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• My Seaver Fever has Returned – Remembering "Growing Pains"

  By Josh Lasser on April 24, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Do you ever still think about catching a little “Seaver Fever?” I will absolutely admit to regularly thinking back on the classic television series, “Growing Pains” and wanting to watch old episodes (but also being horribly frightened by how dated… Read More ›

• Living the RiffTrax Live Life

  By Josh Lasser on April 22, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  One of the more fun things I’ve gotten to do lately is to attend the RiffTrax Live: The Room event which occurred as a part of the Tribeca Film Festival last week. I would never describe myself as an utter… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Laments "The Wedding Ringer"

  By Josh Lasser on April 21, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  I’m not angry, just disappointed. With “The Wedding Ringer,” being angry is too hard, it takes too much of my time, my energy, my effort. I’m just disappointed that they didn’t go out and make the movie that they started… Read More ›

• Which is Worse a Bad Movie or a Disappointing One?

  By Josh Lasser on April 20, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  It was, sadly, too late for me to write about them here, but I had two reviews go live at IGN on Friday, one of “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2” and the other of “Beyond the Reach.” Neither is a… Read More ›

• On Loving the World-Building a Franchise, or Video Game, Creates

  By Josh Lasser on April 16, 2015 • ( 8 )

  

  Currently sitting on my games shelf is “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” and it has been there since the game first came out something like four years ago. Normally, I’m not that way about titles. I beat a game and… Read More ›

• "Monsters: Dark Continent" is Better Left Unknown

  By Josh Lasser on April 15, 2015 • ( 13 )

  

  The film industry is regularly slammed for producing too many sequels and not enough fare based on new, original, ideas. But, how can you blame them? Why would you not want to try and repeat/build-on your successes? Let us say… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Looks at the Changing Nature of TV

  By Josh Lasser on April 14, 2015 • ( 11 )

  

  Just a brief introduction this morning before I embed the new minisode… One of the most fascinating things for me to watch is how my children interact with television (or movies). They do so in radically different ways than I… Read More ›

• Watching Billy Crystal and Josh Gad on "The Comedians"

  By Josh Lasser on April 10, 2015 • ( 16 )

  

  I sat down last night and watched FX’s new series, “The Comedians.” After all, how could I not, it stars Josh Gad and Billy Crystal, two terribly funny people (for what it’s worth, I was insanely impressed by Gad when… Read More ›

• In Which I Spend 500 Words Deciding to not Talk About "iZombie"

  By Josh Lasser on April 8, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  Fine, I’m going to do it. I thought for a long time that I wouldn’t, but every week I think the same thing and it’s come time for me to say it – “iZombie” reminds me of “Veronica Mars.” Wow,… Read More ›

• "Ex Machina" — A Good Movie Which Earned Greatness it did not Achieve

  By Josh Lasser on April 7, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Some films you can watch and then forget about between leaving the theater and arriving home. Others stick with you, they make you think, they make you wonder, and they desperately make you want to see them again. It was… Read More ›

• Interviews Revisited and why a 15 Minute Interview is Easier than a Four Minute One

  By Josh Lasser on April 6, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  A while back, I wrote a piece on doing on-camera junket interviews, and my experiences with them. Since then, I have done several longer interviews, and consequently I’ve been comparing the experiences. For the on-camera interviews, usually, I have gotten… Read More ›

• Is Tuesday Night now the Best TV Night of the Week?

  By Josh Lasser on April 2, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  I am always surprised by the ebb and flow of the television schedule. Nights that once overloaded my TiVo now find it vacant and vice versa. Sure, Sunday nights have been terribly popular for years. Various combinations of “Simpsons,” “X-Files,”… Read More ›

• The "Clue" Quote-Along: Super fun or just a Red Herring?

  By Josh Lasser on April 1, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  I have long-professed a love of silence at the movies. I have held up my love of sitting by myself in an empty theater watching movies all alone. I stand by this ideal, but yesterday, I did something quite far… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" Discusses "Broken Horses" with Vidhu Vinod Chopra

  By Josh Lasser on March 31, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  This morning, “Lass is More” is back with a new episode! In this latest foray into filmmaking, we talk to Vidhu Vinod Chopra, an Indian writer/director/producer.  Chopra, who has been a part of a number of very successful Bollywood films… Read More ›

• DreamWorks’ "Home" is not Where the Heart is

  By Josh Lasser on March 26, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  In the end (yes, I’m starting there), as I have said before, the best movies for kids are enjoyable for parents as well. DreamWorks’ latest film, “Home,” certainly will please young audiences, but it may do less for the older… Read More ›

• My "Terminator: Genisys" Set Visit Hits the Web

  By Josh Lasser on March 25, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Today, if you head on over to HitFix, you can read of my visit to NASA-based set of the new “Terminator” last summer.  Yes, I was there for some of the filming of “Genisys,” spoke to the cast including Arnold himself, and… Read More ›

• "Lass is More" – Minisode 4: Blockbusters vs. Smaller Fare

  By Josh Lasser on March 24, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  I want to see every movie (except the horror films, they scare me) that get released this year but, obviously I will never achieve that goal.  I have to make choices about what it is that I go and see… Read More ›

• Watching "The Walking Dead," but not Knowing why

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

  

  Quitting a television series isn’t something I find easy. After a while with a series, I feel as though I have invested so much time in it that I may as well stick around to see how it all ends…. Read More ›

• Quick Thoughts on the Second Season of "Broadchurch"

  By Josh Lasser on March 19, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  I always worry about the second season of a television series, especially when the first seems like a closed book. There are a multitude of potential pitfalls that series regularly find when reopening a story or telling a new one… Read More ›

• Jeremy Clarkson’s "Top Gear" Suspension and the Bigger Issue Involved

  By Josh Lasser on March 17, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  Last night we ought to have gotten a new episode of one of my favorite series, “Top Gear.”  As I wrote earlier this year, there is just so much I love about the show.  It does so many things so… Read More ›

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