Mean Girls is the 2024 revamp of the hit 2004 film, this time around it’s a musical, based on the Broadway show of the same name. With Tina Fey returning to write, this had bags of potential but sadly the end result is a shining example of why reboots aren’t necessary. The film stars Angourie […]
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Tick, tick… BOOM! is the directorial debut of musical maestro Lin-Manuel Miranda, now showing on Netflix. It follows the true-life story of theatre composer Jonathan Larson, the man behind the hit musical Rent, in his early days as a struggling artist in New York City. Featuring some fantastic songs and a star turn from Andrew
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The Prom is the latest film from Glee creator Ryan Murphy, adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name. It follows Emma (Jo Ellen Pellman) who inadvertently causes her high school prom to be cancelled from wanting to attend with her girlfriend Alyssa (Ariana DeBose), in a school governed by a PTA that is very much against inclusion. Meanwhile on Broadway, four
Film #4 on the 100 Movies Bucket List: The Rocky Horror Picture Show The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a bonafide cult classic and I doubt there is anyone who would disagree with this. It flopped on first release at the cinema but soon after gained a massive cult following and became a hugely interactive
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I’m always excited when another new Christmas movie comes along, especially when it looks as fresh and exciting as Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey does. Writer and director David E Talbert originally conceived this story as a musical play, but it now finds its home on Netflix as a feature film, and just in time
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Receiving it’s UK premiere at Sheffield Doc Fest, Shut Up Sona is part of the Rhyme & Rhythm strand in the 2020 festival. Shut Up Sona follows musician Sona Mohapatra over a 3 year period. Never heard of her? Neither had I, but that doesn’t matter. The film shows us the many spectrums of Sona’s
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Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is one of the new shows from NBC’s 2020 slate. Debuting at the start of the year in the US, here in the UK we’ve been a few weeks behind, with our most recent episode currently streaming on All4, ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Glitch’. The concept of the show is silly, and the tone of
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