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‘Road House’ review: Jake Gyllenhaal remake is less loony, more violent - nypost.com - Florida - state Missouri
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21.03.2024

‘Road House’ review: Jake Gyllenhaal remake is less loony, more violent

the setting of “Road House” from Missouri to the Florida Keys should go down as one of the best decisions made by a movie remake ever.The scenery is tropical, the personalities are oversize and the area inspired a song that goes, “Wasted away again.”Plus, as any skimmer of crime headlines knows, macho bar brawls are not uncommon in the boisterous Sunshine State. Really, this action-packed update of the truly ridiculous 1989 film that starred Patrick Swayze as the world’s best bouncer could almost be a documentary.

‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ review: Who ya gonna call to get your money back? - nypost.com - Washington - Oklahoma - county York - county Murray - county Hudson
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21.03.2024

‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ review: Who ya gonna call to get your money back?

“Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” shows just how wrong a tried-and-true formula can go.How could these filmmakers possibly fumble the simple plot of “Answer the phone, find the ghost, vanquish the ghost”? Start by playing up a wholesome family sitcom dynamic that sanitizes the old story into a forgettable “Growing Pains” with lasers. After the likable last film, the Spenglers have relocated from dusty Oklahoma to New York City, where grandpa Egon (the late Harold Ramis) and pals Peter (Bill Murray), Ray (Dan Aykroyd) and Winston (Ernie Hudson) first donned the beige suits and battled the Stay Puft marshmallow man.

Zach Bryan ‘Quittin’ Time’ review: Country star makes grown men cry in NJ - nypost.com - state Washington - county Bryan - city Newark
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15.03.2024

Zach Bryan ‘Quittin’ Time’ review: Country star makes grown men cry in NJ

Sheryl Crow’s crystalline vocals all night long, but her opening set was not why I trekked to Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on a Thursday night, with work looming large the next morning. The rest of the impatient crowd seemed to feel the same, pining for Zach Bryan to fall out of the sky and onto center stage to cure our aching for his raspy voice and gut-wrenching lyrics.In true country music fashion, the makeup of the crowd was somewhat jarring.

Lost Frequencies concert review: Here’s why we lost our minds - nypost.com - California - Seattle - Rome
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08.03.2024

Lost Frequencies concert review: Here’s why we lost our minds

Lost Frequencies’ “All Stand Together” show at East Williamsburg’s Great Hall. Our bodies sore, voices deflated, ears ringing, and one earring left behind. But, if we had it our way, we’d be crawling back to the stage.When we arrived at the venue just after 10 p.m., the opener, Artemis Orion, was already underway with her first-ever DJ set.

Sluggish new series ‘Manhunt’ tracks Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth - nypost.com - USA
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08.03.2024

Sluggish new series ‘Manhunt’ tracks Abraham Lincoln’s assassin John Wilkes Booth

Apple TV+ drama premiering March 15 and starring Tobias Menzies as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s confidant who led the search for his killer. It’s adapted from James L.

‘Doubt’ Broadway review: Nun play still scorches — even in a so-so revival - nypost.com - USA - Boston
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08.03.2024

‘Doubt’ Broadway review: Nun play still scorches — even in a so-so revival

John Patrick Shanley’s scorching drama about a nun who suspects the parish pastor of being a child molester.90 minutes with no intermission. At the Todd Haimes Theater, 227 W.

‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ review: Cute, but it’s time to put this bear to bed - nypost.com - county Bryan - county Davis
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06.03.2024

‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ review: Cute, but it’s time to put this bear to bed

after 16 years and a quartet of films, where else is there for Po to go? “4,” while nice enough, suggests that the smartest move would be to let the fuzzy guy retire to a calming bamboo forest rather than embark on yet another predictable adventure.The decent animated film still boasts the formidable voice talent of Black, Dustin Hoffman, Bryan Cranston, James Hong and Ian McShane. Now they’re joined by Awkwafina, Viola Davis and Ke Huy Quan. Not too shabby.This go-round, Po is reveling in his mini celeb status — swanning around town, posing for (hand-drawn) pictures with fans and cutting the ribbon at the Dragon Warrior Noodle and Tofu restaurant.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler ‘Restless Leg’ review: Can’t miss greatest hits - nypost.com - New York
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12.02.2024

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler ‘Restless Leg’ review: Can’t miss greatest hits

