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Lindberg & Aho: Clarinet Concertos album review – Julian Bliss’s performances are immaculate
The Guardian
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August 29, 2025
Composed just a few years apart, these impressive Finnish clarinet concertos were inspired by the playing of two of the finest clarinettists of our time, both Nordic. Magnus Lindberg’s concerto was composed in 2002 for his friend Kari Kriikku,...
Review: At Work
Cineuropa
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29/08/2025 - VENICE 2025: Bastien Bouillon excels in Valérie Donzelli’s surprisingly deep dive into the vocation of writing Bastien Bouillon in At Work The classic notion of the artist’s “vow of poverty” gets a modern update for the gig-economy...
REVIEW: Mary Poppins - fabulous spectacle and great magic in Southampton
Sussex World
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August 29, 2025
Mary Poppins, Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, August 27-September 20 Watching Jack Chambers’ Bert there comes a point in the second half where you find yourself thinking a mix of “Is he really doing what I think he is doing?” and “No! Please...
MOVIE MIKE: The Untold Story of the 1990 Ninja Turtles Movie + Movie Review
98.5 The Bull - California
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August 30, 2025
Mike just went to see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after it was back in theaters for its 35th Anniversary. He shares the history of the movie and how it became the highest-grossing independent film of its time. He talks about why the movie is one...
‘The Last Viking’ Review: Mads Mikkelsen Is Funny and Poignant in Danish Crime Comedy About Delusion and Brotherly Love
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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August 30, 2025
Mads Mikkelsen brings a deadpan look and a great deal of grace to his role as a psychologically troubled man named Manfred, who insists on being called John because he is John Lennon. Call him Manfred and he will abruptly jump out of a moving car...
‘Below the Clouds’ Review: Italian Documentary Explores Gorgeous, Haunted City of Naples
The Wrap
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August 30, 2025
These days, it can be tricky for an Italian filmmaker to make a movie about the city of Naples, considering that Italian filmmaking icon Paolo Sorrentino almost owns that turf. Sorrentino has focused on the city throughout his career, including...
‘Motor City’ Review: Shut Up, We’ve Got an Action Flick Goin’ On Here
The Wrap
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August 30, 2025
In Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice,” which premiered Friday at the Venice Film Festival, a character who works in the paper manufacturing industry is very proud of how he won that industry’s 2019 Pulp Man of the Year award. Well, in Venice one...
Review: 2025 MasterCraft X24 wake-making perfection on a Wyoming lake
New Atlas
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August 30, 2025
Waterskiing, knee boarding, and wake surfing (aka wakeboarding) are popular water-sports. They can be done on any body of water that is large enough to accommodate a relatively fast-moving boat. MasterCraft boats can do all three, but specialize...
‘Frankenstein’ Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Passion Project Is Monstrously Moving
The Wrap
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August 30, 2025
“Frankenstein” has been a passion project of director Guillermo del Toro’s for a long time, but you don’t need to read about how he worked for more than a decade to get it off the ground to understand that. The passion drips from every frame of...
‘Hamlet’ Review: Riz Ahmed Is a Not-Very-Melancholy Dane in Revved-Up Adaptation
The Wrap
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August 30, 2025
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a new version of “Hamlet” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday, because this particular Shakespeare tragedy seems to be in the air these days. Most notably, Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet,” another...
Sabrina Carpenter's new album has dropped and fans are disappointed for these 4 reasons
Irish Star
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August 30, 2025
Sabrina Carpenter has released her new album, Man's Best Friend, something she has been teasing fans with for months. The new musical offering has 12 songs, including one called Tears, which has left some people feeling slightly aghast with its...
Grit and Valor - 1949 Nintendo Switch review: An excellent RTS with a roguelite skin
Sportskeeda
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August 30, 2025
Grit and Valor - 1949 is easily the most surprising game I've played this year, and considering the number of games I've already played in 2025, that's saying a lot. While the game isn't doing anything out of the ordinary or groundbreaking per se,...
Colourful Stage The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing review: Confusing, dense anime
Mid Day Mumbai
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August 31, 2025
The story follows multiple teenage bands in alternate worlds (Sekai) who must help a depressed version of Miku—who has lost her voice—regain her ability to sing This first feature film with popular fictional character, Hatsune Miku, a globally...
'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' Review: Jeremy Allen White Captures Heart In The Biopic
Bollywood Shaadis
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August 30, 2025
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is a music biopic directed by Scott Cooper, known for Crazy Heart and Out of the Furnace. Starring Jeremy Allen White as 'Bruce Springsteen', alongside Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, and Gaby...
Eversolo DMP-A10
Australian Hi-Fi
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September 1, 2025
Why you can trust What Hi-Fi? Our expert team reviews products in dedicated test rooms, to help you make the best choice for your budget. Find out more about how we test. Eversolo is a young company and it shows. There is a sense of adventure and...
Review: GREASE at The Carnegie
BroadwayWorld
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The Carnegie honored the end of the summer season with some of its own “summer lovin’” with their latest production of Grease, which ran from August 15-24th, 2025 in Covington, Kentucky. This classic musical, as well as the wildly popular movie...
REVIEW: Alabama brings hits to satisfy Allentown Fair crowd
WLVR-FM - Pennsylvania
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August 29, 2025
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The fact that country band Alabama has performed together for 57 years speaks volumes about the group knowing what its audience wants. So does the fact that the band has had 32 No. 1 and two dozen more Top 10 country hits. It is...
Aug. 30 REVIEW - Regional News
The North West Iowa Review
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August 30, 2025
Iowa’s West Coast Initiative, Northwest Iowa Developers, and Siouxland Economic Development Corporation are hosting The BIG Challenge grant competition to offer $10,000 in prize money. The contest encourages entrepreneurs to Build, Innovate, and...
‘Not a single review mentioned it’: Airbnb hosts asks why guests gave low rating. Then they reveal the creepy hair wall
The Mary Sue
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August 30, 2025
A person recently gave their Airbnb a low rating, much to the amusement of their TikTok audience. The reason? They found multiple locks of human hair taped to the wall underneath a pair of blue curtains. In a video with more than 1.1 million...
Best hotels in St Ives, Cornwall 2025, reviewed
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...