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• Paramount’s “Fences” Blu-ray Giveaway!

  By Josh Lasser on March 13, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Yes, that’s right, we’re launching our first giveaway ever, and not only that, but it’s for a movie that was nominated for multiple Academy Awards and saw Viola Davis win for her performance.  Plus it’s directed by and stars Denzel Washington. Awesome sauce,… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Kong: Skull Island”

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

  

  In an ideal world, a movie is satisfying on all levels – even big spectacle films like “Kong: Skull Island” ought to work across the board. We do not, however, live in an ideal world and therefore it is not… Read More ›

• “Lass is More” Interviews “The Last Laugh” Director and Examines “Moana”

  By Josh Lasser on March 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  There are just some things you don’t joke about. We have all heard people tell us just that — it’s wrong, it’s too serious, it’s inappropriate, it’s disrespectful.  Whatever the reasoning might be, each and every one of us has either… Read More ›

• Site Update

  By Josh Lasser on March 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  You may noticed that we implemented a site redesign this week, a redesign which went live yesterday.  Today’s “Logan” review is the first article to be published under the redesign, all the others were imported from the old template.  Consequently, you… Read More ›

• Movie Review: “Logan” (2017)

  By Josh Lasser on March 3, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  Hugh Jackman’s latest turn as mutant superhero Wolverine is, we have been told, also his last. If that is the case (skeptics, like yours truly, exist), the James Mangold directed “Logan” is a pretty solid exit. Certainly, it is better… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Basks in the "Moonlight" & Examines "Doctor Strange"

  By Josh Lasser on February 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  As you know by now, “Moonlight” took home some significant prizes at Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony. Rather than watching the shenanigans unfold live, I was actually watching the movie itself again, and I came away with some thoughts on… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Flashes Back to "Manchester by the Sea" and "Nocturnal Animals"

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

  

  I may be on vacation this week, but it’s awards season and the podcast must go on. Today we’re talking about the way in which two different Academy Award nominees utilize flashbacks.  First, there’s “Nocturnal Animals,” which jumps backwards in… Read More ›

• Movie Review: "The Great Wall" (2017)

  By Josh Lasser on February 16, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Matt Damon leads the cast in Zhang Yimou’s Chinese fantasy film, “The Great Wall,” which is opening in theaters this week. And, if it seems like an odd choice to have Damon lead a cast in a movie about monsters… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Visits "The Edge of Seventeen"

  By Josh Lasser on February 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I don’t know everything (my wife will be very happy I’ve said this, the sad thing is she doesn’t read this site and therefore won’t know that I’ve said this… therefore, let’s just keep this secret between us, okay?), but… Read More ›

• Movie Review: "The LEGO Batman Movie"

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

  

  There have been a lot of Batman movies and no one is more aware of this than the people behind “The LEGO Batman Movie.” Over and over again throughout this “LEGO Movie” spinoff, we are reminded of the plethora of… Read More ›

• Movie Review: "John Wick: Chapter 2"

  By Josh Lasser on February 8, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  There is a certain greatness to films that know what they want to be and go out and execute that plan with panache. “John Wick: Chapter 2” is the sort of film that is going to turn off a lot… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Wants to Answer Big Questions with "Arrival"

  By Josh Lasser on February 7, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  “Arrival” is one of my top 10 movies of 2016.  No, I haven’t made a list, but if I had made, “Arrival” would be on it. It is one of those rare movies that, as soon as I finished watching… Read More ›

• Movie Review: "The Comedian" (2017)

  By Josh Lasser on February 3, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  There are many out there who will tell you that people don’t change, that we are who we are and that’s it. Such seems to be the philosophy behind the new Robert De Niro comedy, “The Comedian.” Directed by Taylor… Read More ›

• Not a Movie Review: "I Am Not Your Negro"

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

  

  One of the things that always strikes me about documentaries is just how powerful a tool the form can be. Wielded correctly, with laser focus, it burns away all the extraneous nonsense and gets to the core of an issue;… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Interviews Jamal Joseph of "Chapter & Verse"

  By Josh Lasser on January 31, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This week’s “Lass is More” offers up an interview with former Jamal Joseph.  Joseph has chronicled his life in the memoir, “Panther Baby,” and is here on the podcast to talk about his new movie, “Chapter & Verse.” The film,… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Pays Respect to the "Queen of Katwe"

  By Josh Lasser on January 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Listen, if there’s one thing this podcast doesn’t do, it’s sugarcoat things.  If we have a problem with a movie, we say so.  If we have a problem with the world we say so.  Good, bad, or ugly, “Lass is… Read More ›

• Movie Review: "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage"

  By Josh Lasser on January 20, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The 1990s offered up a “Knight Rider” spinoff television series called “Team Knight Rider.” The opening of the show, essentially, explained that while in the past one man and one car could accomplish the job of saving the world (or… Read More ›

• Movie Review: "Split" (2017)

  By Josh Lasser on January 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Horror movies need a good villain. That is, after all, what they’re all about – some individual(s) who can scare the bejesus out of an audience. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, “Split,” gets about halfway there. It offers a great idea… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Enters the "Death Race 2050"

  By Josh Lasser on January 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The newest “Death Race” movie, “Death Race 2050” is out on Blu-ray today (you may recall our piece from New York Comic-Con on the panel for the film) and it harkens back to the original film, “Death Race 2000” and… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Boards the "Train to Busan"

  By Josh Lasser on January 10, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  It isn’t that “Train to Busan” is a bad zombie, or even just a bad movie, it’s that there are some notable issues with logic in the film.  That bothers me.  It bothers me so much. “Train to Busan” isn’t… Read More ›

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