Movie Review: Inu-Oh
This is a review I take very little pleasure in writing. In general, movies that are legitimately trying to do something interesting are movies that …
Musical
Movie Review: Elvis
Elvis Presley. The name alone is pure magic, and the performer is even better. I would call The King a perfect encapsulation of America: a …
Movie Review: Sneakerella
Disney Channel Original Movies were a little seminal section of growing up for any kid who had cable. We would wax poetically about Smart House, …
Movie Review: Cyrano
Happy 125th anniversary Edmond Ronstad’s Cyrano de Bergerac! People love your play; it’s been adapted so many times it makes your tale feel as old …
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 …
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 …