All posts tagged "Reviews"
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‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Review: Pale Imitation
Come for the great cast but don't expect great thrills with this turbid adaptation of Louis Bayard's 'The Pale Blue Eye.'
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‘Some Like It Hot’ Review: Camp and Vamp
A beloved classic film is adapted into a grand musical that retains the original's humor but reflects progressive values.
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SZA’s ‘SOS’ Review: Distress Call
SZA bares all sides of her soul on SOS, her expansive, long-awaited sophomore album.
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‘The Tempest’ Review: Magic Island
It's hard to imagine a better version of "The Tempest" than this production that positively vibrates with talent.
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Director Elegance Bratton Put His Life into ‘The Inspection’
Elegance Bratton chronicles a gay Marine recruit's rough march through bootcamp in the autobiographical drama 'The Inspection.'
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‘& Juliet’ Review: Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?
The new musical "& Juliet," framed by Top 40 hits, reimagines a Shakespearean era where women control their fates
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‘People, Places & Things’ Review: High and Dry
Studio's "People, Places & Things" makes trenchant art by casting a humorous light on the darkest dimensions of drug addiction.
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‘Glass Onion’ Review: Connecting the Dots
Daniel Craig probes a new mystery in the clever but not-as-fun-as-the-first "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."
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‘Into the Woods’ Review: Fables and Foibles
Signature's 'Into the Woods' offers delicious treats for the eyes and ears, but the well-plated meal doesn't fully satisfy.
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‘The Bastard Son’ Review: Teen Witch
Rising well above the norm, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself is one of Netflix's best queer-adjacent young adult shows.
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‘Sanctuary City’ Review: Chasing the Dream
"Sanctuary City" keenly examines two DREAMers and their struggle to plant their lives on the solid ground of citizenship
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‘The Playboy of the Western World’ Gets a Fresh Spin at Solas Nua
Director Shanara Gabrielle and Solas Nua update an Irish classic by changing the nationality of the protagonist.
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‘Gemmel & Tim’ Review: Victims’ Voices
A haunting elegy for two stolen lives, "Gemmel & Tim" weighs the struggles that led a killer's victims to the devil's door.
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‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Review: Friendly Fire
A sudden unfriending ignites a civil war between old buddies in the sublime "The Banshees of Inisherin."
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‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ Review: Parody Rules
The "Weird Al" Yankovic biopic is less rooted in genuine facts than in a desire to revel in over-the-top satire.