Amy Poehler was also bestowed with a “Best Of.” However, her cast mate and co-anchor on Weekend Update Tina Fey never had one produced in her honor.Thankfully, the duo’s excellent ongoing ‘Restless Leg Tour’ rectifies that unfortunate slight.Currently running at New York City’s Beacon Theatre for an extended residency — which includes a likely to be packed Valentine’s Day show — the pair flex all their comedic muscles over the course of an airtight 90-minute show.It’s like a live “Best Of” but…better. A “Better Of?” Yeah, that feels right.Without spoiling too much (there’s so much good stuff), here’s our rundown of the comedic team’s live show along with a few of our favorite lines from the oft-uproarious night.Before Fey and Poehler took the stage, burgeoning star Zarna Garg kicked off the night with a barn-burning 15-minute set.Garg, a mother of three, joked about her family, reality TV and immigrating to America.“This may come as a shock to some of you, but I am an immigrant,” she began.

Three’s Company on ‘Couple to Throuple’ (Review) - www.metroweekly.com - USA
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11.02.2024

Three’s Company on ‘Couple to Throuple’ (Review)

Couple to Throuple all bed down for their first night, the show could be any other in the proliferating genre of hookup TV, populated by bed-hopping singles shacked up in sex mansions.But look closely, once the screen shifts to spy-cam night vision of bodies writhing beneath the sheets, and you’ll not mistake a third eager, willing participant bumping and grinding with the main pair. Set to boldly explore the bounds of polyamory, the show’s couples and singles — thirds, if you will — might represent a lighthearted, next logical step in society’s surging discourse on ethical non-monogamy.Then again, to more traditionally-minded viewers, or those simply with different tastes in popular entertainment, these semi-exhibitionist throuples might just speak to the unrelenting decline of American culture.

Usher ‘Coming Home’ review: A refreshing return to real R&B - nypost.com - Atlanta - city Uptown
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09.02.2024

Usher ‘Coming Home’ review: A refreshing return to real R&B

Usher on Wednesday, I asked him if R&B had fallen off since he was one of the biggest stars of the genre in the late ’90s and ’00s. “I don’t think that R&B is not what it used to be,” he responded.

A 94-year-old badass is a Sundance highlight in funny ‘Thelma’ - nypost.com - California
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26.01.2024

A 94-year-old badass is a Sundance highlight in funny ‘Thelma’

Sundance Film Festival’s lineups can often be dark affairs with edgy shocks, narcotics and strident political talking points. But one of the most soul-satisfying movies to premiere at the 2024 edition features no drug dealers, whistleblowers or bloodbaths. It’s about a sweet 93-year-old grandma who collects marbles and rides a mobility scooter.And, OK, yes she also holds a man at gunpoint.Running time: 97 minutes.

I saw Kylie Minogue’s Las Vegas Voltaire residency. Here are my thoughts - nypost.com - Las Vegas
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26.01.2024

I saw Kylie Minogue’s Las Vegas Voltaire residency. Here are my thoughts

Kylie Minogue after seeing her new aptly named ‘More Than Just A Residency’ residency at Las Vegas’ swanky Venetian Hotel.‘More Than A Residency,’ which is actually equal parts burlesque, acrobatics, variety show and Kylie, is now at the venue’s Voltaire theater, which some may argue was an interesting choice for a residency. The stage is small, and the first level of seating is completely made up of tables, making for a more intimate setting, should you opt for the premium experience.

I visited the Sphere, Las Vegas’ newest venue–It’s a bucket-list item - nypost.com - Australia - New York - Las Vegas - city Sin - Antarctica - city Bangkok
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24.01.2024

I visited the Sphere, Las Vegas’ newest venue–It’s a bucket-list item

Las Vegas’ Sphere can take you there, and then to a few other galaxies along the way.Aside from being the newest piece of eye candy in the already fantastical Las Vegas skyline — pyramids, castles and ferris wheels, oh my! — the recently constructed orb is both a concert venue and an interactive exhibit that is a worth addition to any Sin City getaway itinerary.As casual fans may know, The Sphere is currently the home of U2’s months-long residency and will be hosting four back-to-back Phish concerts in April. However, that’s not all the venue has to offer.In addition to the aforementioned shows, Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky’s “Postcard from Earth” can also be seen at The Sphere.On a recent visit to Las Vegas, we took in a visually sumptuous two-hour experience that included a self-guided tour through the atrium followed by Aronofsky’s film inside the dome.Here are our thoughts on the film.The story of ‘Postcard from Earth’ follows two astronauts of sorts, who we later learn are leaving a depleted Earth to colonize a new planet.

