reviews

We're Too Picky for 'Ricky Stanicky'
Directed by Peter Farrelly
PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2024
Peter Farrelly's latest bro-comedy has a fun and simple premise: three childhood friends make up a fake person, the titular Ricky Stanicky,...
Zsela Makes a Glorious Return on "Fire Excape"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2024
Zsela’s comeback single (and her first for new label home Mexican Summer) is far and away the best thing she’s ever done...
'The Regime' Is Very Silly Indeed!
Created by Will Tracy
PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2024
"HBO show starring Kate Winslet as the chancellor of a crumbling dictatorship" sounds like the perfect elevator pitch for a prestige drama...
Feist Shed Tears in Toronto — and Not Because of the Heckler
Massey Hall, March 3
PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2024
"The razor's edge" is a phrase Feist frequently invoked during the final stop of her Multitudes tour— a term to describe the precarious nat...
Sydney Sweeney and Kacey Musgraves Enlivened Tired Jokes on 'SNL'
March 2, 2024
PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2024
Sydney Sweeney was an effervescent host navigating few sketch ideas that really popped, and Kasey Musgraves returned to...
Hua Li 化力 Looks for the Real Thing on "Sanctions of the Heart"
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PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2024
“Sanctions of the Heart” takes Hua Li on the journey for a love that builds her up rather than knocks her down...
Shabaka Dives Into the Feeling on "End of Innocence"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2024
On the opening track of Shabaka's forthcoming album, a clarinet — the first instrument he learned to play — feels out a plaintive lead line...
Adam Sandler's 'Spaceman' Has No Gravity
Directed by Johan Renck
PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2024
In the year 2024, no one denies Adam Sandler's abilities as a "serious" actor. Most recently etched in the film-going conscious is...