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• 007(x3) Weeks of 007 #19 – "The World is not Enough"

  By Josh Lasser on October 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The end may be drawing ever more nigh, but 007(x3) Weeks of 007 still has some work to do. Up today, Brosnan’s third outing as my hero and yours, James Bond. It is time to see if “The World is… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Looks at Monsters, Horror, and Halloween

  By Josh Lasser on October 7, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  I do not like horror movies.  This is an intense dislike I have felt for years.  But it actually took me years to figure that when I say “I do not like horror movies” that exists with caveats.  I don’t… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Talks to Actress (and more) Tracey Birdsall

  By Josh Lasser on October 5, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Yes, it’s Monday, but we’ve got a new episode of Lass is More anyway!  Why?  Because we recorded it, because it’s interesting, because we’ve got a minisode coming later this week. There are, in short, any number of reasons to… Read More ›

• 007(x3) Weeks of 007 #18 – "Tomorrow Never Dies"

  By Josh Lasser on October 1, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome back to 007(x3) Weeks of 007. Today we have Pierce Brosnan’s second, and perhaps second best, Bond outing, “Tomorrow Never Dies.” Sure, I could talk about Sam Smith’s song for “Spectre” which was released last week, but I’m not… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Offers "Love & Mercy"

  By Josh Lasser on September 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  It may not have come out on video this week, but “Love & Mercy” is still worth talking about.  It isn’t just that it’s a great Beach Boys biopic, it’s a great biopic in general.  It manages to offer something… Read More ›

• Movie Review: "Hotel Transylvania 2"

  By Josh Lasser on September 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Sometimes a movie fails not because the story isn’t fun or because the characters aren’t interesting, nor because the actors aren’t enjoying themselves. Sometimes a movie fails because the message it is sending, whether intentional or not, is horrid. This… Read More ›

• 007(x3) Weeks of 007 #17 – "GoldenEye"

  By Josh Lasser on September 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  We enter the ’90s this week on 007(x3) Weeks of 007. We have a new James Bond in Pierce Brosnan. We have a somewhat different real world in which the films operate. We have the first Martin Campbell directed movie…. Read More ›

• "The Martian" has Landed… or Will Soon

  By Josh Lasser on September 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Some movies just amaze you, they blow you away.  It doesn’t really matter if you’ve seen something else kind of, sort of, almost like them before, they just make it work. Case in point, Matt Damon’s “The Martian.”  Or, maybe,… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Looks at the new "Jumanji," "Zathura," and "Indian in the Cupboard" Blu-rays

  By Josh Lasser on September 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Today, “Jumanji,” “Zathura,” and “The Indian in the Cupboard” all get swanky new Blu-ray “anniversary” editions.  What strikes me about them is that they perfectly encapsulate why I watch movies, not in terms of what they offer to the viewers… Read More ›

• 007(x3) Weeks of 007 #16 – "Licence to Kill"

  By Josh Lasser on September 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  It is a big day week here with 007(x3) Weeks of 007 as we discuss “Licence to Kill,” the second—and final—Timothy Dalton movie. Why is this big? Because “Licence to Kill” is the first Bond movie I saw in the… Read More ›

• How Young is too Young: "E.T." Follow-up and "The Martian"

  By Josh Lasser on September 16, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Last week I spent some time wondering whether my son was old enough to go watch “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” in a movie theater. I pointed out that my son exhibits a lot of empathy, a lack of knowledge of how… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" asks if "Fast & Furious 7" is less

  By Josh Lasser on September 15, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Once upon a time, way back when, I would get passes to go see pre-release screenings of movies.  This generally involved me admitting to being a graduate student but declining to say that I was studying film.  And, regularly, one… Read More ›

• Christopher Nolan Made a Documentary Short. Really.

  By Josh Lasser on September 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  When you think of Christopher Nolan–or at least when I think of Christopher Nolan–I tend to think of labyrinthine films, generally with longish runtimes.  I think of “Inception” and “The Dark Knight” and “Interstellar” and “Memento” but more as well…. Read More ›

• How Young is too Young: "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"

  By Josh Lasser on September 11, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Previously, as you may recall (and you can totally read it and remind yourself if you don’t), I ruminated on whether my daughter, age nine, was too young to see “Jurassic Park” on the big screen. The screening hasn’t yet… Read More ›

• 007(x3) Weeks of 007 #15 – "The Living Daylights"

  By Josh Lasser on September 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Big week here at 007(x3) Weeks of 007. The Roger Moore days are behind us. We have passed the two men who played the character the longer and the one who played it the least. The brief Timothy Dalton era… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Delves into Telepathy with Khalil Sullins of "Listening"

  By Josh Lasser on September 8, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Writer-director Khalil Sullins has done some studying up on telepathy.  His new movie posits a thought on just how telepathy might come about and what it might be used for. Short answer:  it’s going to go wrong. Or is it?… Read More ›

• My Biggest Movie Disappointment of the Summer

  By Josh Lasser on September 4, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  One of the questions I’m never asked is which film I’ve been most disappointed by over the past few months.  And yet, the end of summer feels like the perfect moment to talk about film’s that have disappointed.  Sure, I… Read More ›

• 007(x3) Weeks of 007 #14 – "A View to a Kill"

  By Josh Lasser on September 3, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  This first Thursday in September brings with it the end of an era, the Roger Moore era. Today, 007(x3) Weeks of 007 takes a look Moore’s last outing as Bond, 1985’s “A View to a Kill.” Want amazing? “A View… Read More ›

• Family Friendly Fall TV?

  By Josh Lasser on September 1, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Yesterday was the day that I admitted it to myself – the summer is coming to an end. Public schools here start tomorrow and a fresh television season is right around the corner. Those are the two key items that… Read More ›

• How Young is too Young: "Jurassic Park"

  By Josh Lasser on August 31, 2015 • ( 19 )

  

  One of the constant debates we have in our household is, I think, one of the debates constantly had in every household with children – is my child old enough to watch a certain television show/movie or play a certain… Read More ›

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