Tag: riff
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‘Masquerade’ review: Secretive off-Broadway ‘Phantom of the Opera’ riff is a sexy, hot ticket
[ad_1] Theater review MASQUERADE Two hours with no intermission. Through Feb. 1 at Lee’s Art Shop, 218 W. 57th Street. When “The Phantom of the Opera” closed on Broadway in 2023 after a mirror-shattering 35-year run, everybody figured it would eventually come back. Nobody, however, foresaw that the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical to…
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‘Jaws’ turns 50: How other classic movies bit off the shark’s signature riff — from ‘Caddyshack’ to ‘Spaceballs’
[ad_1] Like the killer great white shark, the “Jaws” theme song took a big bite out of movie history. The terrifying two-note theme of the 1975 summer blockbuster — which turns 50 on June 20 — has been riffed on in other classic films for its cultural impact that is still striking fang-crunching fear in…
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Prince William publicly mentions Prince Harry for first time since ongoing riff
[ad_1] Despite their ongoing tensions, Prince William recalled a pivotal memory he shared with his brother, Prince Harry, from their childhood recently in a new documentary about homelessness. “My mother took me to The Passage; she took Harry and I both there. I must have been 11 at the time, maybe 10. I had never been to…
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‘The Bikeriders’ review: Austin Butler stars in a pretty-good ‘Goodfellas’ riff
[ad_1] movie review THE BIKERIDERS Running time: 116 minutes. Rated R (language throughout, violence, some drug use and brief sexuality). In theaters. Think of “The Bikeriders,” starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy, as a good-enough “Goodfellas.” Martin Scorsese’s crime classic doesn’t pass the torch so much as the new gang movie passes the…
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‘The Shark Is Broken’ review: ‘Jaws’ riff gets swallowed by Broadway
[ad_1] “The Shark Is Broken,” a new Broadway comedy about the behind-the-scenes squabbles during the making of “Jaws,” frequently asks whether Steven Spielberg’s seminal blockbuster is art or entertainment. History has determined that it’s both — a monster movie, yes, but one overflowing with cinematic innovation and panache that amounted to a well-deserved Best Picture…