Wicked: For Good is the follow up and conclusion to last years Wicked. Picking up where the first film leaves off, we are thrown into an authoritarian hellscape that is not unlike our own at the moment. The more I think about it, the more I stand by a thought I had last year: it’s a mistake to split the musical into two movies. That’s … Continue reading Wicked: For Good (2025) Review
The first thing you must know about me is that I am an ex theater kid. If you’ve been here with me for a while, then that comes as no surprise to you. In fact, you may have already known that. That’s all to say that Wicked was the first ever Broadway musical soundtrack I burned from my grandparent’s computer. I even printed out the … Continue reading Wicked: Part 1 Review
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood. I firmly believe that this film has stood the test of time and remains on this list because it is a near perfect look and commentary on what happened during the transition from silent … Continue reading 5. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
I want to talk about the delicacy of the movie musical. And, how it’s not often that somebody has a grasp on both stage musicals and movie musicals, simultaneously. Earlier this week, a much anticipated deleted scene from Tick, Tick…BOOM! was released. Fans of the film finally got to see the much-talked about sequence, which had required an awful lot of choreography on the parts of … Continue reading A Green Dress, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Understanding the Delicate Formula of the Movie Musical
Tick, Tick…BOOM! is Lin Manuel-Miranda’s directorial debut. It’s also Andrew Garfield’s singing debut. And, honestly, both of them have done phenomenal. Miranda, being both a lover of film and theater, was able to help translate Tick, Tick…BOOM! from stage to screen, with Steven Levenson’s screenplay adapted from Jonathan Larson’s stage musical of the same name. For those unfamiliar with the musical, Tick, Tick…Boom! was written and performed by … Continue reading Tick, Tick…BOOM! (2021)
Movie musicals are never easy to make. You have to figure out who you want to please more: the musical theater fans or the movie crowd because there is not actually a lot of crossover there. And I don’t know that The Prom appeases either set of fans. Directed by Ryan Murphy, The Prom is a film based on the musical of the same name … Continue reading The Prom (2020)
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s this: I once watched The Sound of Music everyday for six months straight. Now, for clarification, this was years ago when I had first seen the film and did not own the motion picture soundtrack. This was long … Continue reading 40. The Sound of Music (1965)
This film has haunted me for literally days. I cannot stop thinking about it. I wish that I could. As you all may know at this point, Cats has majorly tanked. I kept reading bad reviews which honestly just made me more interested in seeing the disaster. So, I braved the theater and I have seen things that no human being should ever see. Let … Continue reading Cats (2019) : Please Make It Stop
Who asked for this? Which one of you out there asked for this? Who wanted a movie musical version of Cats? And who in the hell wanted it to be this creepy? Look, I’ve seen the musical Cats one time, and that’s all it took for me to hate the absolute shit out of it. As a book of poetry, sure, it works. But as … Continue reading 2019’s Cats: A Rant
Movie Musical Monday: Hairspray (2007) I wish that Disney, with all its recent musical live action versions of their animated films, would take a hint from 2007’s Hairspray, and cast properly with actors who can actually sing. The casting for this film is near perfect. Nearly every person, save for Christopher Walken, has a legitimate singing voice. And even then with Walken, the one song … Continue reading Movie Musical Monday: Hairspray (2007)
