I feel like it is important to start off this review of Dear Evan Hansen mentioning my knowledge of the property. I’ve been aware of the musical since it took the internet and Broadway by storm on the way to it winning the Tony in 2017. I listened to the soundtrack and the beautiful songs
“Saving nickles, saving dimes…Looking forward to happier times, on Blue Bayou” These are among the strains of that sad song Blue Bayou that gives Justin Chon’s film it’s name and one of the best sequences in the films. Alternately empathetic and heartbreaking, the film relies upon a blend of melodrama, grit, and chronicles the life
This has been a post long in the making. As most of you readers know, I tend to drop my personal Emmy ballot around the time of the nominations. However given how crazy this year has been, it has taken me longer than usual to catch up with all of the TV shows I started.
Names have incredible power and the name Candyman has terrified and captivated audience since the 90s. Now, a new entry in his story has arrived with the Nia DaCosta directed, Jordan Peele produced sequel, with some updated racial politics and a new desire to thrill and scare audiences. Candyman begins in the 70s, chronicling the
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is quite of a conundrum of a film to write about. I’m composing this review several days after having seen the movie and I feel much the same way I did when I first saw it. The movie, part of Marvel’s phase 4, is aggressively fine in
Jungle Cruise is a movie of many feats. Disney has made year another big budget feature based on a ride no one would think would make for a movie, which is a feat. It’s also a feat that a movie trying to be adventurous can feel so flat or that charismatic actors can seem to