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With Code Red Riot, Las Vegan Corky Gainsford takes the next step in a long musical career
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 “Ten years ago I put together a list of bands that I’d been in, and I was over 25 or 30 bands.”
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Noise
After two decades, KOMP’s ‘Homegrown Show’ is still going strong
Thursday, June 28, 2018 Since January 1998, Laurie Steele has been one of the local music scene’s most dedicated supporters.
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Screen
Five lessons from annual movie-theater trade convention CinemaCon
Thursday, May 3, 2018 Movie screens are becoming more like TVs, and robots will serve you frozen yogurt.
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Screen
Our fun-filled, action-packed 2018 Summer Movie Guide!
Thursday, April 26, 2018 From Avengers: Infinity War to Incredibles 2, we’ve got you covered during the big screen’s hottest season.
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Noise
Las Rageous Day 2 recap: Adelitas Way, Saxon, In This Moment, Judas Priest and Five Finger Death Punch
Monday, April 23, 2018 Longtime Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton, who recently stepped away from live performances for health reasons, seemed energetic and upbeat while performing the final three songs.
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Las Rageous Day 1 recap: Otherwise, Clutch, A Day to Remember and A Perfect Circle
Saturday, April 21, 2018 Asking how many in the crowd were aged 27 to 30, Maynard James Keenean pointed out that they've waited roughly half their lives for a new APC album.
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A&E
ACM’s Party for a Cause takes over Vegas this weekend
Thursday, April 12, 2018 Chris Janson, Chris Young, Little Big Town, Old Dominion and more.
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The Dam Short Film Festival wraps another successful year
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 The people in charge are using their power for good.
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Noise
Pepper Keenan returns for Corrosion of Conformity’s ‘No Cross No Crown’
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 Anyone who discovered COC at the band’s popular height should be satisfied with this effective return to the familiar.
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Features
From superheroes to ‘Star Trek,’ local filmmakers express their love with slick, self-made movies
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 In 2015, Paramount and CBS sued the makers of a Star Trek fan film, leading to a set of guidelines for fan filmmakers.
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‘I, Tonya’ gives figure skater Tonya Harding her due
Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018 Margot Robbie’s Tonya is a working-class girl with none of the financial or familial advantages of her figure-skating competitors.
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A&E
Future residents? Foo Fighters hint at a Vegas return during an energetic NYE show
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018 The band played 17 songs in 135 minutes and covered AC/DC, Alice Cooper and Queen.
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A&E
‘LA to Vegas’ creator Lon Zimmet on putting together TV’s newest Sin City series
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 “Hopefully we’ll be a huge hit, and they’ll open up the purse and we can come to Vegas and do all of our things.”
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Chris Stapleton’s ‘From a Room: Volume 2’ plays like a solid odds and sods
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 The nine tracks include a couple of covers and a reworked song from his old bluegrass band The SteelDrivers.
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A&E
Country cavalcade: Delving into the many concert options during NFR
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 From Gary Allan to Jamey Johnson to Alabama and beyond.
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A&E
Three reasons to catch Kelly Clarkson at the Joint
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 It will be one of the first opportunities to hear playful lead single “Love So Soft” and brassy empowerment anthem “Whole Lotta Woman” live.
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Noise
Weezer slides back into glossy pop with ‘Pacific Daydream’
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 “Feels Like Summer” sounds like Maroon 5’s recent dance-pop efforts.
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Kelly Clarkson shakes up her approach on ‘Meaning of Life’
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 The highlight is the attitude-filled “Whole Lotta Woman,” featuring members of Earth, Wind & Fire.
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A&E
Five thoughts: Nine Inch Nails at the Joint (October 20)
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 The show never felt rushed, and the band never sounded anything but polished, whether on new songs or slightly tweaked versions of old favorites.
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Screen
Disjointed crime thriller ‘The Snowman’ should be left out in the cold
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 Michael Fassbender plays Harry Hole, a brilliant but self-destructive Oslo police detective
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Noah Baumbach delivers another sharp, witty dramedy with ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller play brothers who’ve been messed up in different ways by their overbearing, narcissistic father (Dustin Hoffman).
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Horror movie ‘Happy Death Day’ makes the most of its goofy premise
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 A spoiled sorority girl relives the day of her own murder multiple times.
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Noise
Billy Corgan adopts his full name for the forgettable ‘Ogilala’
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 It’s an improvement over 2005’s muddied, electronic-heavy solo debut, at least.
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A&E
Shania Twain’s ‘Now’ sounds out of touch
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 Single “Swingin’ With My Eyes Closed” could be a Smash Mouth B-side.
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Noise
Foo Fighters’ ‘Concrete and Gold’ conforms to the band’s classic-rock standards
Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 In-demand pop producer Greg Kurstin gives the album some extra gloss, but it’s not like he has turned the Foos into a dance-pop act.
