#newspaper review

[theoniprince]

Mord zum Sonntag - Tatort: Schau mich an

(by Stefan Benz, 05.04, Wiesbadener Kurier)

LUDWIG?!?!?!? 🥺💕

#tatort münchen #tatort schau mich an #ivo batic #franz leitmayr #kalli hammermann #tatort #review #newspaper review #german

[lifewithaview]

Kelsey Grammer in Frasier (1993) I Hate Frasier Crane

S1E4

After being insulted on Frasier's show following a bad review, newspaper columnist Derek Mann challenges Frasier to a fist fight. Although Frasier agrees in the heat of the moment, Martin is angry to later learn he has no intention of going through with it. After learning of the shame he put Martin through when he ducked out of a similar situation as a child, Frasier resolves to meet the challenge.

*Martin says he has been trying to solve the murder of a prostitute that happened 20 years earlier. Later he says the murder occurred when Frasier was 12 years old. Frasier would have been much older than that at the time.

#Frasier #1993 #tv series #sitcom #Kelsey Grammer #S1E4 #insult #newspaper review #Derek Mann #challenge #fist fight #comedy #just watched #I Hate Frasier Crane

[garadinervi]

James Baldwin, A Talk to Teachers, The «Saturday Review», December 21, 1963; in James Baldwin: Collected Essays, [ch. Other Essays], [note: «Toni Morrison selected the contents for this volume»], Library of America, New York, NY, 1998, pp. 678-686

#graphic design #newspaper #magazine #book #james baldwin #toni morrison #saturday review #library of america #1960s #1990s

[lanadel-heyyy]

this movie was legitimately terrible for multiple real reasons, but i will suffer anything for this man

letterboxd reviews of 57 seconds

#josh hutcherson #franklin fox #57 seconds #god bless those of us who watched this #josh make more movies in louisiana #was i supposed to believe there is not one but TWO tech billionaires living in lafayette louisiana #maybe it was set somewhere different but they had the lafayette flag in multiples scenes #and the New Orleans Advocate newspaper stands #whatever just get this man back down here #i’m trying to see something #letterboxd #letterboxd reviews

[behindthescreamz]

newspaper reviews for “wild things” (1998)

#wild things #john mcnaughton #neve campbell #suzie toller #denise richards #kelly van ryan #kevin bacon #ray duquette #matt dillon #sam lombardo #thriller #mystery #drama #90s movies #dark movies #dark comedy #90s #90s women #movie review #old newspaper

[quilt-giving]

Sunday Morning Sept 21, 1947. Court upholds Maryland Ban on “Outlaw’. “Actress Jane Russell’s bosom is not sufficiently confined in film.”

A while back I received a portrait of my great grandfather from an aunt. I decided to clean the frame., Inside the frame, behind the picture was a newspaper. This was the first article I saw. #1947 #outlaw

#outlaw #1947 #newspaper #TheNashvilleTennessean #judgeEPaulMason #maryland #movie review #movie ban #Jane Russell

[shelyue99]

Some media review of BoB. The last two are from the New York Times.

#band of brothers #newspaper #review

[syn4k]

good morning guys my fic got a new york times review i think ive officially made it into the big leagues

#ray's tag #described #ao3 #this one made me laugh out loud while i was checking my email this morning ALSKAKSK #i know this isnt real but i respect the dedication to the bit. thank you american newspaper the new york times for leaving #a favorable review on my empires smp crackfic 🙏🙏🙏

[macrolit]

Has anyone ever been MORE wrong about anything?

#the beatles #beatles #music #review #ed sullivan #1960s #newspaper #wrong

[theoniprince]

Mord zum Sonntag - Tatort: Am Tag der wandernden Seelen

(by Birgitta Lamparth, 04.05, Wiesbadener Kurier)

#tatort berlin #tatort am tag der wandernden seelen #tatort #robert karow #susanne bonard #review #newspaper review #spoiler

[wiiildflowerrr]

'5 Seconds of Summer have proven why support acts shouldn't be overlooked'

Daily Mirror (UK), 5 October 2023

'5 Seconds of Summer may have had a helping hand from One Direction but almost eight years since their last tour with the group, the Aussie lads have proven they're more than enough, writes Daniel Bird...'

