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BETTER MAN MOVIE REVIEW Oh My God, It Was Earth All Along, You Finally Made a Monkey Out of Me. It was a missed opportunity not to have iconic singer Robbie Williams belt out a version of the Troy McClure song in the biopic about his life Better Man. Why? Because the part of Robbie […]

MEAN GIRLS MOVIE REVIEW First off, if you haven’t seen the original 2004 movie Mean Girls, stop everything and go watch that first. It’s a comedy classic (even if it did crib A LOT from 1989’s Heathers) and it still holds up. I’m going to assume you’re going to enjoy it because it’s that good. […]

DICKS: THE MUSICAL MOVIE REVIEW Director Larry Charles (Borat, Bruno) likes to handle outrageous comedy material that borders on offensive. Adapting this off-broadway musical into a film was a step too far for some of our reviewers. The musical story involves two twin brothers, played by the show’s creators Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, who […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: ROCKULA Imagine the greatest musical supergroup of all time starring in a musical that leaves you humming the tunes on the way home. Now, forget all that and you’ve got 1990’s Rockula! Join guest Rhett O’Hara and the boys for Devo babies, Wright’s alphabet lesson, and ESL classes led by Hilaria […]

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL MOVIE REVIEW Musicals are a film genre that never truly vanishes. Rather, it booms and wanes in popularity. We’ve had the Rodgers and Hammerstein films of classic Broadway shows, the 50’s road movies, the Disney’s animated Renaissance era that tricked two generations into watching and loving musicals, Heck, Chicago even […]

DISENCHANTED MOVIE REVIEW And they all lived happily ever after. Cue the music and roll the credits right? Oh ho ho I don’t think so!  What happens after your true love’s kiss and the wedding cake is cut? For Giselle and Robert it’s a big move to a luxurious private estate, an addition to their […]

ELVIS MOVIE REVIEW Director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) takes on the story of one of the most legendary singers in history, Elvis Presley. And if you are familiar with Luhrmann’s filmography and know at least something about Elvis (I mean, is it possible not to?) you probably have some idea going into this what to […]

BETTER NATE THAN EVER They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway. They say there’s always magic in the air. But when you’re walkin’ down the street, and you ain’t had enough to eat, the glitter rubs right off and you’re nowhere. But that nowhere is exactly where 13-year-old Nate Foster (newcomer Rueby Wood) […]

TRASH IN THE CAN: WALKING ON SUNSHINE Mamma mia! All your favorite background noise grocery shopping hits are now in your favorite movie playing in the empty hospital waiting room! Caroline Sulek returns for soul patches, the worst bangs in Italian history, and a leading man so generic we thought it was a different guy […]

WEST SIDE STORY MOVIE REVIEW This second filmed adaptation of the classic 1957 stage musical by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim is helmed by Steven Spielberg, and apparently this has been on his wish-list to do since he saw it as a young man. A loose adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet”, the story […]