Spectacular Spectacular – ‘Moulin Rouge!’ at 20
At the very first Moulin Rouge test screening, 20th Century Fox did not tell the audience that the film was a musical. Studio executives were worried. Looking back, it feels impossible that anyone would have worried about Moulin Rouge. It was the final installment of…
REVIEW: Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square (2020)
Our Lady and Saviour Dolly Parton really is here to save 2020, in more ways than one. With the recent news that Parton had been a major donor to the Covid-19 vaccine research team, it really seems that if we have to place our trust…
REVIEW: American Utopia (LFF 2020)
Of all the films to speak most into the apocalyptic hellscape that is the year 2020, I did not expect it to be the concert film of the Broadway show David Byrne’s American Utopia. A unique collaboration between the Talking Heads’ founding member David Byrne,…
REVIEW: Hamilton (2020)
Full disclosure as we enter into this review; I am an unapologetic Hamilton super-fan. Since it opened on Broadway in August 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical has become a genuine phenomenon. My obsession with it started in around 2016 when I listened to the soundtrack for…
REVIEW: Eurovision Song Contest – The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
With the Covid -19 pandemic outbreak, the world is a very different place. It means the year 2020 has been a nightmare for absolutely everyone. There has also been the cancellation of sporting events, film events and music events. This of course meant Europe’s (plus…
REVIEW: Cats (2019)
If you were a time traveler and you wanted to travel back in time to prevent this monstrosity from being birthed into the world, how far back would you have to travel? 1972 and kill baby Tom Hooper? 1948 and kill baby Andrew Lloyd Webber?…
REVIEW: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
This is going to be a weird way to start off this review, but I have a confession to make: I’m not really an ABBA fan. I enjoy a couple of their songs but they wouldn’t be my first or even third choice of music…
REVIEW: The Greatest Showman (2017)
Perhaps it is fitting to conclude 2017 with a film simultaneously both awful and fantastic. Truly dreadful wigs, bizarre CGI, catchy songs, Zac & Zendaya – ‘The Greatest Showman’ really does have it all. A passion project of Hugh Jackman’s; this movie has been in…
