Musical

Better Man

By Alan Ng | December 2024

Michael Gracey’s Better Man is a musical biography of one of the UK’s greatest yet most annoying pop stars, Robbie Williams. A…

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Michael Gracey's Better Man is a musical biography of one of the UK's greatest yet most annoying pop stars, Robbie Williams. A couple of things here, I...

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It's really simple. To make a great movie adaptation of a Broadway musical, give us the spirit of the musical and do the songs justice. Few have succeeded,...

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José María Flores' short film, The Companions, ponders whether death is as scary or mysterious as we think it is. A man and a woman walk home after a...

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In Todd Phillips' sequel to Joker, Joker: Folie à Deux, Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is imprisoned at Arkham Asylum, awaiting trial. His lawyer,...

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Daisuke Miyazaki's Plastic follows two teenagers over the course of four years. 2018 was a year of optimism. Ibuki (An Ogawa), a teenager with an old soul,...

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As we head into yet another contentious election season, do you ever get the sense the political divide is not only getting worse but may be intentional?...

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Let me start by saying that I know nothing about the ancient stories of Icelandic Vikings. Now I do. Filmmaker and composer Jeffrey Leiser weaves together...

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Director Nayip Ramos puts urban dance front and center in his debut feature film, Dance Rivals, a teen drama. High school star dancer Lex (Savannah Lee...

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PALM SPRINGS SHORTFEST 2024 REVIEW! I’ll be the first one to admit that I’m usually not one for musicals, but the Australian short film Yeah the Boys,...

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Romance is a difficult part of the human experience. It can be both painful and passionate. Jeremiah Kipp’s Love Beyond Dreams examines the concept of...

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