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Friday, August 8, 2025

Best Film Performances of 2025 (So Far)

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Mickey 17 (c) Warner Bros. Pictures With the dull and hot days of summer, you may want to find your way into a nice, air-conditioned multipl...
Monday, July 28, 2025

Theater Reviews: Three Summer Shows (“Joy,” “Rolling Thunder,” “Ginger Twinses”) Rely Too Heavily on Nostalgia as Their Selling Points

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Joy (c) Joan Marcus Theater: Joy  At the Laura Pels Theater  Joy , the musicalized version of a Joy Mangano’s true life journey from struggl...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Reviews: No, Heather, It’s “Heathers The Musical’s” Turn (Again) Off-Broadway, and It’s a Hoot; While the Film “Unicorns” Tells a Sympathetic Love Story Between a Sexually Conflicted British Guy and a Gaysian Drag Queen

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Heathers The Musical (c) Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade Theater: Heathers The Musical  At New World Stages  The deafening cheers at the newly...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Film Review: Which Blockbuster Should You Watch This Holiday Weekend? The Best Is “Jurassic World Rebirth” —Fun in a Surprise-Free Way—Plus, Thoughts on Other Summer Films

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Jurassic World Rebirth (c) Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment Film: Jurassic World Rebirth  In Cinemas  The seventh film in the Jurass...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Theater Reviews: Catching Up With the Enjoyably Country-Flavored “Beau the Musical” and the Always Excellent Jean Smart in “Call Me Izzy;” Being Introduced to the Flamboyant Life of Rob Madge in “My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?)”

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Beau the Musical (c) Valerie Terranova Photography Theater: Beau the Musical  At Theater 154  The hero of Beau the Musical , Douglas Lyons ...