Full article / review of The 5SOS Show Manchester below (link):

'Arguably one of the biggest bands right now, it's no surprise that 5 Seconds of Summer are continuing to sell out arenas.

Having seen the four Aussies at the start of their career, playing in venues with a capacity of 300 with tickets being sold for less than £15, to now seeing them at stadiums and sold-out arenas, they've come a long way. Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin first joined forces in 2011, uploading videos to YouTube and amassing a string of fans.

One of those happened to be Louis Tomlinson from One Direction, who invited the quartet to support them on their 2013 Take Me Home Tour. They went on to support the 1D lads for another two years on the Where We Are and On The Road Again tours, performing to millions of fans across the globe.

But while they were warming the crowd up, the group were also busy with their own music, with early releases including Out Of My Limit and arguably their best track, Heartache on the Big Screen, they soon went on to establish their own name, 5SOS (five sauce). With this new-found fame came their own fans, in their thousands.

Tickets for their headline shows would sell out within minutes as fans packed venues to hear their favourite songs live. But in 12 years, they've proven that support acts shouldn't be overlooked. Many of us go to gigs, often missing the support act or not taking anything away from them but these lads were different.

Was it their humour? Their childish energy at times? Their on-stage banter with one another? That's something we won't know but their recent show at Manchester's AO Arena on the The 5 Seconds of Summer Show was certainly one of their best. Opening the show with Bad Omens, certainly set the mood for the night as Luke, Calum, Michael and Ashton delved through their back catalogue and delivered an electric set.

Part of the show included audience participation, with a giant red dice being launched into the audience by Hemmings, allowing the crowd to choose the next song, with Voodoo Doll being chosen, much to the excitement of the 21,000 roaring fans. This opened a gateway for the lads to discuss their past, with Ashton recalling staying at a hotel over the road from the arena while supporting One Direction.

"About ten people knew who we were at the time, now look," he exclaimed while reflecting on their meteoric rise to success as he recalled performing at smaller venues before the band managed to sell out the biggest indoor arena in Europe. But while reflecting, the group looked towards the future as they stated their plans for the next few months are pretty empty.

This, however, is for good reason as lead guitarist Michael is set to welcome his first child with his wife, Chrystal Leigh Clifford. Joking about his future, he laughed while saying he will be going from playing in front of thousands of fans to having a "house covered in poop" before Luke interjected, adding he will be able to teach Clifford's daughter how to wear make-up.

Anecdotes aside, the group certainly showcased their performance skills and failed to stand still for the cheering crowd as they made their presence in the arena known. Having seen the lads perform countless times, this was certainly their best performance to date.'

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#the 5sos show manchester #one direction #5sos #5 seconds of summer #calum hood #ashton irwin #luke hemmings #michael clifford #louis tomlinson #daily mirror #british newspaper #gig review #concert review #4 october #2023 #the 5sos show tour

[paradox-n-bedrock]

Hey! I saw throughout some of your tags that you got to see both Macbeth and The Enfield Haunting! (to which I'm insanely jealous, please hand over your memories to me at your earliest convenience!) What did you think of them??

Oh hi!!

