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"Lass is More" Finds Comfort in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
Let’s face it, the news from the world hasn’t been great as of late (when is it?). And movies provide one way of taking break from all the awful that is out there. I don’t advocate sticking your head in… Read More ›
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"The 33" & "By the Sea" – I say Pass on Both
If you head over to IGN today, you can read my reviews of both “The 33” and “By the Sea.” Not to spoil those pieces, but I’ll tell you right here and now that I was disappointed by both movies…. Read More ›
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"Lass is More" Revisits Character with "Before we go" & "The End of the Tour"
On Friday, Lass is More spent its time on character and discussing the importance of character in film. But, naturally, a few minutes on character isn’t quite enough to tell the full story, so we’re looking at it again this… Read More ›
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"Lass is More" on "The Professional" and "The Fifth Element"
On the surface, these two movies look pretty different. Sure they both have Luc Besson as the man at the wheel and they both feature Gary Oldman, but one of these movies is a small story about a small-time hitman… Read More ›
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Movie Review: "The Peanuts Movie"
Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing. It offers us a rose-tinted memory off what was rather than a true depiction. Consequently, when we return in the present to that which we are nostalgic for, the potential for disappointment is great… Read More ›
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007(x3) Weeks of 007 #24 – "Spectre"
“Spectre.” It is what 007(x3) Weeks of 007 has been buildings towards. One James Bond movie a week for 23 weeks. The good, the bad, the ugly. The trends, the changes, the consistencies. The friends, the villains, the henchmen. The… Read More ›
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"Lass is More" on Legos, "Aladdin," and "Inside Out"
We have a big discussion today on Lass is More as we look into things that are meant for kids but great for adults too. Actually, as I’ve said before (and totally mention in the podcast), all the best kids… Read More ›
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"Lass is More" Offers one More Look at Horror
Well, Halloween is tomorrow and apparently there were some folks out there not quite thrilled with my take at a horror discussion earlier in the month. Consequently, I’ve gone and picked out three other horror recommendations… and this time they… Read More ›
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007(x3) Weeks of 007 #22 – "Quantum of Solace"
This is it, or almost it, the third to last entry in 007(x3) Weeks of 007, a series that will end next week with two entries, one on “Skyfall” and one on “Spectre.” First though we have to work our… Read More ›
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"Lass is More," "Jurassic World," "Tomorrowland," and the Apocalypse
Today’s Lass is More looks at the end times, or at least an end times or two postulated in a couple of this summer’s crop of blockbusters that have recently arrived on Blu-ray and DVD. I think it’s actually pretty… Read More ›
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007(x3) Weeks of 007 #21 – "Casino Royale"
And so with this week it begins, the final phase of “007(x3) Weeks of 007.” Today, we get to our last Bond, our current Bond, Daniel Craig. His first film, “Casino Royale,” is the reboot of all reboots in the… Read More ›
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"Lass is More" Delves into "Dope" and "Pixels"
This week’s “Lass is More” minisode takes a gander at two recent blu-ray releases, “Dope” and “Pixels.” I don’t want to give too much away here about what I’m going to say when you click below to listen, but I’ll… Read More ›
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Revisiting "Jurassic Park" and How Young is too Young
Several weeks (months) ago, I said that I was going to take my daughter to see “Jurassic Park,” that I thought she was old enough to handle it, that I believed she would have no nightmares, but that I wasn’t… Read More ›
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Movie Review: "Momentum" (2015) Offers Little Excitement
Some movies open with such promise, such fun and amusement that you are instantly intrigued. Unfortunately, sometimes these great opening sequences are not followed by anything remotely as enjoyable. Such is the case with Stephen S. Campanelli’s “Momentum” (2015). Starring… Read More ›
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007(x3) Weeks of 007 #20 – "Die Another Day"
This week’s 007(x3) Weeks of 007 features Pierce Brosnan’s much maligned final outing as James Bond, “Die Another Day.” And here’s the thing about the movie – it may be the weakest one Brosnan did but if you look at… Read More ›
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Movie Review: "Goosebumps"
There is something unsettling about the Rob Letterman directed “Goosebumps,” and it isn’t the scares that it offers. At first glance, the new film about the monsters R.L. Stine creates in his books coming to life feels like an updated… Read More ›
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"Lass is More" Gets the "Wabbit" at New York Comic-Con
Yesterday I wrote a little about New York Comic-Con and my general amusement with the entire affair. Today, I have one of the things we were able to record while there, a series of discussions for “Lass is More” with… Read More ›
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Okay, but why do I Like New York Comic-Con?
If you saw anything that I posted to Twitter over the past few days, you’ll know I spent scads of time at New York Comic-Con. There is already a piece up at Blogcritics about some of the Capcom stuff I… Read More ›
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Movie Review: "Room" (2015)
Some movies devastate you. You watch them and you wonder about humanity and what you would do in a similar situation and are just shaken for hours after the experience. If that isn’t your kind of thing, don’t watch “Room”… Read More ›
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