Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
“I can’t think of anyone more outrageous than me.” Back in 2007, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story served up a brilliant deconstruction of the musical biopic. Fast rise, inevitable fall, […]
Category Archives: Musical
A Star Is Born (2018)
“It has a magical quality to it.” Romantic in that special way a potential lover can absolutely level you with their eyes. Comedic in the sense that all great tragedies […]
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
“That’s the best kind of party, little girl.” Essentially “Karaoke: The Movie,” Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again takes a turn towards dramatic territory that its campy, zany predecessor wisely never […]
Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
“When life hands you conundrums, you turn them into art.” What I’ve always admired about movies – and what I’ve long loved about all of the many forms of art […]
The Greatest Showman (2017)
“You need something alive.” Gaudy, gregarious, and indiscriminately empowering, The Greatest Showman is like a vivid dream that you watch with eyes wide open. Technically speaking, that’s not always a good thing […]
The Top 50 Films of 2016
What a year for the movies. It seems like I’m always having to defend the integrity and the quality of what’s actually available out there to curious family members and […]
Baby Driver (2017)
“That’s how you do it, Baby.” Ask me to describe Baby Driver in one line and you’ll get a different response every time. “Take True Romance’s Bonnie and Clyde love affair and splash in some […]
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
“Who could ever learn to love a beast?” There’s a reason that the 1991 Disney film was the only animated movie ever nominated for Best Picture up until the category […]
La La Land (2016)
[This is a review from the 2016 Chicago International Film Festival. La La Land opens nationwide December 16th.] “I’m a phoenix rising from the ashes.” Perhaps the best way to describe the […]
Sing Street (2016)
“You can never do anything by half.” Sing Street is a movie for music fans, for lovers of defiant romance, and for the displaced teens lining the walls of middle schools the […]
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