Which surprise guests joined Joe Gatto at his Beacon Theatre show? - nypost.com - New York
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24.01.2024

Which surprise guests joined Joe Gatto at his Beacon Theatre show?

Joe Gatto didn’t recount his High School experience all too fondly during his first solo show at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. “I was the white kid who loved math and bowled… so… unf***able,” he joked.Clearly, the 47-year-old comic forgot to mention he also had his wild sense of humor going for him.

‘Fireworks’ is a Story of Young Love Crushed by Intolerance - www.metroweekly.com - Italy
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19.01.2024

‘Fireworks’ is a Story of Young Love Crushed by Intolerance

Fireworks. The boys spark a bond from the moment their mopeds collide on a forked road winding through the rocky countryside.Mop-haired 16-year-old Nino (Gabriele Pizzurro) is out joyriding on the scooter his parents just bought him, while slightly older Gianni (Samuele Segreto) is racing to escape two of the tormentors who refuse to let him be.Set during the summer of 1982, with the entire country entranced by the Italian national football team’s progress through the World Cup, the film marvelously conveys a sense of time and place.Picture it: small-town Sicily before Italy’s gay rights movement had truly crystallized.

‘Origin’ is a Sprawling Tearjerker with the Power to Change Minds - www.metroweekly.com - India - Germany
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19.01.2024

‘Origin’ is a Sprawling Tearjerker with the Power to Change Minds

Origin, starring as a celebrated writer diligently solving the puzzle that is her latest book, while also facing unfathomable personal adversity.The book she’s writing happens to be the nonfiction best-seller that inspired this film: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, by Isabel Wilkerson. In Caste, published in 2020, Wilkerson examines the racial hierarchy in America as a caste system, not unlike systems of oppression in India and in Nazi Germany that have enforced dynamics of superiority and inferiority based on characteristics other than race.“We call everything racism.

Rüfüs Du Sol concert review: House music fest meets party in the jungle - nypost.com - Australia - Mexico
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17.01.2024

Rüfüs Du Sol concert review: House music fest meets party in the jungle

Zamna sign and step into the underbelly of Quintana Roo’s jungle. We’ve timed our arrival at the venue around Rufus Du Sol’s ambiguous promise to play until sunrise.The alternative Australian dance group is made up of Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George and James Hunt, and while the trio is known for their Deep House hits like “Innerbloom,” “You Were Right,” and “Next To Me,” everyone in our group is more excited to see them perform an anything goes DJ set — a rare opportunity to freely express their uncapped musical genius.But “concert” does nothing to describe what happens at Zamna, aka Tulum’s premiere electronic music festival. As seasoned ravers and first-time ticket holders trek into the rainforest, they’re transported into a temporary universe unbeknownst to them.

‘The Seafarer’ is a Dark and Amusing Tale of Redemption (Review) - www.metroweekly.com - Ireland
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27.12.2023

‘The Seafarer’ is a Dark and Amusing Tale of Redemption (Review)

The Seafarer is just as powerfully a contemplation on what it is to knock along in a life pot-holed with bad luck and dysfunction. Indeed, almost all of the first act is a fly-on-the-wall immersion in a certain kind of seedy male domesticity.Amid peeling wallpaper and rising damp, the house buzzes with bark, banter, and potted philosophizing as mismatched cups, milk possibly past its sell-by date, and a lifetime’s unhealthy relationship with alcohol arrive and depart.

