The first part of Wicked was a pleasant surprise for me as someone who hasn’t seen the Broadway version and is generally not all that familiar (nor enthused) about the Wizard of Oz story. Jon M. Chu did an outstanding job in creating a wholly enjoyable movie, but still, I didn’t think the tale of …
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FlixChatter Review: WICKED Part I (2024) – Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande are wicked good in Jon M. Chu’s vivid, dazzling, and surprisingly heartfelt movie musical
As you’ve likely seen on social media, it’s that time again in Hollywood where two blockbuster juggernauts are competing at the box office. Last year we got Barbenheimer, and this year we got dueling Roman bloodshed and Broadway songs with GLICKED (check out my review of Gladiator II). I have to preface my review by …
FlixChatter Review: IN THE HEIGHTS (2021)
I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie musical on the big screen, as somehow I missed the two recent musicals that I thoroughly enjoyed when they hit cinemas – The Greatest Showman and Mamma Mia 2. In the Heights was supposed to come out exactly a year ago, June 2020, but like …
FlixChatter Review: Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Ok so first, a confession. Even though my bestie had lent me her book of Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians over a month ago, telling me to read it before the movie opened, I didn't get a chance to do so. I finally started reading it right after I got home from the advanced screening… and suffice …
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