Tagged: musical

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The Blues Brothers (1980)

The Blues Brothers ranks among my favorite films of all time — not the best, just a favorite.  With inspiration that never remotely comes close to ceasing, John Landis’ wildly over-budget film is more an experience...

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Labyrinth (1986)

Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Hulk) is cast in one of her first starring roles as Sarah, a teenage girl who has grown tired of her stepmother and father leaving her home alone to babysit...

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Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Over the many years of reviewing films, the one blind spot I’ve had when it comes to the kinds of movies I regularly partake in is the musical.  In fact, in my original review...

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La La Land (2016)

Emma Stone (Aloha, Irrational Man) stars as a struggling actress named Mia, who works as a barista in a coffee shop on the Warner Bros. lot, in between auditions that only serve to make her...

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Moana (2016)

Moana (Cravalho, her debut) is the chief’s daughter within her tribe on the New Zealand island of Motunui.  Unlike most girls in her Maori village, she is destined to be the chief of her...

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Annie (2014)

Annie is 2014’s updating of the 1982 musical directed by John Huston, which itself had been based on the Broadway musical adaptation of the Harold Gray comic strip, “Little Orphan Annie”, but with more glitz and modern...