I don’t know that I have ever been so let down or underwhelmed by a films ending as I was with the ending to A Simple Favor. This is a film that I have wanted to see for a while. I love Paul Feig as a filmmaker, and Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are lovely. I love a good mystery and, for the most part, … Continue reading A Simple Favor (2018)
When it was announced that Disney would be producing the screen adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods, fans of the stage musical were nervous as hell. They were excited. Well, excited and scared. You see, Into the Woods is a musical that is easily made for the screen. That was not the problem. The problem was how Disney, a company known for … Continue reading Movie Musical Mondays: Into the Woods (2014)
The Last Five Years is a movie musical based on the stage musical of the same name. In short, it is the story of a relationship, from just after meeting to the failed marriage, over, well, you guessed it, the last five years. The thing about this musical is that it is told in two different ways. One story line, Cathy’s, is told in reverse … Continue reading Movie Musical Monday: The Last Five Years (2014)
