It is all too easy to sit there and get angry at the superhero genre for taking over the box office. It is all too easy to shake your fist at what the MCU has done to the world. But,… Read More ›
Salma Hayek
Movie Review: “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard”
To some extent, although perhaps not a very large one, “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” was grounded in reality. In my review of it, I noted that there was a moral question to the film that was intriguing – is it better… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Bliss” (2021)
***I’m sure I’m going to spoil something for someone here. Don’t read if you want to go in without knowing anything at all.*** I am not quite sure how to start this review… On the one hand, I enjoyed writer-director… Read More ›
“Like a Boss” and the Business Morons
The comedy “Like a Boss” arrives on Blu-ray today and it’s… not great. What it does do, however, is offer a connection to our current pandemic. It shows us, in stark relief, what the people who would claim to be… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Like a Boss”
tvWith Rose Byrne, Tiffany Haddish, and Salma Hayek leading the cast, there is certainly the necessary on screen talent for the new comedy, “Like a Boss,” to be one truly hysterical ride. That sense is only enhanced with addition of… Read More ›
“BlacKkKlansman,” “Midaq Alley” & Racist Presidential Rhetoric
Sometimes we sit down to watch movies and simply cannot escape their echoes. We look and we see the movies reflected in our world, for good or for ill. So, this week we’re looking at “BlacKkKlansman” and “Midaq Alley,” two… Read More ›
Movie Review: “The Hitman’s Bodyguard”
There is a wonderful moment in “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” where bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) and hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) discuss which of them is the good guy. Bryce protects people’s lives, but those he is protecting tend… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Beatriz at Dinner”
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" talks with Salma Hayek’s "Everly" director, Joe Lynch
Up today on our second “Lass is More” podcast of the week is an interview with Joe Lynch, the director of Salma Hayek’s latest movie, “Everly.” If you have sought ought reviews of the movie, you’ve probably seen a lot… Read More ›