Tag Archives: Musical

Review: Wicked: For Good (2025)

Preamble Hello everyone. Rather than start with a quippy quote or a reason for my recent prolonged absence, I will instead share a little tidbit about my process. Typically, for movies that really resonate with me, I don’t write about … Continue reading

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Review: Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

Preamble For the curious, here’s a little peak behind the curtain. Typically, these days, I don’t write my preambles first. This is due to wanting to get to the review sharpish. But also, I do think the preambles should be … Continue reading

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Brief Consideration: What Did Jack Do? (2020)

David Lynch’s birthday came with a surprise short film that was released on Netflix. Written, edited, directed and starring the famed American filmmaker: the short takes place within a train station that has been placed under lockdown. Lynch plays a … Continue reading

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Review: Aladdin (2019)

A good case can be made that Disney’s Aladdin was the first postmodern animated film. It was fully aware of its universal love story of a poor street urchin attempting to win the affections of a fair princess but decided … Continue reading

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Early Review: Baby Driver (2017)

With Baby Driver, Edgar Wright has crafted a sly, whimsical and hardening genre film that emanates with wry invention and visual exuberance: even if it lacks the rich thematic depth, ingenious mosaic comic construction and witticisms of the British director’s … Continue reading

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