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A&E
Boulder City’s Dam Short Film Festival returns for its 15th year
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 This year’s event features another packed lineup of short films, with more than 120 selections spread over 20-plus thematic programs and four days.
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Noise
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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Film
The Medusa Underground Film Festival showcases experimental films by women
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019 The three-day event—which will showcase more than 50 short films, along with one feature—kicks off with a free night of films at Backstage Bar and Billiards on Friday, before moving to the Artisan for screenings on Saturday and Sunday.
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A&E
Vegas goes country: Tallying up the many twangy acts in town for NFR week
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 From Florida Georgia Line to George Strait, Reba McEntire to Jamey Johnson
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A&E
The Four Warhorsemen: Five reasons to catch Metallica at T-Mobile Arena
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018 The 2016 album Hardwired… to Self-Destruct is the band’s best in many years, and the setlists on the current tour haven’t skimped on its songs.
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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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A&E
The Las Vegas Film Festival comes back strong
Thursday, May 31, 2018 Returning to the Palms, LVFF 2018 offers talked-about indie films shorts programs, animation, student films, parties and more.
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Screen
Local ‘Star Wars’ fans praise Han Solo’s enduring appeal
Thursday, May 24, 2018 Solo: A Star Wars Story opens Valleywide on May 25.
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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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A&E
Vegas metal band Hemlock celebrates a quarter century with a Downtown show
Thursday, May 3, 2018 The band has also put together an anniversary album, set for release on May 5.
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A&E
Vegas film notables reveal their top summer movie picks
Thursday, April 26, 2018 “After Rogue One, I have tremendous faith in Disney’s ability to make a prequel story compelling.”
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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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Noise
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
Five heavy bands to catch at this weekend’s Las Rageous festival
Thursday, April 19, 2018 A Perfect Circle, Judas Priest and more.
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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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Screen
The fourth Nevada Women’s Film Festival offered everything from naughty nurses to social activists
Thursday, March 29, 2018 This year’s Nevada Women’s Film Festival feted talented women both in front of and behind the camera.
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A&E
Zak Bagans brings latest project ‘Demon House’ to the big screen
Thursday, March 15, 2018 The film finds him purchasing a home in Gary, Indiana, that is the site of an alleged demon infestation.
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Screen
Vegas bookstore Amber Unicorn gets a spotlight in local feature film ‘Unwritten’
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 Most of the movie’s cast is local, and veteran character actor Lorenzo Lamas plays a military general.
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Screen
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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Screen
Local filmmaker Brandon Christensen explores the terror of parenthood in ‘Still/Born’
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 “There’s a lot of things that you can draw from the experience of just those quiet nights alone with your kid.”
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Screen
Screen grab: five movies worth seeing this week
Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 T, Tonya, Call Me by Your Name and more.
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Screen
The ‘Maze Runner’ movies limp to an end with ‘The Death Cure’
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 Practically two-thirds of the movie involves the mission to rescue a tertiary supporting character.
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Screen
Christian Bale mopes across the West in ‘Hostiles’
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 The film begins with a baby getting shot in the head, and things don’t get more pleasant from there.
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Screen
‘12 Strong’ puts a one-dimensional spin on true-life heroism
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 The bravery of the real soldiers is buried under a mountain of hokey sentiment and rah-rah bluster.
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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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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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Screen
TNT series ‘The Alienist’ makes murder history
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 While some of the historical details are fascinating, the crime drama around them is tedious and tiresome in any era.
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Screen
‘Call Me by Your Name’ exudes a sensual romantic vibe
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 The story’s told from the nostalgic perspective of a teenager discovering his sexuality and experiencing his first love.
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A&E
‘The Post’ rousingly celebrates journalistic ethics
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 Tom Hanks plays Ben Bradlee, a born newspaperman whose only instinct is to publish the Pentagon Papers.
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Screen
Liam Neeson thriller ‘The Commuter’ takes a familiar ride
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 It’s built around a far-fetched high concept that gets sillier and more convoluted as the movie progresses.
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Screen
The latest ‘American Crime Story’ takes on ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 Despite its title, it’s not really about Gianni Versace. It’s about his killer.
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Screen
‘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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Screen
Airline sitcom ‘LA to Vegas’ delivers a rough ride
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 With jokes about strippers, quickie weddings and niche conventions, the show doesn’t have an original take on Vegas.
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Screen
Fox’s ‘9-1-1’ dials up a standard procedural
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017 Ryan Murphy is known for pushing the envelope. Not here.
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Screen
Shrink your expectations for messy sci-fi satire ‘Downsizing’
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 The high concept is rendered more or less irrelevant for large stretches of the movie.
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Screen
Aaron Sorkin takes charge for the entertaining ‘Molly’s Game’
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 Jessica Chastain’s Molly Bloom is a prime Sorkin protagonist, a type-A overachiever in both academics and athletics.
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Screen
Best of 2017: Television
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 What unstead The Americans on Josh Bell’s annual list?
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Screen
‘Jumanji’ makes a surprisingly fun return in ‘Welcome to the Jungle’
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 The story plays out like an action-fantasy Breakfast Club.
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Screen
A woman falls in love with an aquatic creature in ‘The Shape of Water’
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 It sounds like the storyline for a B-movie, not a sensitive drama with a real shot at winning a bunch of Oscars.
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Screen
Greed trumps family in ‘All the Money in the World’
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 The movie’s real villain is ruthless billionaire J. Paul Getty, who in 1973 flatly refused to pay any money for the return of his grandson.
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Screen
Musical ‘The Greatest Showman’ delivers an overbearing circus of singing and dancing
Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 The slick songs might eventually win audiences over, but only because they’re too worn out to resist.
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Screen
‘The Last Jedi’ finds ‘Star Wars’ searching for direction
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 The movie’s best set piece comes more than two hours in, during a climactic battle on a mining planet covered in red salt.
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Screen
Woody Allen brings melodrama to the midway in ‘Wonder Wheel’
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 Justin Timberlake is completely out of place as the brainy, analytical Mickey.
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Screen
A guide to the new toy-friendly animals in ‘The Last Jedi’
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 Porgs, Vulptices, Fathiers and more.
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Screen
JCVD gets meta in ‘Jean-Claude Van Johnson’
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 The early episodes focus on warmed-over showbiz satire alongside the still limber Van Damme kicking ass.
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Screen
Animated movie ‘Ferdinand’ clutters up a classic story
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 The title character is a kind-hearted, nature-loving, non-confrontational bull.