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• New York Film Festival Review: “Non-Fiction”

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

  

  Written and directed by Oliver Assayas and showing at this year’s New York Film Festival, “Non-Fiction” is a wonderfully funny, smart, bit of filmmaking. It is a movie able to offer snippets of life and some wonderful thoughts on the… Read More ›

• “Solo: A Star Wars Story” Isn’t so Solo After All

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

  

  A love “Star Wars” movies, but I find them hard to talk about.  As I say in this podcast, that isn’t about the fanbase, but rather my own complicated feelings about the franchise. I want as many good movies as… Read More ›

• New York Film Festival 2018 Review: “Wildlife”

  By Josh Lasser on September 24, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a certain level of craftsmanship to “Wildlife,” which is showing at this year’s New York Film Festival.  The movie takes place in 1960 Montana and focuses on the  Brinson family.  Father, Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal); Mother, Jeanette (Carey Mulligan);… Read More ›

• New York Film Festival 2018 Review: “Her Smell”

  By Josh Lasser on September 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The story of the rock star who, due to drugs and alcohol, falls from grace is certainly nothing new.  The fact that it has been done before, however, doesn’t stop the incredible impact of writer-director Alex Ross Perry’s “Her Smell,”… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Tea with the Dames”

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

  

  Roger Ebert said (or, perhaps, wrote), “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” Knowing that, please also know that I lament the fact that “Tea with the Dames” barely cracks 80 minutes. Directed by Roger… Read More ›

• All the Jack Ryans Under the Sun

  By Josh Lasser on September 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year at New York Comic Con, I covered the panel on the then upcoming Jack Ryan Amazon Prime series featuring John Krasinski.  This past August, nearly a year later, the series has hit whatever the equivalent of the airwaves… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Final Score”

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

  

  Movies featuring terrorist plots, necessarily, require a place for said plot to unfold.  As in real life, the bigger and more scary the potential disaster, the more panic that can be created amongst the crowds within the film, the higher… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Predator”

  By Josh Lasser on September 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  What does a “Predator” movie look like when the Predator is all too often irrelevant to the proceedings?  Well, you can see for yourself on Friday with the release of the Shane Black directed “The Predator.”  To be sure, that… Read More ›

• “Tucker: The Man and his Dream” vs Reality

  By Josh Lasser on September 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Being a dreamer is a good thing.  Wait, no, check that.  Being a dreamer can be a good thing, it isn’t automatically one.  There is a point at which the rubber must meet the road, and in the Francis Ford… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Peppermint” (2018)

  By Josh Lasser on September 7, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Jennifer Garner’s abilities as an action hero have been known to the public since she first starred on “Alias” more than 15 years ago.  Watching her return to a role that requires that sort of physicality is unquestionably the best… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Let the Corpses Tan”

  By Josh Lasser on August 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  It is easy to understand the basic story outline for “Let the Corpses Tan,” a French language film opening in select cities this week.  It is an armored car heist gone bad sort of affair.  Or, more accurately, the heist… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Happytime Murders”

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

  

  In “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” Kermit the Frog gets amnesia.  Not remembering who he is, Kermit creates a new identity, Phillip Phil, and he enters the world of advertising where he comes up with the unique idea to simply tell… Read More ›

• A Modern Take on Horror

  By Josh Lasser on August 22, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Writer/director Owen Egerton stops by the Lass is More podcast this week to talk about his newest movie, “Blood Fest.” A meta take on horror, the movie takes place at a horror movie festival gone totally wrong and comes out… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Support the Girls”

  By Josh Lasser on August 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Written and directed by Andrew Bujalski, “Support the Girls” largely takes place in a Hooters-esque establishment.  That is, the waitresses are scantily clad and the majority of people who dine there, the supposition goes, are there to ogle the women,… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Mile 22”

  By Josh Lasser on August 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Director Peter Berg is an absolute wonder with his filming of action sequences.  They become almost living things, causing the viewer’s heart to race and adrenaline to surge.  They are bloody and brutal and even when something over the top… Read More ›

• “Book Club” Goes Gimmicky with “50 Shades” Bit

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

  

  There is nothing necessarily wrong with “50 Shades of Grey.”  That is, I don’t have a problem with the subject material even if I’m not enthused by the way it’s handled. There is also nothing wrong with women of a… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “BlacKkKlansman”

  By Josh Lasser on August 9, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Stories told about the past often have subtle, or not so subtle, messages for the present.  This is certainly true of Spike Lee’s latest joint, “BlacKkKlansman.” Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Lee, “BlacKkKlansman” is… Read More ›

• “Avengers: Infinity War” and the MCU’s Success

  By Josh Lasser on August 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  On today’s podcast we tackle Thanos.  And Iron Man.  And Captain America.  And Thor.  And the Guardians of the Galaxy.  And Hulk.  And Black Widow.  And… well, and the rest of the characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Avengers:  Infinity… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Like Father”

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

  

  Before I in any way discuss the new Netflix film “Like Father,” I must state that I do not like the Royal Caribbean cruise line.  Without getting into specifics, I had a series of unsatisfactory interactions with them in the… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Darkest Minds”

  By Josh Lasser on August 2, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  In one of the worst moments of “The Darkest Minds,” a film which is on the whole pretty dismal, the lead male teen, Liam, asks the lead female teen, Ruby, to dance.  Ruby says no and rather than taking that… Read More ›

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