Musical

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Review – Taron Egerton shines as the glitter fades in ‘Rocketman’

23/05/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Biopic, Bryce Dallas Howard, Certificate: 15, Dexter Fletcher, Elton John, Jamie Bell, May 2019, Musical, Rating: Pop, Richard Madden, Rocketman, Stephen Graham, Steven Mackintosh, Taron Egerton

With the shadow of Bohemian Rhapsody looming, Taron Egerton plays pop icon Elton John in the fantastical musical biopic Rocketman.

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Review – Guy Ritchie’s magical ‘Aladdin’ challenges for the Disney remake crown

22/05/201923/05/2019 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2019, Adventure, Aladdin, Billy Magnussen, Certificate: PG, Fantasy, Guy Ritchie, Marwan Kenzari, May 2019, Mena Massoud, Musical, Naomi Scott, Nasim Pedrad, Navid Negahban, Rating: Pop, Will Smith

Guy Ritchie’s new take on Disney’s Aladdin, with Will Smith as the Genie, is a colourful remake of a classic 1990s animation.

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Review – ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has oodles of charm to fill its originality gap

24/12/201823/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Angela Lansbury, Ben Whishaw, Certificate: U, Colin Firth, Comedy, December 2018, Dick Van Dyke, Drama, Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep, Musical, Nathanael Saleh, Pixie Davies, Rating: Pop, Rob Marshall

Emily Blunt steps into Julie Andrews’s toe-tapping shoes for Disney’s musical sequel Mary Poppins Returns.

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Review – ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’ is your new favourite blood-soaked Christmas classic

21/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anna and the Apocalypse, Ben Wiggins, Certificate: 15, Christmas, Christopher Leveaux, Ella Hunt, Horror, John McPhail, Malcolm Cumming, Mark Benton, Marli Siu, Musical, November 2018, Paul Kaye, Rating: Pop, Sarah Swire

If a Scottish zombie musical set at Christmas is right up your street, Anna and the Apocalypse is the only film that can meet your needs.

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Review – Festive sequel ‘Nativity Rocks!’ is an uplifting celebration of Coventry… really

17/12/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anna Chancellor, Brian Bartle, Celia Imrie, Certificate: U, Christmas, Comedy, Craig Revel Horwood, Daniel Boys, Debbie Isitt, Helen George, Hugh Dennis, Jessica Hynes, Musical, Nativity, Nativity Rocks!, November 2018, Ramin Karimloo, Rating: Pop, Rupert Turnbull, Ruth Jones, Simon Lipkin

The fourth movie in the Christmas franchise, Nativity Rocks brings a festive talent show to Coventry, with uplifting results.

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Review – ‘Smallfoot’ squanders its thematic smarts with generic kiddie action

02/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Animation, Certificate: U, Channing Tatum, Comedy, Common, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, James Corden, Karey Kirkpatrick, LeBron James, Musical, October 2018, Rating: Poop, Smallfoot, Zendaya

Channing Tatum and Zendaya lead the cast of Smallfoot, which is more famous for the Zendaya is Meechee meme than for its actual story.

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Review – ‘A Star is Born’ is a musical delight that comes within a whisker of greatness

27/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, A Star Is Born, Andrew Dice Clay, Anthony Ramos, Bradley Cooper, Certificate: 15, Dave Chappelle, Lady GaGa, Musical, October 2018, Rafi Gavron, Rating: Pop, Romance, Sam Elliott

Lady Gaga shows she can act as well as she can sing in A Star is Born, which is the fourth iteration of the classic rags to riches tale.

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Perfect Scene – La La Land’s (2016) tortured, beautiful final fantasy

15/08/201809/08/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, La La Land, Musical, Perfect Scene, Ryan Gosling

The finale of La La Land focuses on a journey into the nostalgic fantasies of its two protagonists, and it brings the movie’s Hollywood homage to a conclusion.

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Review – ‘Teen Titans GO! To The Movies’ is a candy-coloured blast

09/08/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Aaron Horvath, Animation, August 2018, Certificate: PG, Comedy, Greg Cipes, Hynden Walch, Jimmy Kimmel, Khary Payton, Kristen Bell, Musical, Nicolas Cage, Peter Rida Michail, Rating: Pop, Scott Menville, Superhero, Tara Strong, Teen Titans, Teen Titans GO! To The Movies, Will Arnett

The superheroes of DC are skewered in cartoon form throughout Teen Titans GO! To The Movies.

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Review – ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ is throwaway fun that never comes close to the original

28/07/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alexa Davies, Amanda Seyfried, Andy Garcia, Certificate: PG, Cher, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth, Comedy, Dominic Cooper, Hugh Skinner, Jeremy Irvine, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Josh Dylan, Julie Walters, July 2018, Lily James, Mamma Mia, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Meryl Streep, Musical, Ol Parker, Omid Djalili, Pierce Brosnan, Rating: Pop, Romcom, Stellan Skarsgård

The old gang is back, complete with their younger selves in flashback, for another go at Mamma Mia.

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VIDEO – We must accept that we live in The Greatest Showman’s world now

12/05/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment Blu-ray, Film Criticism, Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Michael Gracey, Musical, The Greatest Showman, Video, Zac Efron, Zendaya

The Greatest Showman is out on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK soon, so it’s a good time to take a look back at this cultural phenomenon.

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