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Based on a true story about a singing duo who perform a Neil Diamond experience and have a family, Song Sung Blue is an entertaining musical film that runs a little long. I was raised on Neil Diamond music. As a young child of the late 70s and early 80s, I remember my father playing…
A weaker sequel to the first half of the Broadway musical movie, Wicked: For Good, about what ultimately happens to the characters in Oz, hits some high notes, but it takes awhile. As I’ve mentioned before, I am a huge theatre nerd. I have seen the musical Wicked on stage approximately eight times, two of…
An excellent tribute to the life and legacy of the famous singer who left too soon, Selena y Los Dinos provides countless family photos, videos, and interviews to let people know the real woman behind the voice. Having grown up in Chicago in the 80s and 90s and having never been exposed to specific Latin…
A respectable biopic about two years in the singer’s life, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere offers excellent insights into his music creation, but doesn’t grip you with his story. I don’t know a lot about Bruce Springsteen. I have always enjoyed his music on the radio, but I don’t know anything about his life, loves,…
A striking new musical about an Argentine revolutionary and a gay movie buff who tells stories to occupy their minds in jail, Kiss Of The Spider Woman highlights a creative narrative, a good score, and an outstanding performance – but it’s not who you might expect. When I first heard that they were going to…
Chock full of incredible music and dancing, A Chorus Line, about performers auditioning for a Broadway show, is a treat for the eyes and ears – if you can separate it from the stage musical. There are some movies that are a piece of you. I grew up with A Chorus Line, fell in love…
Full of fantastic music and tons of heart, Tick, Tick… Boom! is a film based on a musical about a composer who is desperately trying to finish his show while navigating his upcoming 30th birthday. I remember when Jonathan Larson passed away. For all of us theatre nerds out there, it is a story that…
A great new film with one banger song after the next, KPop Demon Hunters is the animated movie that you never knew you needed in your life. It is so much fun, believe me, you need it. It is remarkable what studios can do with animation these days. I remember waking up on Saturday mornings…
A spectacular musical proshot, Come From Away is the amazing real-life story of what happened in a small town that accepted 38 airplanes full of people while the airspace was closed after 9/11. I absolutely love that we have proshots of musicals now. So many of us cannot get to the theater as often as…
When you have the opportunity to see a filmed musical, it can go either way, but Waitress: The Musical is a fantastic example of how it should be done. Many of you know that I am a Chicago theatre critic, so one of my day jobs (and life passions) is seeing a lot of theatre….
When preteen me saw that there was a film about Milli Vanilli, she knew that she had to watch it. Neither she nor I was disappointed, Girl You Know It’s True was so much fun! When Milli Vanilli came out in the late 1980s, I was a fan. I had bought their tape and I…
