Videogame Review: ‘Celestial Return’ – A Surreal, Dice-Driven Sci-Fi Noir Odyssey - Blogcritics

Once in a while, an indie developer throws out the standard design rulebook entirely. Celestial Retu

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Music Review: The Waterboys’ Excellent ‘Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman’s Blues Recordings’ - Blogcritics

Fisherman’s Blues, the fourth and best-known album by the UK’s Waterboys, signaled a quantum leap fo

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Book Review: ‘Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions,’ Edited by Saul Kassin with an Introduction by John Grisham - Blogcritics

Liberty is a vaunted goal in this country and one of the ideals deeply woven into the American ident

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Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Whoopi Monologues’ Revives Whoopi Goldberg’s Classic Characters - Blogcritics

The Whoopi Monologues Whoopi Goldberg achieved EGOT status (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) in 2002. She

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Music Reviews: The Rolling Stones’ ‘Foreign Tongues,’ plus Soul Music from Baltimore - Blogcritics

The Rolling Stones’ last album of new material, 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, was their first such CD in

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Graphic Novel Review: ‘The Legend of Kamui: Volume 3’ by Shirato Sanpei, from Drawn+Quarterly - Blogcritics

The Legend of Kamui: Volume Three by Shirato Sanpei, published by Drawn and Quarterly, continues an

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Movie Review: ‘The Odyssey’ - Blogcritics

NOTE: No spoilers here.

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Concert Review: Poiesis Quartet Plays Beethoven and a Jeff Scott Premiere - Blogcritics

Train after train bypassed the 25th Street station and I grew more and more frustrated. It was late

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Music Reviews: The Cyrkle’s ‘Revival,’ plus C. Gibbs and Ray Campi - Blogcritics

To say the Cyrkle got off to an auspicious start would be a major understatement. This 1960s pop-roc

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Party Game Review: ‘In A World’ from Ludonaut - Blogcritics

In A World from Ludonaut Games draws players together to decide what in the world they would want in

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Concert Review: Lyle Lovett at City Winery, NYC - Blogcritics

Lyle Lovett rocketed his multi-city City Winery tour to New York City for the semiquincentennial Fou

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I Shall Be Released (Old School Edition): Rolling Stones, Madonna, Jack White, plus Ariana Grande and Collective Soul - Blogcritics

I miss a few weeks and I come back and what do I find? Nothing but new albums from artists way past

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Comic Review: ‘Declaration/Emancipation Illustrated’ by R. Sikoryak, from Drawn+Quarterly - Blogcritics

Emancipation Proclamation Declaration/Emancipation Illustrated by R. Sikoryak, published by Drawn an

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Interview: Composer Jeff Scott on the NYC Premiere of ‘Tapestry of the Beloved Beatified’ - Blogcritics

In 1992, transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson was found dead in the Hudson River – murdered, many

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Book Review: ‘Grub: Why We Eat, Why It Matters and the Seven Forces That Shape Our Food’ by Lee Cadesky - Blogcritics

Water may be humanity’s most essential resource, but food follows close behind. We cultivate it, pre

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Music Reviews: A Tribute to Badfinger’s Pete Ham, plus Graham Parker, the Tasty Kings, and the Claudettes - Blogcritics

Pete Ham, who died by suicide in 1975 at age 27, achieved considerable success during his lifetime a

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Discovering Funny at ATX TV Fest: Five Shows, and the Writers of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ - Blogcritics

What is

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Tribeca Festival Movie Review: ‘In the Hand of Dante’ With Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot – a Suspenseful Thriller - Blogcritics

In the Hand of Dante, Julian Schnabel’s poetic, darkly ironic and seemingly quixotic film, gives nod

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Music Reviews: Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Live from Asbury Park,’ plus the Knack, Iris DeMent, Rachelle Garniez, and R.W. Hampton - Blogcritics

After issuing his first album in 1973, Bruce Springsteen spent more than a decade building a deserve

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Tribeca Festival Documentary Review: ‘Chris & Martina: The Final Set’ - Blogcritics

Chris and Martina: The Final Set brings together tennis superstars Chris Evert and Martina Navratilo

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Tribeca Festival Movie Review: ‘The Leader’ Starring Tim Blake Nelson, Vera Farmiga, Jim Parsons - Blogcritics

The Leader Gobsmacking performances, a dynamite, well-researched script and attention to humanity an

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Tribeca Festival Movie Review: ‘The Accompanist’ with Aubrey Plaza, Susan Sarandon - Blogcritics

The Accompanist Zach Woods' The Accompanist begins with slow consideration. It shows an untenable si

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I Shall Be Released: Chuck Berry, Jo Dee Messina, Pussy Riot, Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck, and Dinnerstein Plays Glass - Blogcritics

Chuck Berry Rocks Live, Dinnerstein Plays Glass, a Comeback for Jo Dee Messina, a Debut (!) from Pus

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Tribeca Festival Documentary Review: ‘American Zoo’ – the Rise and Fall of the Catskill Game Farm - Blogcritics

American Zoo Tim Travers Hawkins outdoes himself in his riveting expose American Zoo, a story of dar

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ATX TV Event: Classic ‘Twilight Zone’ Moments with a Rod Serling Biographer - Blogcritics

The ATX TV Festival, which was held in Austin from May 28-31, not only previews current and future t

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Theater Review: ‘Girl, Interrupted’ – Stunning Music, Memorable Performances - Blogcritics

Girl, Interrupted Matyna Majok’s adaptation of Girl, Interrupted, based on Susanna Kaysen’s titular

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RPG Review: ‘Vaesen – Mythic Britain & Ireland’ from Free League - Blogcritics

Mythic Britain & Ireland expands the Vaesen Nordic horror roleplaying game world from Free Leagu

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Art: ‘Musical Bodies’ – Humans and Our Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Blogcritics

From fifth grade all the way through the end of high school I played the French horn. Although the p

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