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Review: Olio e Più and the Romance of a Perfect Meal

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    Review: Crime 101, Adapted from a Novella, Hits All the Expected Heist Drama Notes, Carried by Halle Berry and Barry Keoghan’s Performances

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  • Lisa Trifone
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    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Liam Neeson Is Still Having Fun in Cold Storage, a Classic B-Movie Sci-Fi Drama with Laughs

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    Review: A Toronto Comedy Duo Hilariously Travels in Time in Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie

    The running gag in the web series Nirvanna The Band The Show is that the titular fictional band has never actually written or recorded any music. We’d get snippets of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 13, 2026
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    Review: A Goat with a Dream Leads Animated Sports Flick GOAT, About Animals Talking, Balling and Chasing Dreams

    Marking the feature film debut from director Tyree Dillihay (who helmed many episodes of Bob’s Burgers over the years) and co-director Adam Rosette, GOAT is the animated coming-of-age story of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 13, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights Is Lush and Lustful, if Lacking Connective Tissue to Classic Characters

    Whether or not you read (or were forced to read) the 1847 novel by Emily Brontë doesn’t really factor into the viewing of writer/director Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights. […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 13, 2026
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    Love Bites at Farm Bar, The Goddess and Grocer, for Galentine’s and Valentine’s Day

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  • Karin McKie
  • February 13, 2026
    • Art & Museums , Fantasy , Fiction , Lit , Painting & sculpture

    Review: The Gospel According to Horror, The Butcher of Nazareth, by David Scott Hay

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  • February 13, 2026
    • Film , Film & TV , Interview

    Interview: Filmmaker Bart Layton on Making Crime 101, Toning Down Chris Hemsworth’s Hotness and Crafting a Grown-Up Drama

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  • Steve Prokopy
  • February 12, 2026
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    Review: In By Design, Body Swap Gets an Enchanting New Twist with a Woman and…a Chair

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  • Nick Glover
  • February 12, 2026
    • Music , Reviews

    Review: An Evening of Mind-Blowing Strings with Sudan Archives and Cain Culto

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  • Andrew Lagunas
  • February 12, 2026
    • Film & TV , Film fest

    Preview: The Salt Shed Is Back for More Tears with Crying at the Shed 2026

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  • February 12, 2026
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