At first, I didn’t get it. Was this just another pretentious biopic of a musician like Rocketman or Ray? Then, after watching the full trailer, I finally got the joke! Just like one of Weird Al’s songs, this movie about Al Yankovic is a parody of his own life! How brilliant is that?! If you…
Let’s face it, you can’t really do a proper sequel unless you get the original cast back, right? As far back as 2014, Bette Midler and her co-stars, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, were waffling over whether or not they’d come back for a sequel. Well, through many negotiations, re-writes, and Covid setbacks, a…
Well, this hasn’t been the best of times for J.K. Rowling and her Wizarding World of Harry Potter franchise, has it? Aside from her (*cough*) controversial tweets, 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald was an epic mess. Can she and past Harry Potter screenwriter, Steve Kloves, do this threequel justice? When last we left…
How about this for a movie: a romance novelist who daydreams and sets her stories of high adventures with a flashy, hunky, guy and one day actually goes on one of her own adventures for real? That’s Romancing the Stone, right? Well. . . Sandra Bullock stars as Loretta Sage, a recently widowed, depressed, and…
After the monstrous success of Moana, Coco, Luca, and Raya & the Last Dragon, you can see a pattern emerging of story structure, toe-tapping music, vibrant bright colors, and similar-looking characters. Hey, once you have a good thing going, ya stick with it! Right?! Encanto tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigal’s, who…
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