Sean P. Means
@seanpmeans.bsky.social
Enterprise editor at The Salt Lake Tribune. Reviews movies for Moviecricket.net, and for X96's "Radio From Hell" (Fridays, 7 a.m. MDT). He/him.
It's the week for "Wicked: For Good," which finishes the Broadway story of rivalry in Oz. Cynthia Erivo remains stellar as Elphaba, but Ariana Grande really proves herself as a glorious Glinda. I still think it could have been one movie.
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Review: In 'Wicked: For Good," both Erivo and Grande overcome the deadweight of a bloated two-movie franchise — The Movie Cricket
Fans of last year’s “Wicked” likely will come into the concluding chapter, “Wicked: For Good,” expecting the same bouncy good time, elaborate computer effects to build the world of Oz, and the extraor...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It's the week for "Wicked: For Good," which finishes the Broadway story of rivalry in Oz. Cynthia Erivo remains stellar as Elphaba, but Ariana Grande really proves herself as a glorious Glinda. I still think it could have been one movie.
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Two weeks ago, Todd Snider canceled a South Salt Lake concert, and then his tour, after an alleged assault outside the venue — and a run-in with police that led to a night in jail.
Today, his record label said the blues musician died last night. He was 59.
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Today, his record label said the blues musician died last night. He was 59.
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Todd Snider, who canceled tour after alleged assault in Utah, dies
The blues and Americana musician died Friday in Nashville.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Two weeks ago, Todd Snider canceled a South Salt Lake concert, and then his tour, after an alleged assault outside the venue — and a run-in with police that led to a night in jail.
Today, his record label said the blues musician died last night. He was 59.
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Today, his record label said the blues musician died last night. He was 59.
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The coolest new movie this week is "The Running Man," an adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian action movie about a near-future society where desperate people join a game show where they're hunted down. Glen Powell shows his leading-man chops.
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Review: 'The Running Man' is an action-packed takedown of corporate media's distraction machine, but it's more entertaining when it sticks to enjoyable mayhem — The Movie Cricket
One’s enjoyment of “The Running Man,” director Edgar Wright’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about televised bread-and-circuses, depends entirely on how seriously one takes it — the more fun it’s ...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The coolest new movie this week is "The Running Man," an adaptation of Stephen King's dystopian action movie about a near-future society where desperate people join a game show where they're hunted down. Glen Powell shows his leading-man chops.
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Judge had the one steal that counted: He stole the MVP from Cal Raleigh.
Cal Raleigh had more steals then Aaron Judge
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Judge had the one steal that counted: He stole the MVP from Cal Raleigh.
Sally Kirkland had movies at the Sundance Film Festival a time or two. In 1993, my boss, Terry Orme, interviewed her about one, "Paper Hearts." I wrote one of my all-time favorite headlines: "Sally Kirkland's film is great — just ask her." #RIP
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Sally Kirkland, Uninhibited Actress and Oscar Nominee for ‘Anna,’ Dies at 84
One of the first actresses to appear nude in a legitimate stage play, she worked for Terrence McNally, Andy Warhol, Oliver Stone and Ron Howard.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sally Kirkland had movies at the Sundance Film Festival a time or two. In 1993, my boss, Terry Orme, interviewed her about one, "Paper Hearts." I wrote one of my all-time favorite headlines: "Sally Kirkland's film is great — just ask her." #RIP
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The congressional boundary map submitted by Republican lawmakers “does not comply with Utah law,” Judge Dianna Gibson wrote in her ruling.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The congressional boundary map submitted by Republican lawmakers “does not comply with Utah law,” Judge Dianna Gibson wrote in her ruling.
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The “Dread Pirate Roberts” solution is sitting right there.
You either state or heavily imply that James Bond is a name that goes with the 007 assignment, not a one-man identity. I thought that was what we were supposed to assume anyway?
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The “Dread Pirate Roberts” solution is sitting right there.
"Nuremberg," depicts the war crimes trial at the end of World War II — largely through the sessions an Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) held with Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), the No. 2 Nazi. Scenery is chewed, boilerplate dialogue is recited.
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Review: 'Nuremberg' pits two Oscar winners as a high Nazi officer and the American psychiatrist who unlocked his mind, in a drab history lesson — The Movie Cricket
The long-debated question about Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime — were they uniquely evil in global history, or can humans anywhere create the conditions that gave rise to barbarous authoritarianism ...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"Nuremberg," depicts the war crimes trial at the end of World War II — largely through the sessions an Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) held with Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), the No. 2 Nazi. Scenery is chewed, boilerplate dialogue is recited.
