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Review: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Like everyone who’s reviewed this what I’m going to ask is (brace yourself) is MARY POPPINS RETURNS practically perfect in every way? Not quite, but its strengths far outweigh its weaknesses and its style and intentions are quite admirable. The … Continue reading
30s Review: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
A couple of weekends back I attended my first ever outdoor film screening as part of Film 4’s Summer Screen at Somerset House in London. It was a dream-themed double-bill of LABYRINTH followed by what I think most of the … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Sing (2016)
SING is a pleasant surprise. It may be a clichéd underdog/competition story retold with singing animals, but it’s got a lot of pep and ends up being the most soulful and best-realised animations Illumination have produced so far. The characters are … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Animation, Elton John, Garth Jennings, Illumination, Musical, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Sing, Taron Egerton
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Review: Begin Again (2013)
There’s a scene early on in BEGIN AGAIN where Mark Ruffalo’s ramshackle record producer Dan shows obvious physical pain at listening to the bilge that are the demo tapes he is sent as he is stuck in busy city traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Music
Tagged Adam Levine, Begin Again, Catherine Keener, Comedy, Drama, Film, Folk Music, Glen Hansard, Hailee Steinfeld, John Carney, Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Markéta Irglová, Maroon 5, Movies, Musical, Once, Pop Music, Wikipedia
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Review: Frozen (2013)
The first half of FROZEN is pretty near perfect. It’s dark, soulful and bold, some of the best work Disney has ever produced. The film becomes more conventional as it goes on, but you can quite easily forgive any film … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Carrie, Chris Buck, Disney, Fantasy, Film, Frozen, Hans Christian Andersen, Idina Menzel, Jennifer Lee, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Kristen Bell, Les Misérables, Movies, Musical, Oscars, Tangled, The Lion King, Universal Horror
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Review: Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Like they say in the opening number, sequels are rarely as good as the first film – does it make it less so if it’s pointed out in song? After singing about dull and pointless sequels, MUPPETS MOST WANTED threatens … Continue reading
Review: Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
SAVING MR. BANKS isn’t like many other biopics, and it’s like next to no films about filmmaking. Movies that retell notoriously troubled productions have a tendency to exaggerate and oversimplify for the sake of smooth storytelling, yet often turn out to … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Rose Buckley, B.J. Novak, Bambi, Biopic, Bradley Whitford, Colin Farrell, Comedy, Dick Van Dyke, Disney, Drama, Emma Thompson, Film, Hitchcock, Jason Schwatzman, John Lee Hancock, Kelly Marcel, Mary Poppins, Movies, Musical, Paul Giamatti, Saving Mr. Banks, Tom Hanks
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