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THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER *** Barbara Robinson’s 1972 novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever remains one of sweetest, most earnest examples of faith-based family entertainment this side o...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/11/07/film-reviews-new-releases-for-nov-8

ABSOLUTION ** Has Liam Neeson really been riding in the same groove for so long that he’s moved from multiple “aging badass reaching a life transition” roles to multiple “aging badass re...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/31/film-reviews-new-releases-for-nov-1

It ain’t easy talking about hate. It’s depressing to feel like it should have gotten easier in recent years, considering how often various groups are demonized in our world, but it’s still...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/28/theater-reviews-plan-bs-full-color-and-pioneer-theatres-prayer-for-the-french-republic

CONCLAVE ***1/2 A movie about the election of a Pope might not be as hard a sell if the marketing department were able to reveal the kind of movie it actually is—but the complexity it ultimate...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/24/film-reviews-new-releases-for-oct-25

Events in Utah can be too plentiful for a single print issue of Salt Lake City Weekly to contain them all…

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/18/essentials-plus-oct-18

André Benjamin brought his New Blue Sun world tour to the Eccles Theater on Wednesday, Oct. 16, and his intent was clear; a real artist is always on the move…

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/17/concert-review-andre-3000-at-eccles-theater10-16

EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS *** There are some challenging things percolating beneath the surface of writer/director Titus Kaphar's movie, which might have made even more of an impact had he not been...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/17/film-reviews-new-releases-for-oct-18

FISHER BEER + KRCL ANNIVERSARY ALE LAUNCH PARTY 10/15 Local radio station KRCL is teaming up with Fisher Brewing to release a special brew to celebrate 45 years of local radio…

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/11/music-plus-oct-11

THE APPRENTICE **1/2 There’s the version of this movie that’s genuinely inquisitive about the circumstances that created Donald Trump, and the version of this movie that exists strictly as a...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/11/film-reviews-new-releases-for-oct-11

There’s a ghost wandering through the audience at the outset of Chisa Hutchinson’s Whitelisted—not literally, of course, and not even really within the framework of the play…

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/07/theater-review-whitelisted-salt-lake-acting-company

GREY STAR GHOST: ANGELS LEAVING OUT TODAY “This album feels like my best foot forward…

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/04/music-plus-oct-4

BLINK ** Documentary filmmaking is ultimately a kind of journalism, and it’s always frustrating to watch documentary filmmakers who seem to have decided ahead of time what the story is, even b...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/10/03/film-reviews-new-releases-for-oct-4

Thom Darling: Chameleon Configurations out now “Chameleon Configurations is an adventure into the Americana and Easy Listening song books inspired by Harry Nillsson, Chet Baker, Jeff Tweedy a...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/09/13/music-plus-sept-13

THE 4:30 MOVIE **1/2 Kevin Smith built his entire filmmaking career around a hang-out vibe and an obsession with pop-culture ephemera, so it’s no surprise to see his nostalgic paean to being a...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/09/12/film-reviews-new-releases-for-sept-13

CALEB DARGER: FAULT LINE OUT 9/14 Singer/songwriter Caleb Darger has been giving listeners a steady stream of singles since the beginning of the year, and they’ve all been building up to his n...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/09/06/music-plus-sept-6

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE *** It’s always rough when a favorite artist loses their cool, and director Tim Burton has been living in that sad “remember when” space for years now. But here’s...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/09/05/film-reviews-new-releases-for-sept-6

ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES *** This adaptation by director Paula Ortiz and screenwriter Peter Flannery pointedly makes its title card “Ernest Hemingway’s Across the River and Into t...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/08/29/film-reviews-new-releases-for-aug-30

BETWEEN THE TEMPLES *** Director/co-writer Nathan Silver and co-writer C. Mason Wells mix a little quintessential Sundance quirk into their throwback New Hollywood vibe, resulting in a dramedy t...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/08/23/film-reviews-new-releases-for-aug-23

MINDY GLEDHILL, “LONG DISTANCE LULLABY” SINGLE AND VIDEO Singer/songwriter Mindy Gledhill has given us another single from her upcoming album The Phone Booth Sessions Vol. 1…

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/08/16/music-plus-aug-16

ALIEN: ROMULUS *** See feature review . Available Aug. 16 in theaters. (R) DAUGHTERS *** It won the overall audience award for Sundance 2024, and it’s easy to understand why; there’s unden...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/08/15/film-reviews-new-releases-for-aug-14-16

At their origins, long before they turned into Predator battles and philosophical musings, the Alien films were about capitalism…

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/08/14/feature-review-alien-romulus

BRIANA GRAND, EMANI ETRNL @ THE DLC, FRIDAY 8/9 If you find yourself needing something to do this evening, swinging by The DLC to see Briana Grand unveil her debut album is a great way to spend ...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/08/09/music-plus-aug-9

BORDERLANDS *1/2 I’ll leave it to the actual gamers to explain how/whether Borderlands is a crime against the video game that is its source material; I can only explain how it’s a crime agai...

https://www.cityweekly.net/BuzzBlog/archives/2024/08/09/film-reviews-new-releases-for-aug-9