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The nonprofit that owns Salt Lake City's Tower Theatre have released their ambitious plan to renovate the 97-year-old landmark. Here's what the plans show.
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Salt Lake City’s Tower Theatre, closed for 5 years, just revealed its big renovation plan. Here’s what we know.
The nonprofit that owns the Tower Theatre, built in 1928, just filed its preliminary designs with Salt Lake City building officials. The plan calls for new features, key restoration and more.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The nonprofit that owns Salt Lake City's Tower Theatre have released their ambitious plan to renovate the 97-year-old landmark. Here's what the plans show.
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In 1995, while at a film festival in Seattle, I was introduced to Diane Ladd. I said I was from The Salt Lake Tribune, and she replied, "My daughter's great-grandfather was the first non-Mormon governor of Utah." She was Southern charm personified. RIP.
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Diane Ladd, Oscar-Nominated Actress in ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,’ Dies at 89
After her stunning turn as the waitress Flo, she earned two more Academy Award noms for her performances opposite daughter Laura Dern in 'Wild at Heart' and 'Rambling Rose': "She is flying with her an...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In 1995, while at a film festival in Seattle, I was introduced to Diane Ladd. I said I was from The Salt Lake Tribune, and she replied, "My daughter's great-grandfather was the first non-Mormon governor of Utah." She was Southern charm personified. RIP.
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Time to freak out on Halloween, with "Bugonia," where Emma Stone's CEO is kidnapped by a conspiracy theorist (Jesse Plemons) who's convinced she's an alien. And then things get weird in director Yorgos Lanthimos' surreal and surprising timely satire.
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Review: 'Bugonia' brings Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos together for more surreal magic, but Jesse Plemons' manic performance is the driving force — The Movie Cricket
In the long history of actor/director collaborations, the pairing of director Yorgos Lanthimos and actor Emma Stone is quickly becoming one of the most fascinating and producing the most astonishing r...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Time to freak out on Halloween, with "Bugonia," where Emma Stone's CEO is kidnapped by a conspiracy theorist (Jesse Plemons) who's convinced she's an alien. And then things get weird in director Yorgos Lanthimos' surreal and surprising timely satire.
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How much would it cost to live the life of one of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City"? This week, they're on a yacht, so the price tag has gone up substantially. #RHOSLC
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How much to rent a yacht in the Caribbean? Itemizing this week’s ‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.’
The crossover episode paired the Salt Lake City cast with Bravo’s “Below Deck Down Under” crew.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
How much would it cost to live the life of one of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City"? This week, they're on a yacht, so the price tag has gone up substantially. #RHOSLC
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One of the year's best movies, opening this week, is "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere," a smart biopic of The Boss (the brilliant Jeremy Allen White) in his "Nebraska" era, and a sensitive rendering of an artist's battle with depression.
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Review: 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' forcefully reveals the troubled soul that spurs The Boss's boundless talent — The Movie Cricket
If writer-director Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” was your standard-issue musician biographical drama, it would still be a remarkable movie, mostly for the way its star, Jeremy ...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
One of the year's best movies, opening this week, is "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere," a smart biopic of The Boss (the brilliant Jeremy Allen White) in his "Nebraska" era, and a sensitive rendering of an artist's battle with depression.
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The Kendrick-Drake Series.
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The Kendrick-Drake Series.
The thing about being a Mariners fan is that I expected this outcome. My team has played for 48 seasons, and each one ended in disappointment. I have never experienced anything else. This year, the hope was dashed later than usual. And yet, I will carry on rooting for our M's. #GoMariners
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The thing about being a Mariners fan is that I expected this outcome. My team has played for 48 seasons, and each one ended in disappointment. I have never experienced anything else. This year, the hope was dashed later than usual. And yet, I will carry on rooting for our M's. #GoMariners
Julia Roberts gives one of her best performances in "After the Hunt," as a Yale professor whose protege (Ayo Edebiri) accuses another professor (Andrew Garfield) of sexual assault. Strong drama, designed to provoke conversation and get folks angry.
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Review: In 'After the Hunt,' director Luca Guadagnino provokes thought and emotion with this quietly slashing takedown of academic pretention. — The Movie Cricket
Director Luca Guadagnino finds new ways to be confrontational in his new movie, the college-set drama “After the Hunt,” a bitter drama about the things privilege can and can’t get a person on a modern...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Julia Roberts gives one of her best performances in "After the Hunt," as a Yale professor whose protege (Ayo Edebiri) accuses another professor (Andrew Garfield) of sexual assault. Strong drama, designed to provoke conversation and get folks angry.