What’s it like to see Phish live at MSG? One super-Phan’s concert review - nypost.com - New York - Las Vegas - county Garden
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21.12.2023

What’s it like to see Phish live at MSG? One super-Phan’s concert review

Phish concerts are alike.The beloved jam band, which has been rocking together since 1983, makes sure every live show is a brand new experience complete with spectacular guitar riffs, trippy stage design and the occasional improvised vacuum solo.Yes, really.And, since the group refuses to rest on their laurels, fans keep coming back for more.Phishheads travel far and wide to see guitarist Trey Anastasio, drummer/vacumm player Jon Fishman, bassist Mike Gordon and keyboardist Page McConnell innovate whenever they can whether it be their annual four-night end of the year residency at New York City’s Madison Square Garden or Las Vegas’ Sphere next April.“It’s not like anything you’ve ever seen because it’s never happened before,” NY-based comedian and proud Phan Max Fine told the New York Post.“Every show is special and unique because they don’t plan for it. You get to be whoever you want at a Phish show.”For a closer look into the Phish experience, here’s what Fine said about seeing the band live.“There’s no set list and no song HAS to be played a certain way,” Fine shared.“Most songs are jams, especially in the second set,” he continued.

‘Wonka’ review: Cutesy prequel is ho-hum-diddlyumptious - nypost.com - city European
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05.12.2023

‘Wonka’ review: Cutesy prequel is ho-hum-diddlyumptious

Hugh Grant) has been reworked into a crafty, chatty, upper-crust Brit, obviously to erase those pesky imperialism critiques about previous portrayals of the captured Loompaland natives.And, while there are plenty of shady adults, there are no frightening Dahlian lessons for kids about the perils of bad behavior, a la “The Witches,” “Matilda” and “Charlie.”“Wonka” is its own, totally unchallenging confection. A Nestle Crunch bar of a movie.

‘Fargo’ Season 5 Review: Midwestern Rhapsody - www.metroweekly.com - USA - city Fargo
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03.12.2023

‘Fargo’ Season 5 Review: Midwestern Rhapsody

Fargo franchise is what gardeners would call a volunteer tree: sprung from a robust film, it has most certainly taken on a life of its own.Five seasons in, it has become the inimitable vision of writer Noah Hawley and his murderously affectionate take on the American Midwest. A witty, mischievous raconteur, Hawley delivers his (usually) cop-based yarns through ordinary lives that end up being anything but.

We saw The 1975 live – here’s why they’re still… at their very best - nypost.com
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16.11.2023

We saw The 1975 live – here’s why they’re still… at their very best

The 1975 is no less relevant in 2023 than they were in 2013 and the band’s performance at Madison Square Garden was a testament to their continued musical gifts. Fans poured in with cult-like rage for a Tuesday night, some bearing rectangular tattoos of the band’s album cover, others still half-dressed in work clothes, taking no chance of missing the man who teased a “indefinite hiatus” after they wrap their ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ tour.The crowd – a hodgepodge of teenage girls, married couples, and some likely single wannabe-groupies – was certainly buzzing. Healy’s closest followers live for his controversies.

We saw Geddy Lee on his 2023 ‘My Effin’ Life Tour.’ Here’s what happened - nypost.com - New York - Canada - Greece - county Rock
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14.11.2023

We saw Geddy Lee on his 2023 ‘My Effin’ Life Tour.’ Here’s what happened

Geddy Lee toured all over the world with Rush from 1968 all the way to 2018 when the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band called it quits.Now, five years later, he’s on his first-ever book tour.Lee, 70, is taking his memoir “My Effin’ Life” on the road to venues all over North America up until Dec. 7.He kicked off the 14-show run at New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Monday, Nov.

What’s it like to see Brett Goldstein live? The NY Post weighs in - nypost.com - Britain - New York - county Harrison - county Ford
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13.11.2023

What’s it like to see Brett Goldstein live? The NY Post weighs in

Brett Goldstein fans don’t know the comic from the stage.No, the majority of his audience is likely familiar with his work on Apple TV’s “Ted Lasso” where he plays hard-nosed, foul-mouthed footballer turned coach Roy Kent.On top of that, he also co-created and wrote for the Jason Segel and Harrison Ford series “Shrinking” for the network.However, long before the 43-year-old Brit inhabited the role that netted him a pair of Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, he was a stand-up comedian.And now that he’s made a splash stateside, he’s touring his act all over North America as part of his ongoing ‘Second Best Night Of Your Life Tour.’Given that we’re such big fans of his persona, we had to see what his act was like.So, the New York Post sent Brett Goldstein aficionado Angela Tricarico to check out his Friday, Nov. 10 gig at New York City’s Beacon Theatre.“Don’t expect to hear much about ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Shrinking,’ even now that the strike is over,” Tricarico shared.