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Reese Witherspoon shines in otherwise forgettable rom-com ‘Home Again'
Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 Twenty-five years ago, it might have ended up in ABC's TGIF lineup, alongside Step by Step and Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper.
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‘Patti Cake$’ showcases an unlikely aspiring rapper
Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 Patricia Dombrowski is a plus-sized white woman from suburban New Jersey who works nights as a bartender and dreams of hip-hop stardom
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‘Ingrid Goes West’ explores social media’s dark side
Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 The film scores some laughs by poking fun at the modern fixation on social media, but it isn’t just about taking easy potshots at entitled millennials.
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German drama ‘13 Minutes’ explores a plot against Hitler
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 The bomb ended up killing eight bystanders but no high-ranking Nazi officials, as Hitler had left the building 13 minutes earlier.
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The evil doll returns in’ Annabelle: Creation’
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 Much of the movie is just marking time until evil forces show up to wreak havoc.
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Epix series ‘Get Shorty’ puts criminals in the movie business
Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 The show has almost nothing in common with its source material, either Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1995 movie or the 1990 Elmore Leonard novel on which it was based.
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‘The Dark Tower’ reduces a rich fantasy epic to a generic action movie
Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 Although Jake is a major character in King’s books, his more prominent role here makes the movie come off like an opportunistic C-level YA adaptation rather than the realization of Stephen King's unique vision.
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Empty thriller ‘Kidnap’ barely qualifies as a feature film
Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 Halle Berry strains to carry the movie, not quite selling Karla’s anguish via the TV-movie-level dialogue.
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‘Maudie’ quietly explores the life of a beloved painter
Thursday, July 20, 2017 The movie stumbles within the framework of the great-artist biopic, but it can be affecting as a depiction of a troubled, sometimes tender romance.
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‘Midnight, Texas’ makes the supernatural a bore
Thursday, July 20, 2017 In a small Southern town, various supernatural beings coexist in fragile harmony, while nefarious outsiders commit crimes that threaten to upset their quiet way of life.
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A&E
‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ explores the outer reaches of sense
Thursday, July 20, 2017 Luc Besson has shown a great flair for exuberantly nonsensical science fiction in movies like The Fifth Element and Lucy, and this marks the culmination of that style.
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Horror film ‘Wish Upon’ conjures up dumb clichés
Thursday, July 13, 2017 Protagonists should know better than to make wishes on mysterious ancient artifacts, but teenager Clare ignores the warning signs.
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Vegas on home video: Four recent local features now available for streaming
Thursday, July 13, 2017 Including Lance Burton’s feature about a birthday-party magician who takes on the mob.
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Noise
Haim’s second album revels in its retro cheese
Thursday, July 13, 2017 By unironically embracing the lush sounds of ’80s soft-rock and ’90s adult contemporary, the sisters have succeeded at making the uncool cool.
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Obnoxious narcissists populate Netflix’s ‘Friends From College’
Thursday, July 13, 2017 They’re all so unpleasant and treat each other so poorly, it’s hard to imagine they’d want to spend even a few minutes together.
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‘Will’ tries to turn Shakespeare into a sexy antihero
Thursday, July 6, 2017 TNT’s portrayal mixes of lighthearted backstage antics and dreary political intrigue, neither of which is particularly successful.
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A&E
The Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con demonstrates the strength of the local geek community
Thursday, June 29, 2017 Organizers estimated attendance for this year’s edition at more than 33,000, the largest number yet.
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Screen
‘Despicable Me 3’ throws together a rote sequel
Thursday, June 29, 2017 The cast has gotten so cluttered that Gru’s onetime assistant Dr. Nefario is literally frozen for the entire movie, just to get him out of the way.
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Sam Elliott carries low-key drama ‘The Hero’
Thursday, June 29, 2017 But one great performance isn’t enough to sell it.
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Film review: ‘Baby Driver’ gets by on musical energy
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 Director Edgar Wright attempts to do for music geekery what his Scott Pilgrim vs. the World did for video gamers.
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Tupac Shakur deserves better than dull biopic ‘All Eyez on Me’
Friday, June 16, 2017 Shipp’s resemblance to Shakur is not enough to build a nearly two-and-a-half-hour biopic around.
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Uneven comedy ‘Rough Night’ lives up to its title
Thursday, June 15, 2017 Some timely, progressive talking points are occasionally shoehorned in, but they’re lost amidst the formulaic plot, vulgar jokes and one-note characters.
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Diane Lane gets her groove back in tepid rom-com ‘Paris Can Wait’
Thursday, June 15, 2017 At 80 years old, Eleanor Coppola has finally joined the family business, writing and directing her first narrative feature film,
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A&E
Katy Perry's 'Witness' is a shameless attempt at 'purposeful pop'
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 She's never been above pandering to her audience, has she?
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‘My Cousin Rachel’ promises thrills it can’t deliver
Thursday, June 8, 2017 It has all the necessary ingredients for a great Gothic potboiler, but writer-director Roger Michell rarely gets it above lukewarm.