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• Movie Review: “Transformers: The Last Knight”

  By Josh Lasser on June 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This may sound weird, but the fate of the entire world is at stake in “Transformers: The Last Knight.” Okay, no, I take it back, it doesn’t sound weird at all. After all, how could the fate of the world… Read More ›

• “Lass is More” Sits Down with Nick Hamm to talk about “The Journey”

  By Josh Lasser on June 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Director Nick Hamm has taken a real event, a 2006 trip taken by Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness in the middle of the peace talks attempting to resolve the conflict in Northern Ireland, and fictionalized what happened while the two… Read More ›

• “Lass is More” Looks at “A United Kingdom” and Hatred

  By Josh Lasser on June 13, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  For reasons that Josh doesn’t understand, people in this world hate each other.  That isn’t to say that he doesn’t understand some hatred (like the way the bile rises in his mouth when someone states they love the Red Sox),… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “The Mummy” (2017)

  By Josh Lasser on June 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  When Russell Crowe’s character meets Tom Cruise’s in the new “The Mummy,” Crowe’s explains that he is older than Cruise’s. This instantly makes one pause. Sure, we have already seen Cruise without a shirt in the film and it isn’t… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Beatriz at Dinner”

  By Josh Lasser on June 7, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  There is good in this world and there is evil and while it isn’t always easy to tell the two apart in real life, in movies and TV it can be more simple. When one sits down to watch Miguel… Read More ›

• “Lass is More” on “Beauty and the Beast” and “Bambi”

  By Josh Lasser on June 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a new “Beauty and the Beast” movie.  But, you already know that.  It stars Emma Watson and Josh Gad and Dan Stevens and Luke Evans and it’s out on Blu-ray this week.  Also out is the 75 year-old… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Captain Underpants”

  By Josh Lasser on June 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The titular hero is a relatively large man who goes around in his underwear, and the villain is Professor Poopypants. At one point, there is a whoopee cushion symphony. Yes, “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” is quite clear about… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Dean”

  By Josh Lasser on June 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Demetri Martin’s new movie, “Dean,” is not terribly funny despite it seemingly wanting to be a comedy.  That is slightly problematic if one understands “comedy” to mean that a movie ought to generate a substantial number of laughs (“Dean” has a few… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Wonder Woman” (2017)

  By Josh Lasser on May 31, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  For whatever reason, when many movies hire an attractive woman to play a “mousy” character, the actress wears glasses as though a pair of glasses will hide one’s beauty. It is a silly trope that has been seen time and… Read More ›

• “Lass is More” Looks Past the Faults of “Aftermath”

  By Josh Lasser on May 30, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  So, I nitpick.  I know it, you know it, we all know it.  More than one movie has lost me because something occurs within the first 5 minutes to destroy the whole thing for me.  But, this week’s podcast proves… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Baywatch”

  By Josh Lasser on May 25, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  There is something great about watching actors on screen who seem to be having fun. Their enjoyment turns into our enjoyment, elevating what might otherwise be a mediocre film to something better. That is precisely what happens with “Baywatch,” as… Read More ›

• “Lass is More” Looks for Greatness with the Next Generation

  By Josh Lasser on May 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  No, we’re not talking “Star Trek” today, that next generation stuff is literal.  Today’s podcast continues looking at some of the themes we’ve been talking about for the last few weeks, namely the continual search for the next great movie…. Read More ›

• “Lass is More” Finds “The Space Between Us” and Logic

  By Josh Lasser on May 16, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  “The Space Between Us,” which is out on Blu-ray as of today, is about a teenager who has grown up on Mars heading back to Earth to explore the world.  However, it starts before the boy is a teen.  In… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Snatched” (2017)

  By Josh Lasser on May 11, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I laughed during one scene in Amy Schumer’s new comedy, “Snatched.” I can therefore not say that the movie is “wholly devoid of laughs.” Plus, that sort of phrasing feels mean, and there’s no reason to be mean. There is… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Alien: Covenant”

  By Josh Lasser on May 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Over the past few years, movie franchises long left dormant are being brought out of stasis on a fairly regular basis. While the overarching reasons for this are certainly important when looking at a macro view of our film universe,… Read More ›

• “Lass is More” On Going to the Movies and “The Godfather”

  By Josh Lasser on May 9, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Don’t stop us if you’ve heard this before, but Josh likes going to the movies. Why? Well, he’s tried explaining that before and has never been quite satisfied with what he’s offered up. Consequently, this week he’s given us yet… Read More ›

• Win “The Godfather Parts I & II” on Blu-ray!

  By Josh Lasser on May 9, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  We here at The TV and Film Guy’s Reviews are thrilled to announce a new giveaway this morning. We are again working with Paramount on this one and have two true classics to give out — “The Godfather” and “The… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Paris Can Wait”

  By Josh Lasser on May 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I love big budget spectacle movies… or I love the idea of them anyway; recently I’ve been less impressed with the films themselves (but that’s neither here nor there). It is still nice though, as we head into summer with… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”

  By Josh Lasser on May 5, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  One of the reasons the original “Guardians of the Galaxy” works so well is that it, at the time it was released, provided an entirely different feel from other movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Having just rewatched it, I… Read More ›

• “Lass is More” Contemplates “Saturday Night Fever” & “The Red Turtle”

  By Josh Lasser on May 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  We here at “Lass at More” are proud to launch another giveaway, this time for “Saturday Night Fever.”  Check out the details and enter here.  I wrote about the movie once for college… the T.A. didn’t consider my work brilliant…. Read More ›

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