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Lass is More is Disappointed with "Good Dinosaur," but not "Minions"
Sometimes it feels like Pixar has sprinkled magic dust over our memories. Their name seems synonymous with great animated fare, but as of late they've been more miss than hit. Yes, "Inside Out" is...
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A Look Back at this Year
The world is full of good and bad. That's just kind of how it is. About a year ago, I got "downsized" from my full-time job and started going down the freelance route. As much as I wouldn't have...
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Movie Review: "The Revenant" (2015)
The ability to accomplish something on a technical level is fantastic, but movies are about more than technical ability. Watch Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest, "The Revenant," and you will,...
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Lass is More Talks Acting with "Dementia" star Gene Jones
As much as I may regularly say this, I think today's episode is really fantastic. It features Gene Jones, the star of "Dementia," which is currently in theaters.Listening to the show you will hear an...
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Binge-watching "Doctor Who" with my Daughter
After finishing "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Voyager" my daughter pondered what series she should tackle next. "Enterprise?" "Deep Space 9?" The original series? She went with none...
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Lass is More on "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation" and "Ant-Man"
Two movies which Josh truly enjoyed this year are "Ant-Man" and "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation." They are also movies which few, himself included, may have pegged as creatively successful while...
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Movie Review: "Concussion" (2015)
Football is dangerous. There is just no way to think that it isn't, no matter how many pads someone wears. It flies in the face of logic to think that someone can be hit repeatedly for decades on end...
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Movie Review: "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip"
I don't take film recommendations from my son, but it is worth noting before you read anything below that my son loved "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip." Two full days after the screening and...
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Movie Review: "Daddy's Home" (2015)
I love comedies. I love the light-heatedness of them. I love knowing that I'm going to sit down and watch a movie and that by the time it ends, everything is okay to be okay. There is something...
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Lass is More Looks at Spectacle and "The Walk"
For our last episode of the year, we're taking a look at spectacle and wether a movie is "worth" seeing on the big screen or the small.I'm of two minds about this. First, I absolutely understand where...
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Movie Review: "Moonwalkers" (2016)
Sometimes things just don't work out. Maybe the should. Maybe they could. They just don't. That is the biggest takeaway message both in and about "Moonwalkers" (2016).Directed by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet...
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"Lass is More" on "Sicario" and Incremental Change
Welcome to the new year! Here we are, 2016. A new year, one full of new chances, new opportunity, and change all around us. Everyone is all about change this time of year. Everyone is all about turning...
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Black and White Films: The Next Generation
We had an interesting movie related moment here over the holidays, one that has made me question my daughter's viewing choices. As I have written about previously, she voraciously consumes TV series on...
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On Not Labelling Myself
I have a fear of labels. Not the itchy kind that bother the back of your neck all day as you walk around. Those aren't great, but I'm not afraid of them.No, my fear of labels is much more about how I...
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Movie Review: "Ride Along 2"
The 2014 Tim Story-directed film, Ride Along was a success, and a sizable one. It should therefore come as no surprise that the Kevin Hart-Ice Cube film now has a sequel. Ride Along 2, which reunites...
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"Lass is More" on "Straight Outta Compton" and "That Could Never Happen to Me"
Funnily enough (in my world anyway this is funny), the last piece on this blog is a rather negative review of an Ice Cube-starring movie. Now, for the podcast, we have a rather good movie about Ice...
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Movie Review: "The 5th Wave"
Leaving "The 5th Wave" screening, I asked my daughter (nine-and-a-half) if she enjoyed the movie. She said that she did, that it was really fun and she was looking forward to a sequel. So, clearly...
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"Lass is More" on Relationships, "Chi-Raq,""Meet the Patels,"&"Burnt"
It seems incumbent as February rolls around that we talk a little bit about relationships and there are three different films hitting Blu-ray/DVD today that work into that discussion beautifully --...
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More Thoughts on "Top Gear" in Light of "And on That Bombshell" by Richard...
Recently, I read a great book. Titled "And on That Bombshell," the book is by the "Top Gear"'s script editor, Richard Porter (and while my Kindle copy has the subtitle "Behind the Scenes at 'Top Gear,'...
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"Lass is More" Watches "Crimson Peak" but not on a Massive TV
How much does the size of one's television influence their enjoyment of what they're watching? Surely it plays some role. The room one is watching in plays a role, the seat one is utilizing does as...
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