The Enfield Haunting was enjoyable. Reviews for it have been overly harsh, for the most part, and I think part of that might be the genre bias horror often faces. The dialogue is clunky, particularly in the beginning, but I can say it's a fun show if you're a Conjuring, Enfield Poltergeist, or general haunted history fan. It presents the supernatural influence vs troubled children aspect in a balanced way, as is necessary for this plot. It also builds tension rather effectively once it gets going, while letting Catherine punctuate it with moments of lightness and her usual impeccable timing. There are some really good parts where a theme seemed to come together of this overwhelmed woman dealing with a rotating cycle of overbearing men (invasive investigators, infatuated neighbor, disrespectful ex-husband, and the poltergeist, of course) making nuisances of themselves in her home while she's just trying to push through each day without losing herself or her children to their collective unhappiness. If the theme had carried through more cohesively, it would have been a strong play. Unfortunately, I was left yearning for a bit more of that story, as it gets messy and lost maybe two thirds of the way though when the focus shifts to the investigator. But mainly, Catherine is so, so talented. She carries the whole thing on her back, with some help from the young actress who plays a very creepy Janet. It's hard to take your eyes off of her as Peggy, even when she's harried and anxious or reacting in furious silence to the action happening on the other side of the stage. She just... draws your gaze. And when she steels her spine to stand up for her family and her space, she's positively luminous. Plus there's an unexpected delight in a couple of scenes where Catherine sings Only Wanna Be With You--very sweetly, just a bar or two--and my heart felt like it was going to fucking burst. Hello, her voice... I need her to do another musical, preferably one we get a soundtrack to.

And she's so kind at the stage door. It was a two show day and she had a con the next morning but she still took the time to speak to every single person that was waiting there.

__

Macbeth, I wasn't carrying even the slightest hope of seeing but then I was able to get a standing ticket in my cart while on the flight there (though I had to let it go) and realized my years of stalking concert presales were about to come in handy. Ironically, my partner was the one who did snag the tickets two days later. I... actually ended up with a first row seat, though she was in the standing section. But that's just me rambling about the process because I still can't believe it worked out the way it did.

I'm not even sure what to say about the show itself. The whole cast is phenomenal. The production is conceptually very cool. The audio tricks they play with the witches--via a headset for each audience member and the eerie sense of movement and foreboding conveyed by bilateral audio--plus the starkness of the empty white stage and simple dark costuming just work. The contrast of the blood when David is centerstage, distressed and panting as he washes it away, feels poignant rather than pretentious. He's captivating the whole way through, but especially then, when he temporarily strips away the ambition along with his stained clothes to reveal the broken and guilty thing underneath. There's nothing like how DT delivers Shakespeare--the meaning flows out of him as naturally as the words themselves and it's incredibly approachable without losing any of its gravitas. The dynamic between the leads is atypical in a really lovely way. David's Macbeth and Cush's Lady Macbeth come across more like codependent partners and ruthless accomplices than a greedy but hesitant royal and his calculating wife egging him on. He looks to her for support rather than a push to kill Duncan, and the adoration between them is palpable, even as they each deteriorate in their own ways. I walked out of this show feeling so deeply affected, it was like a religious experience.

(Macbeth also feels very gender, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who's a fan of DT's Benedict, though this is obviously in a very different way. As does Malcolm, played by Ros Watt--who's non-binary--and Ross, played by Moyo Akandé. I adore the whole cast, honestly.)

#the enfield haunting #catherine tate #macbeth #david tennant #david tennant macbeth #oh my gosh thank you for asking #i never would have wrote this up without the incentive #hopefully it's not too obnoxious #i felt like i started to channel my college newspaper art review days #as short lived as they were #asks #shakespeare #theatre

[ineffectualdemon]

Is there anything as quietly beautiful as someone saving something because it made them think about another person and they want to share it with them?

"I saw this and I thought you would like it"

The most beautiful thing a person can say

#brought to you by my father in law sending us a newspaper review of Good Omens 2 #love #platonic #human connection #kindness #relationships

[whalehouse1]

Barry: Stop trying to one up Batman, Green, he’ll break you in half.

Hal: I’d let him.

Clark: CAN I JUST EAT MY BREAKFAST ON THIS SPACE STATION ONE TIME WITHOUT SOMEONE SAYING SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE!?

Hal: Jealous Sups?

Barry just walking away, questioning his taste in friends.