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And there it is. #GoMariners
I have rooted for the Mariners since I was 12, when they played their first season in the Kingdome. And I can’t remember a night this nerve-wracking.
I have rooted for the Mariners since I was 12, when they played their first season in the Kingdome. And I can’t remember a night this nerve-wracking.
It is. But I don’t want a great game. I want my Mariners to win.
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
And there it is. #GoMariners
I have rooted for the Mariners since I was 12, when they played their first season in the Kingdome. And I can’t remember a night this nerve-wracking.
I have rooted for the Mariners since I was 12, when they played their first season in the Kingdome. And I can’t remember a night this nerve-wracking.
The big new movie this week is "Tron: Ares," sequel to the 1982 Disney movie. A program (Jared Leto) gets to our world and disobeys his programming to help a tech CEO (Greta Lee) threatened by a rival (Evan Peters). The Nine Inch Nails score rules.
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Review: 'Tron: Ares' looks spectacular, but could have gone deeper into critiquing our tech obsession — The Movie Cricket
“Tron: Ares” is caught between two worlds — the one where director Joaquim Rønning gets to comment on our technology-addicted society, and the one where he must deliver a Disney legacy sequel that mus...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The big new movie this week is "Tron: Ares," sequel to the 1982 Disney movie. A program (Jared Leto) gets to our world and disobeys his programming to help a tech CEO (Greta Lee) threatened by a rival (Evan Peters). The Nine Inch Nails score rules.
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Utah's own Jared Hess will be directing a second "Minecraft" movie.
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‘A Minecraft Movie’ Sequel Is a Go for 2027 Date
Jared Hess returns to direct.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Utah's own Jared Hess will be directing a second "Minecraft" movie.
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Hey, Salt Lake City! Did you turn on your radio yesterday and hear Christmas music? In October?!? There's an explanation for that.
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‘We realize it’s a little bit early’: Why this Utah radio station is already playing holiday music
The change marked the end of northern Utah’s alternative “The Wave 103.1,” with something “exciting” planned in its place.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Hey, Salt Lake City! Did you turn on your radio yesterday and hear Christmas music? In October?!? There's an explanation for that.
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On "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" this week, the cast members talk a lot about each other's business ventures. Here's a breakdown on what each member of the cast does in business.
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From Lisa Barlow’s tequila to DJ Meredith Marks: Breaking down all ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ business ventures
Each cast member of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" has off-screen pursuits, and Season 6 has brought accusations and arguments about how they run their businesses.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
On "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" this week, the cast members talk a lot about each other's business ventures. Here's a breakdown on what each member of the cast does in business.
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The big title this week stars Dwayne Johnson, and it's not an action movie. "The Smashing Machine" stars The Rock as MMA fighter Mark Kerr, dealing with ring defeat and a volatile girlfriend (Emily Blunt). Good performance in a pedestrian sports film.
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Review: 'The Smashing Machine' traps a strong performance by Dwayne Johnson in a surprisingly ordinary sports drama — The Movie Cricket
Sometimes the people who handicap Oscar contenders care more about the narrative behind an actor’s potentially award-winning performance than what’s actually on the screen — which is why there’s maybe...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The big title this week stars Dwayne Johnson, and it's not an action movie. "The Smashing Machine" stars The Rock as MMA fighter Mark Kerr, dealing with ring defeat and a volatile girlfriend (Emily Blunt). Good performance in a pedestrian sports film.
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NYFF opens today. First, a moment of tribute to the incomparable Robert Redford…
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
NYFF opens today. First, a moment of tribute to the incomparable Robert Redford…
Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" is one of the year's best movies — a bold mix of genres, but first a drama about a former radical (Leonardo DiCaprio) trying to protect his daughter (Chase Infiniti) when the Feds some sniffing around.
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Review: 'One Battle After Another' mixes genres for an electrifying story of revolutionaries on the run, a perfect movie for these divided times — The Movie Cricket
The most remarkable thing about writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie “One Battle After Another” — and there’s a lot that’s remarkable about this movie — is that it could be labeled at diff...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" is one of the year's best movies — a bold mix of genres, but first a drama about a former radical (Leonardo DiCaprio) trying to protect his daughter (Chase Infiniti) when the Feds some sniffing around.
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