With its wisecracking hero and flippant tone, 2019’s “Shazam!” arrived as a bolt of inspiration in the gloomy DC Extended Universe. Unfortunately, the new sequel proves an adage: Lightning doesn’t strike twice. “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” dutifully doubles down on everything that made the first film both charming and instantly disposable. But the heart […]
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Review
Concert review: Portland Symphony stirs with contemporary Mexican works
Two of the 3 composers featured in the program attended the performance Sunday.
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Posted inDo This, Food
Bar Guide: Paper City crafts cocktails that cut through barbecue
The Westbrook restaurant also has an impressive selection of whiskeys and drink deals throughout the week.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Indie Film: If Ben Affleck can make a movie about a sneaker, why not one about the whoopie pie?
The new movie ‘Air,’ now in theaters, could inspire more about inanimate objects, including those beloved by Mainers.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Society Notebook: Portland Museum of Art premieres Third Thursday
The new monthly event drew 500 people.
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Best-Sellers: ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,’ ‘Poverty, By America’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review
Art review: UNE showcases the work of four particularly determined artists
‘Tenacious’ is up at the art gallery on the Portland campus.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Deep Water: ‘Red Geraniums,’ by Susan King
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘The Lost King’ is the true story of the search for the grave of Richard III
“The Lost King” gets off to a pacey, involving start, with the help of a slashing, gestural musical score reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann at his Hitchcockian best. The rest of “The Lost King” might not live up to that initial urgency, but it takes on its own gentle momentum. Sally Hawkins plays Philippa Langley, a […]
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ is longer, bloodier and better than ever
Is “John Wick: Chapter 4” the best John Wick movie in the franchise, as early reviews suggest? Quite possibly. But what does that even mean? Readers who have never seen Keanu Reeves as John Wick, who don’t even like violent action movies – especially not ones about an elite assassin in a fantastical hierarchy of […]