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Review: In James Gunn’s DC-Verse, Supergirl May be Derivative, but She’s a Heroine in Her Own Right Nevertheless

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Neo-Futurists’ Burning Bluebeard Marks 115th Anniversary of Iroquois Theatre Fire

The Neo-Futurists are staging their sad and fantastical romp based on the true story of Chicago’s 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire, in which 600 audience members were killed. This short run […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 29, 2018
    • Stages , Theater

    2018 in Review: What We Liked on Stage

    This isn’t a “best theater of 2018” list. We didn’t see everything. Most of our writers are freelancers, all with other gigs, and it’s hard for us to cover the […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • December 27, 2018
    • Game , Games & Tech , Review

    Review: 60 Parsecs Excels in its Comedy and Simplicity

      You’re in space, Earth has gone into nuclear disarray and one of the warheads is heading straight to your ship. You have 60 seconds to pack as many things […]

  • Julian Ramirez
  • December 27, 2018
    • Film , Film & TV , Music , Video

    Review: In Springsteen On Broadway, the Boss Tells His Life Story in Words and Music

    In early 1978, Bruce Springsteen embarked on the Darkness on the Edge of Town tour, in what would become a new benchmark for his brand of stadium epics. The Boss […]

  • Matthew Nerber
  • December 26, 2018
    • Beyond , Event , Museums , Uncategorized

    GALLERY: Christmas Around the World at MSI Chicago and Holiday Quiz

    Merry Christmas to all of our readers from all of us at Third Coast Review, and Happy Holidays! We hope you’re enjoying your time, whether you’re awaiting Christmas dinner or […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • December 25, 2018
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    Review: In Risky Cheney Biopic VICE, Former VP is the Supervillain

    Whether or not you enjoy this biopic on former Vice-President Dick Cheney may depend a great deal on how much you enjoy snark, skimming the surface of a subject who […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 25, 2018
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
    • Film , Film & TV

    Review: Barry Jenkins Creates a Masterpiece in Adapting James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk

    To those with just a passing awareness of such things, Moonlight may only be known as that film at the center of Envelopegate at the 2017 Academy Awards; the cast […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 24, 2018
  • On the Basis of Sex
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: On The Basis of Sex Is an Approachable Biopic for an Ambitious American Icon

    It could be reasonably argued that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most important American woman alive today. In a deeply divided political climate, she sits in a […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 24, 2018
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Pink Crosses Mark the Graves of the Desconocidas in Isaac Gomez’ Powerful La Ruta

    Pink crosses spread across the front of the stage. Many of them are marked “Desconocida” (unknown). Unmarked graves of young women who wanted to better their lives by working in […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 23, 2018
    • Beyond , Event

    GALLERY: Christkindlmarket–A Chicago Christmas Can’t Miss

    When I was about sixteen years old, I got the opportunity to visit Germany. On that trip, I found myself in Saxony, in a small former mining town called Schneeberg. […]

  • Marielle Bokor
  • December 23, 2018
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Despite Hiccups, Touring Fiddler on the Roof Remains Poignant, Relevant

      Fiddler on the Roof premiered on Broadway in 1964, and it was a smash hit. It ran for more than 3,000 performances (a record at the time) and won […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • December 22, 2018
  • Second Act
    • Film , Film & TV , Review , Uncategorized

    Review: Jennifer Lopez in Second Act Doesn’t Deserve a First Look

    In a true Christmas miracle, everything about Second Act, the new Jennifer Lopez film, manages to scream that it’s both trying too hard and not trying hard enough. Foregoing any real […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • December 21, 2018
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