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New Release Review - "Best Wishes To All"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2025-06-17

Many short films are made as pitches for a potential feature film, and as such they tease an interesting concept while lacking the time to actually explore it in any detail. Working with co-writer Rumi Kakuta, director Yûta Shimotsu makes his feature debut, Best Wishes to All, by expanding his earlier short of the same name. While the feature length version develops the theme of the short, it never fully digs into what exactly it is it's trying to address. Viewers may be left frustrated by a rushed final act, but for fans of extreme Japanese horror, Shimotsu's debut is a must-see.




 

Premiere Stages Announces Four Finalists for 2025 Premiere Play Festival

(UNION, NJ) -- Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, has selected its four finalists for the 2025 Premiere Play Festival. Now in its 20th year, the Festival is an annual competition for unproduced scripts that offers developmental opportunities to playwrights with strong affiliations to New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Delaware. This year's finalists were selected from 805 submissions.



BlowUpRadio.com's New & Notable NJ Music 6/16/25

by Lazlo
published 2025-06-16

Lazlo, founder of BlowUpRadio.com (an online radio station based around New Jersey artists), shines a light on some of the many new releases from NJ based musicians each week with this column. This week Lazlo takes a look at new releases by Rhonette Smith, Nick Scafuto, Evil Nature, Rich Lancia, Radar & Satellite, and Todd Bailey. Plus a look back at "We Go High" by Boots.



Joan Osborne LIVE! at UCPAC

by Spotlight Central
published 2025-06-15

Spotlight Central and Love Imagery have photos and a recap of Joan Osborne performing an evening of Dylanology Live at UCPAC in Rahway.



Top 15 Most Read Stories At New Jersey Stage from June 8-14, 2025

Here's a look at the top 15 most read articles published at New Jersey Stage from June 8-14, 2025. Each week we publish about 70 articles, including several original columns and features, along with news releases for events happening throughout the state and nearby areas like Philadelphia and New York City. This week's top 15 includes articles from 8 counties in New Jersey (Bergen, Camden, Cape May, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, and Union).