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Book Review: Selma Blair’s “Mean Baby” — Genuine Self-Reflection

July 2, 2022
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Actress and MS advocate Selma Blair’s memoir is not just another celebrity tell-all, filled with smarmy self-congratulation.

Book Review: “The Red Arrow” — All Aboard!

July 1, 2022
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When did we last see a novel of such stimulating complexity that’s so downright hopeful too?

Concert Review: Puscifer in Boston — Out of This World

June 30, 2022
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Puscifer pulled off a great show of rock ’n’ roll farce, and that is saying something considering that the daily news feels ever more like scripted buffoonery.

Book Review: “Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird” — A Writer’s Life

June 29, 2022
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Black American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, and this new biography does a thorough and compelling job in telling the story of a remarkable and partially tragic life.

Album Review: The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am the Moon” — Part Two, “Ascension”

June 27, 2022
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The high quality of the material presented thus far justifies Tedeschi Trucks Band’s decision to release these songs in small batches over the course of three months.

Television Review: “Menudo: Forever Young” — An Abusive Fountain of Youth

June 27, 2022
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Given the pain they endured, it is admirable just how strong many of the Menudo members are.

Album Review: “Hurray for the Riff Raff” — Making Art Out of American Angst

June 27, 2022
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Life on Earth aches with the sadness of the human condition, touching on personal trauma and reaching into the malaise of a week of national bad news.

Film Review: “Father of the Bride” — Needlessly Recycled

June 26, 2022
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It’s welcome to have a Latino-centered Father of the Bride, but it’s debatable if we really needed one this clumsily put together.

Concert Review: Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Dazzle at The Sinclair in Cambridge

June 25, 2022
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The brilliant set was a celebratory exploration of Molly Tuttle’s bluegrass roots, albeit with a fresh perspective.

Film Review: The Devil and “Elvis”

June 25, 2022
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For 2 hours and 39 minutes, I was happy to sell my soul to Lucifer

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