#Barry Allen #the flash #green lantern #Hal Jordan #Clark kent #Superman #batlantern #super lantern #this is what happens when someone you watch reviews a lot of silver age comics #and her love of human dumpster fire Hal Jordan implants itself into you #also the fact I absolutely LOVE horrible movies in a nonironic way doesn’t help my love for the silver age bs #Lois cliff diving cause she’s late for work #Superman and Batman emotionally manipulating her for no good reason #her somehow knowing someone wasn’t Wonder Woman cause she didn’t get hit hard enough #Hal losing to a newspaper a sign and soap? #Flash sweating all over potatoes #Jimmy Olsen being the most successful super villain? #please give me this crap #I enjoy it way too much #I grew up on crack fandom and that taste never goes away

[anonymousfoz]

HS Journalism: Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas Review (Feature)

★★★★☆ (4 out of 5)

Good Luck Charlie is an American sitcom that ran on the Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. The show had four seasons and one movie. The movie, “Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas!” is not as well known as other holiday movies to watch with family and friends.

The movie follows the Duncan family of six as they plan to spend a Christmas with grandparents in Palm Springs, Ca. It is the family's first Christmas away from their home in Denver. Things go awry when daughter Teddy Duncan (Bridgit Mendler), and mother Amy Duncan (Leigh-Allyn Baker), get separated from their family after Teddy gives up her seat on the plane in exchange for a free plane ticket.

The movie is a delight to watch, however it comes with minor issues. The movie doesn’t truly feel like cinema as it tries to feel like an episode of the show instead of a separate entity. It does take certain elements away from the sitcom formula such as the laugh track and natural lighting. The movie is clearly made for fans of the show as it jumps straight into the movie without introducing the cast to those who haven’t seen the show. The movie is supposed to take place between seasons 2 and 3, which might be why writers or the director chose to tell the narrative that way. It doesn’t truly take away from the experience and provides a unique style of movies that isn’t quite modern anymore.

The biggest issue that stands out is the acting. For example, Baker doesn’t truly have good acting in her role as the mother compared to the rest of the cast. It seems to exaggerate her personality from her show. In the show, Amy is loving and caring about her family while being very overworked. However, at times she is self-centered and does try to be the star of the family most of the time. Yet in the movie she is very aggressive, and her side of being self-centered is over exaggerated at certain points in the movie. Out of all the characters, she feels out of character until half way through the movie.

Teddy’s character seems flat for a movie character up until the end of the second act. While her character is the same as in the show, she doesn’t really progress over the course of the movie other than a few instances of her responsibility, but she’s already a responsible character in the main show. For the main character, you would expect to see her growth throughout the second act, yet that development only really occurs at the end of the second act.

The other characters are the same from their show counterparts, and their characters shine through the side plot to the main story. Their side plot was the enjoyable part of the movie including the climax up to the resolution of the movie. For instance PJ Duncan (Jason Dolley) is the dumb member of the family, yet throughout the seasons, he gets noticeably smarter and ambitious. This does appear in the movie towards the climax.

While the acting is the major negative part of the movie, the positives outweigh the negatives. Certain jokes and minor plot points pay off towards the climax in clever ways. The movie is very unoriginal in certain plot points, yet makes up for it in the creativity and exaggeration in some of the scenes and especially the climax with the male members of the family. Numerous jokes were surprisingly funny considering that the movie is a decade old.

Despite all the jokes, the movie does know how to transition from silly to serious in a way that doesn’t give the viewer whiplash. The movie is great at evoking emotions as the serious moments give impact, though they aren’t as frequent in the movie as the silly moments; they stick out and carry throughout the rest of the movie.

Overall this movie is worth watching as it captures the craziness of the holidays with family. While the movie does have issues and is heavily dated, it is still a blast to watch even as the movie is over a decade old. This movie is still fun to watch with family and friends, especially around the festive time of Christmas.

#high school newspaper #journalism #writing #my writing #movie review #good luck charlie #good luck charlie it's christmas

[str8aura-no-not-that-one]

i cannot believe i went my entire life without learning of the existence of The Comics Curmudgeon. I feel like its often unstated what a huge fucking Newspaper Comic nerd i am; even i consider them too niche for this blog, and have been politely holding back my potentially earth shattering Pearls Before Swine fan theories.

#i could turn str8aura-no-not-that-one into a newspaper comic review blog in an instant and feel nothing #pearls before swine #the comics curmudgeon #my posts