Movie Review: West Side Story (2021)
I’ve never been so happy to be so wrong. Having witnessed a pretty mediocre decade of Steven Spielberg movies, I wasn’t too excited about him …
Musical
Movie Review: tick, tick…BOOM!
Foooouuuuuurrrrrrrrteeen Whohohoholle Minutes! That’s how long I had really thought about the musical Rent, basically as long as it’s big famous musical number. However, in …
Movie Review: Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen came onto the movie scene with a great pedigree. It won a crazy amount of Tony Awards for its Broadway run. The …
Movie Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
The Prom came out at the end of last year, and made the criminal mistake of taking a young girl’s story of identity and sexuality …
Movie Review: Cinderella (2021)
The problem with retelling a story as famous as Cinderella is the fear of audience alienation. Stray too far from the main tale, and the …
Movie Review: Annette
One of the reasons Greta Gerwig’s Little Women was so special, is that she finally pointed out that art is more tied to commerce than …
Movie Review: Summer of Soul
Woodstock. Even the name inspires all sorts of music fans and baby boomers to swoon nostalgically for all the amazing talent on display at what …
Movie Review: In the Heights
In 1976, someone told Sylvester Stallone that no one was gonna make a movie for him. If he wanted to be on the big screen, …
Movie Review: The Prom
Ah the prom. The highs and lows. The best night of a young life. Or the worst one. Hey, at least Ryan Murphy finds a …
Movie Review: Lovers Rock
After Mangrove came in like a force of nature, Steve McQueen decided to throw a party. Lovers Rock takes us to the 1970s London world …