All posts tagged "Musical"
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Jim Batts | October 31, 2024
EMILIA PEREZ – Review
All through cinema’s history we’ve seen countless stories of characters who want to “start over” and “reinvent themselves”....
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Jim Batts | November 21, 2023
WISH – Review
So most of the big animation studios have sent us their big 2023 features already. Last weekend Dreamworks...
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Jim Batts | July 20, 2023
BARBIE – Review
And now the topper to one of this movie year’s biggest trends. Sure, we’ve had comic book superheroes,...
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Jim Batts | May 25, 2023
THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023) – Review
As I mentioned last week, nostalgia appears to be playing a big role in this just-started cinema Summer...
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Jim Batts | December 22, 2022
WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY – Review
With a little over a week left in 2022, it looks like the cinematic musical “biopic” of the...
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Jim Batts | November 20, 2022
DISENCHANTED – Review
With a few more weeks in the holiday season, you just know that this weekend’s new take on...
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Jim Batts | October 7, 2022
LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE – Review
So, are you looking for a “family-friendly” flick to perhaps introduce your “pre-K’ tots to the wonders of...
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Jim Batts | March 31, 2022
BETTER NATE THAN EVER – Review
Much like Don Lockwood’s “Broadway Melody” hero in SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, this title kid’s “gotta’ dance”. And...
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Cate Marquis | February 25, 2022
CYRANO – Review
Peter Dinklage playing Cyrano in a new film adaptation of the beloved story sounded like an excellent idea....
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Jim Batts | February 24, 2022
STUDIO 666 (2022)- Review
This weekend’s big film release might just remind you of a classic TV candy commercial: “Hey, you got...
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Jim Batts | December 21, 2021
SING 2 – Review
So, did you blow out your vocal cords when you went from house to house caroling this holiday...
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Cate Marquis | December 10, 2021
WEST SIDE STORY – Review
WEST SIDE STORY is the exception to the rule that remaking a classic is pointless task. In fact,...
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Jim Batts | November 22, 2021
ENCANTO – Review
So, you didn’t think we’d go through the year’s last two big holidays without a brightly-wrapped animated gift...
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Jim Batts | November 14, 2021
TICK, TICK…BOOM! – Review
2021 could be remembered as a pivotal year in the history of movie musical adaptations. Of course, this...
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Jim Batts | September 22, 2021
DEAR EVAN HANSEN – Review
And a week later we’re back in the messy, stress-filled, anxiety-inducing halls of high school in this new...
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Jim Batts | September 16, 2021
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAIMIE (2021) – Review
Well, just about all the public schools should be back in operation, or at least still mixing “in-person”...
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Jim Batts | September 8, 2021
COME FROM AWAY – Review
With all of the fun and frivolity of last weekend’s Labor Day holiday behind us, the nation turns...
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Jim Batts | August 12, 2021
RESPECT – Review
As Summer’s season of movie escapism draws to a close, the Fall and Winter awards season gets a...