Tag Archives: Cynthia Erivo

Wicked: For Good (2025) Review

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Review in Brief: Wicked (2024)

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Sam S-P

Did the long-awaited big screen version of the iconic musical WICKED need to be a two-part epic? Possibly not, but this first part does make you intrigued about how everything will be wrapped up at the end of 2025. Years … Continue reading →

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Review: Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Sam S-P

Drew Goddard clearly loves genre storytelling, but in a sideways manner. His films aren’t really spoofs or pastiches, they’re twists and re-jigs. The essential elements that make a genre recognisable are all there, but arranged in a pattern you’ve never … Continue reading →

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Review: Widows (2018)

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Sam S-P

WIDOWS is a mighty fine thriller. If you consider it a thriller, which I do. A dramatic one. A Steve McQueen film always leaves you emotionally spent and with plenty of food for thought, but this is easily his most … Continue reading →

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