Review: The Lion King (2019)
Can you feel the love again? In the circle of life that is cinema, The Lion King is back in all its original story glory, with a couple of new…
Can you feel the love again? In the circle of life that is cinema, The Lion King is back in all its original story glory, with a couple of new…
Quick – try and recite the lyrics to Eleanor Rigby ("picks up the rice in the church...") Not so easy, is it? Imagine having to recount the music and lyrics…
When I lived in Los Angeles, I frequently drove through Laurel Canyon on the way to and from work and I knew that over the years it had been famous…
This one took some serious rumination, because as much I would love to say I loved Rocketman, I can only say I liked it. I’m still thinking about it though,…
I must confess I went into Disney’s live-action Aladdin with the lowest of expectations and a great deal of skepticism. I’m an ardent fan of the 1992 animated classic and…
It’s insanely difficult to do a “Top 10 Movies of 2018” list when you’ve seen about 200 movies in 365 days – everything from blockbusters, to arthouse films, to documentaries,…
Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place, The Girl on the Train) is practically perfect in every way as the practically-perfect nanny Mary Poppins in the long-awaited sequel, Mary Poppins Returns. The…
Vox Lux aka A Pop Star is Born begins in 1999 with a school shooting where young Celeste played by Raffey Cassidy (Tomorrowland, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) is…
About a week after I first saw the latest version of A Star Is Born, I took advantage of a rainy weekend to catch up on the 1937 original, the…
Thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing. Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing. The story may be lame as heck, but who cares? Mamma Mia! Here We…