‘Fat Ham’ at Studio Theatre Review: Great Dane - www.metroweekly.com - state Maryland - Denmark - Virginia - state Oregon - Tennessee - North Carolina
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11.11.2023

‘Fat Ham’ at Studio Theatre Review: Great Dane

Fat Ham, James Ijames relocates Shakespeare’s Hamlet from the kingdom of Denmark to a modern-day backyard in “North Carolina, or Virginia, or Maryland, or Tennessee.”The playwright infuses the tale with the culturally specific atmosphere of Black Americana — pork on the grill, brown liquor flowing, and Frankie Beverly singing “Before I Let Go” as a grown and sexy couple grooves to the music. But instead of a pondering prince, we have melancholy only-son Juicy (Marquis D.

‘Confederates’ Review: Slave Play - www.metroweekly.com - city Sandra
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04.11.2023

‘Confederates’ Review: Slave Play

Confederates renders a frank, witty, and delightfully twisted exploration of racial biases, be they unconscious or firmly resolved.The play, directed by Stori Ayers in a riveting new production at Mosaic, derives some suspense from the anticipation that its parallel plotlines might connect. But whether or not the individual stories of embattled college professor Sandra (Nikkole Salter) and enslaved rebel Sara (Deidre Staples) actually meet, their experiences as Black women, though separated by centuries, are still intertwined.Even Nadir Bey’s evocative set design suggests as much, combining Sandra’s office and Sara’s plantation cabin within the same space.

‘Grounded’ Review: Operatic Soar - www.metroweekly.com - Washington - state Nevada - Iraq
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04.11.2023

‘Grounded’ Review: Operatic Soar

Top Gun set to a musical theater score. After that subsides, you might then wonder if this is too round a peg trying to fit into too square a hole.And yet to see Jeanine Tersori’s Grounded, a co-production with the Metropolitan Opera, is to be dazzled by concept and execution alike.

‘Rustin’ Review: Truth Be Told - www.metroweekly.com - New York - Washington - Indiana - county Rock - city Montgomery - county Clayton
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04.11.2023

‘Rustin’ Review: Truth Be Told

Rustin, the long-awaited biopic directed by George C. Wolfe, and written by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black, drives home the point that the arc of U.S.

Ladies First - www.metroweekly.com - county Curry
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28.10.2023

Ladies First

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.Politics ain’t for babies, especially at the highest level, so blowing off steam by cursing like a sailor just seems to be what gets an overtaxed, under-appreciated staffer through a tough day.And this day, as it careens ahead into one disaster after another, will be especially tough for staffers, the First Lady, and POTUS himself, who never actually appears onstage. But he gets the whole shitstorm started by referring to his wife as “cunty” — and not in a good way — during a meeting with foreign dignitaries.Managing potential fallout from the flub falls to the President’s harried Chief of Staff, Harriet (Naomi Jacobson); officious press secretary, Jean (Natalya Lynette Rathnam); and, begrudgingly, the First Lady, Margaret (Felicia Curry).A million other complications, from petty to Presidential, threaten to further derail the day: determined journalist and new mom, Chris (Yesenia Iglesias), hiding out in the West Wing; an unexpected visit from POTUS’ much-younger mistress, Dusty (Sarah-Anne Martinez); and a really unexpected visit from his ne’er-do-well lesbian sister, Bernadette (Kelly McAndrew).Meanwhile, the President’s secretary, Stephanie (Megan Hill), tries to control the increasing flow of traffic in and out of the Oval Office.

‘The Chameleon’ Review: Family Dysfunction - www.metroweekly.com - China
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28.10.2023

‘The Chameleon’ Review: Family Dysfunction

The Chameleon least expects it, the roof of their house caves in, and not just figuratively.Though, without question, the sudden ceiling collapse serves as a metaphor for the fragile, imperiled state of several family members and relationships inside the Golden-Kruger household in suburban Long Island.Gathered for a “Jewish Christmas” dinner of takeout Chinese, and celebrating a milestone job offer for prodigal daughter Riz (Dina Thomas), the family had already seen the mood marred by turbulent outside interruptions.But a hole in the roof is also an actual catastrophe for everyone in the house, another WTF, post-dinner disaster in a night filled with them, meant to be played for angst and laughs — the measure of which can be hard to read in director Ellie Heyman’s world-premiere production at Theater J.Despite the awkward live execution of the roof caving in on Andrew R.

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