… Read More ›

• “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” “Scrooged,” and Being a Good American

  By Josh Lasser on December 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  More than 20 years after the first film’s release, the sixth “Mission:  Impossible” movie arrived on the big screen this summer.  Now, it’s on Blu-ray, as is a 30th anniversary edition of the Bill Murray classic, “Scrooged.” Both films, as… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The American Meme”

  By Josh Lasser on December 3, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  What if there is a dark side to fame?  What if money does not always buy happiness?  What if there are actual real-world consequences to one’s actions? Such are the supposedly shocking revelations put forth by the new documentary, “The American… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Anna and the Apocalypse”

  By Josh Lasser on November 27, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Perhaps the inevitable upcoming zombie apocalypse won’t be all bad.  Assuredly loved ones will be lost and brains will be on the menu (it is a zombie apocalypse after all), but there might be singing and dancing, too, and who… Read More ›

• “To Kid or not to Kid” That is Maxine Trump’s Question

  By Josh Lasser on November 20, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  This week’s podcast episode features director Maxine Trump, whose new documentary, “To Kid or not to Kid” just premiered at DOC NYC.  The movie looks at the decision most people have to eventually make on whether or not to have… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Creed II”

  By Josh Lasser on November 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a basic formula for “Rocky” movies and the “Creed” films are very much “Rocky” movies even if they focus on Apollo Creed’s son, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan), with Rocky’s story taking a backseat.  Due to this formula, the… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”

  By Josh Lasser on November 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  One of the biggest problems with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” the first of the Harry Potter universe prequel movies, is that it isn’t telling the story it wants the audience to think it’s telling.  Or, rather, it is… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Widows”

  By Josh Lasser on November 14, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Steve McQueen’s new film, “Widows,” starts with a whiz-bang opening sequence, cutting between the home life of four thieves and the same thieves on the job.  The jumps between the two are purposefully jarring, causing the audience to sit up… Read More ›

• “BlacKkKlansman,” “Midaq Alley” & Racist Presidential Rhetoric

  By Josh Lasser on November 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Sometimes we sit down to watch movies and simply cannot escape their echoes.  We look and we see the movies reflected in our world, for good or for ill. So, this week we’re looking at “BlacKkKlansman” and “Midaq Alley,” two… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Overlord” (2018)

  By Josh Lasser on November 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  It is very nearly the plot of a videogame.  That sentence isn’t written in some sort of hyperbolic way either – the “Wolfenstein” franchise has spent no small amount of time exploring the various hypothetical things the Nazis could have… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch”

  By Josh Lasser on November 8, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  It is clear from the start of the new, animated feature length “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch,” that the audience is going to get some wonderfully bright, detailed, engaging animation.  What is less clear is if the movie will work as… Read More ›

• “Christopher Robin” is Eeyore, “Incredibles 2” is… Incredible

  By Josh Lasser on November 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  What is it to be a family?  What does that mean?  How do we live our lives and comport ourselves so as to do the best for them.  This week we have two very different Disney movies that attempt to… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Outlaw King”

  By Josh Lasser on November 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  It has been more than 20 years since “Braveheart” hit movie theaters.    The film was incredibly well-received and no matter the issues with its star/director, the shadow of “Braveheart” is a long one. Netflix’s new “Outlaw King” picks up after the… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Bohemian Rhapsody”

  By Josh Lasser on October 31, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Biopics are not always strictly true, they are not fastidious and precise.  Liberties are taken.  It is a necessary part of the process that is condensing someone’s life into a two hour movie.  I have said this before and it… Read More ›

• “Mamma Mia! Here we go Again” with Sequels

  By Josh Lasser on October 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I have to wonder if I’m facing my Waterloo.  With this sequel to “Mamma Mia!,” I couldn’t escape if I wanted to.  What I am trying to figure out though is if I do want to escape. I watched the… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Johnny English Strikes Again”

  By Josh Lasser on October 26, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Rowan Atkinson is a comedic genius.  He is one of that rare breed who can make people laugh with a look, or a gesture, or a remark.  And yet, it is interesting to see him return to the Johnny English… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Hunter Killer”

  By Josh Lasser on October 25, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Movies about the U.S. military tend to fall into two categories:  triumphant stories focusing on hardship that is overcome, and tales that focus more on the evils of war and that which comes after.  I say “tend to” because every… Read More ›

• “Weed the People” Has a Memory Problem

  By Josh Lasser on October 23, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Directed by Abby Epstein, a new documentary, “Weed the People,” is in theaters this week.  It builds an argument around anecdotes that marijuana might cure cancer.  Whether or not marijuana can cure cancer, the movie seems to forget that near… Read More ›

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