Rent onscreen? Count on it — again. Though Christopher Columbus’ superb movie rendition of Rent already has come and gone, the long-running Broadway show waited until its last performance… more →
Tripping the Lightwrote 4 days ago: I have a great film pairing for you. First, I’ll start with the great screenplay that George … more →
wrote 1 week ago: With Nine, Rob Marshall proves that you shouldn’t try to recreate your past triumphs because i … more →
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wrote 2 months ago: “Times is hard, sehr. Times is haaaaaaarrrd…” Sorry, after this reading, I couldn … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Last night at Martin’s off Madison in Seattle I witnessed my favorite brother in law show case … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Rent onscreen? Count on it — again. Though Christopher Columbus’ superb movie rendition … more →
wrote 11 months ago: If you’re a longtime Mary Poppins fan and already have one of its earlier editions on DVD, cha … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I wanted to love Mama Mia! — wanted to love it so badly. After all, it’s about some of m … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Meryl Streep leads the "Dancing Queen" in Mamma Mia My my, how can I resist ya? Ah, the mo … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I have never been a Beatles fan. I have heard their music and I never connected with their lyrics. I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: All throughout my movie-watching years, I have developed a fondness for movie musicals. It is a film … more →
wrote 1 year ago: MUSICALS — You won’t find too many straight men who admit they enjoy the occasional musi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: OK. This is starting to bother me. When “High School Musical” came out during my freshma … more →
wrote 1 year ago: As I’ve said before, musicals have been turned into movies several times…And while some … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My parents loved musicals (well, certain ones), so it was inevitable that their kids w … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Tim Burton’s visual stylings are sometimes almost too handsome for the movies he directs. He d … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Finally saw Tim Burton’s rocking version of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Str … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In honor of the release of Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd” film, which promises to be … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Transformations. They work. They don’t. With Transformers, big ‘bots morphing into vehi … more →