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Review: The war over healthcare rights gets a human face in the undeniable 'Zurawski v Texas'
In a post-Roe America where states enforce damaging new regulations, women bring the fight to court, chronicled in Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault's documentary.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 25 -
Canary Black review – Kate Beckinsale kicks impeccably chic ass in gender-flipped Taken
Unaware he’s married to a spy, Beckinsale’s husband is kidnapped – cue the baddies demanding a secret file, fancy action sequences, lots of gunshots and a nice trenchcoat. French director Pierre ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Music Review: In illness, Halsey tells deep truths on ambitious, reflective 'The Great Impersonator'
Halsey's fifth studio album, “The Great Impersonator," was made over the last two years, while the pop singer was privately battling both a form of lupus and a rare T-cell lymphoproliferative disorderEntertainment - ABC News - October 25 -
Review: Get under its shell and you'll be charmed by 'Memoir of a Snail' and its unique loner
Voiced by Australian stars Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jacki Weaver, this decidedly grown-up piece of animation makes a sophisticated case for the medium.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 25 -
The Room Next Door review – Almodóvar’s stylish end-of-life drama feels emotionally empty
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore seem constrained in the Spanish director’s uneasy first English-language film, winner of this year’s Venice Golden Lion prize. The latest film from Spanish director ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 review — A quality campaign and wider gameplay variety
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a good game with excellent multiplayer and the campaign has one of the best stories in years for Call of Duty.Tech - VentureBeat - October 27 -
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl review – first they came for the trousers. Then they came for the robot gnome
Feathers McGraw is back and implacably frightening as ever in Aardman’s latest, belated outing for everyone’s favourite cheese eating duo. This Christmas, the BBC are giving us a cracker: the first ...World - The Guardian - October 27 -
Weekend Review: Palmer shines for Chelsea, eight-goal thriller between Juve and Inter
Cole Palmer remains on top form for Chelsea as Juventus and Inter share a point in an 4-4 thriller. That and more in our Weekend Review.Sports - ESPN - October 27 -
New Dwyane Wade statue draws rocky reviews, but where does it rank among the worst recent sports statues?
The Miami Heat unveiled a statue of franchise legend Dwyane Wade on SundaySports - CBS Sports - October 28 -
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14 Best Soundbars, Editor Tested and Reviewed (2024): Sonos, Samsung, Yamaha, Sony
Every television deserves a row of speakers to call its own. These are our favorite soundbars.Tech - Wired - October 28 -
Book Review: A man searches for meaning in Mike Fu's unnerving debut novel, 'Masquerade'
Meadow is coming up on 10 years living in New York, and he’s still adriftEntertainment - ABC News - October 28 -
Tyler, the Creator: Chromakopia review – early midlife crisis triggers a freaked-out psychodrama
(Columbia Records) Full of switchback turns, the rapper’s unsettled and unsettling seventh album zaps from Beach Boys harmonies to G-funk synths – and from boasts to self-loathing. News of Tyler, ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Trump: A Second Chance? review – why his rise, and his return, make total sense
From Front Row Joes wanting control to the leader of the Proud Boys wanting to ‘make America hate again’, this documentary interviews Trump fans – and takes more time than most films to show why ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Movie Review: An unmoving camera and de-aging technology make 'Here' with Tom Hanks painful to watch
Robert Zemeckis’ latest movie is insanely ambitious, starting with the dinosaurs and ending in present day with the RoombaEntertainment - ABC News - October 29 -
Public Enemies: Kendrick vs Drake review – inside the beef that sent the world’s two greatest rap stars to war
Clearly neither rapper had anything to do with this deep dive into their famous feud – and it makes for a refreshing alternative to hip-hop hagiography. The sky isn’t as blue, the grass not so ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Juror #2 review: Clint Eastwood puts Nicholas Hoult in court – and an unusual pickle
The 94-year-old director has delivered a courtroom thriller that pits justice against self-preservation. What are the chances, eh? First you get picked for jury duty even though your pregnant wife ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Music Review: The Cure return after a long break to look at mortality with one of their best albums
You might think that after being silent for 16 years, The Cure would be in a rush to get things goingEntertainment - ABC News - October 30 -
Time Cut review – tinny time-travel Netflix slasher offers too much deja vu
The streamer’s gimmicky and over-familiar Halloween offering sees a teen going back to 2003 to save her sister from a masked killer. The triumphant return of the slasher movie, a subgenre that had ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Music by John Williams review – the man behind the soundtracks, from Star Wars to Superman
Steven Spielberg, Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Martin contribute to this fascinating if fleeting glimpse into a remarkable career that also encompasses Jaws, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter. Seventeen ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Movie Review: Steve McQueen's WWII drama 'Blitz' is more unconventional than it appears
Steve McQueen's “Blitz” feels stuck between a conventional war drama and something more adventurous and probingEntertainment - ABC News - October 30 -
Movie Review: A mercurial Kieran Culkin shines in Jesse Eisenberg’s deft, accomplished ‘A Real Pain’
Writer-director Jesse Eisenberg's “A Real Pain” strikes an almost impossible balanceEntertainment - ABC News - November 1 -
Big 12 review says league games were not compromised by helmet communication issues after Texas Tech inquiry
The Big 12 has told its members to send in helmet communication equipment for encryption updatesSports - CBS Sports - October 31 -
The Diplomat season two review – effortlessly joins the list of 2024’s best TV
The first series of this political thriller ended with one of the finest television moments ever created – and now it’s back. It’s so good it’s like watching several great shows all at once. In the ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Prince William: We Can End Homelessness review – is a royal really the right person for this job?
His desire to tackle this issue is impressive, but his plan to eradicate rough sleeping is worryingly hard to understand. Let’s hope it works. Monarchist, I ain’t. Pragmatist, I am. So if Prince ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Review: A restaurant is a world unto itself in 'La Cocina,' one of the year's freshest films
Starring Raúl Briones and Rooney Mara, the latest film from Alonso Ruizpalacios searches for signs of life in the intense work of running a not-great restaurant.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 31 -
Review: Civic duty leads to an inconvenient moral quagmire in Clint Eastwood's 'Juror #2'
Nicholas Hoult, J.K. Simmons and Toni Collette star in an unshowy Clint Eastwood production about the limits of American justice, rare in today's multiplex.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 31 -
Review: 'Here' takes the elements of a 'Gump' reunion and flattens them into faux-cosmic tedium
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright rejoin filmmaker Robert Zemeckis for a stunty, pointless drama about the passing of time captured from one fixed vantage point.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 31 -
Annarella and Django: Jouer review – flute and west African lute shine in expressive new partnership
(We Are Busy Bodies) This marriage of instruments is best when the full-band moments are stripped back to highlight the duo’s artistry. The plucked melodic twang of the ngoni, a west African lute, ...World - The Guardian - November 1