Comedy… Movie #21 2023: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022) 20 Mar 202320 Mar 2023 There truly has been a lot of musical-to-film adapting in recent times, hasn't there? In the last few years alone we've had The Prom, Everyone's Talking About Jamie, Tick, Tick...…
christmas… Movie #99 2022: Spirited (2022) 7 Jan 20233 Jan 2023 Well, here we (finally) have it. The last of my First Watches of 2022. Is it mildly irritating that I only got to 99 films and not a well-rounded 100?…
Comedy… Movie #96 2022: Disenchanted (2022) 13 Dec 202212 Dec 2022 Is this the second review in a row that deals with a sequel? Indeed it is. However, unlike Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, it's sad for me to report that this…
Comedy… Musical Review: Mrs. Doubtfire (Opera House, Manchester, UK) 3 Oct 20223 Oct 2022 When I heard that the lovely Opera House in Manchester would be hosting (what is rumoured to be) a pre-West End run of Mrs. Doubtfire this year, I have to…
Animation… Movie #71 2022: Sing 2 (2021) 6 Sep 20225 Sep 2022 Sing is one of those movies that I never expected to enjoy. When it was released in 2016, it wasn't even on my radar when it came to future cinema…
Comedy… Musical Review: Beetlejuice (Marquis Theatre, Broadway, NYC) 2 Sep 202225 Aug 2022 Surprise! So you thought The Quayside Review was just a movie blog, huh? Well, have I got news for you? My wife has been insisting for a while now that…
Awards Season… Movie #60 2022: Elvis (2022) 10 Jul 20228 Jul 2022 Doesn't it seem like there have been an unusual amount of music biopics recently? From Rocket Man to Bohemian Rhapsody and from Respect to Judy, the 21st century - particularly…
Awards Season… Movie #23 2022: West Side Story (2021) 12 Mar 202211 Mar 2022 Musicals have always been a part of my life. Not only do I simply love them, but I've been in a lot of them. Training in musical theatre for twelve…
Animation… Movie #13 2022: Enchanted (2007) 13 Feb 202212 Feb 2022 There's nothing like a Disney musical comedy to cleanse your palate after a three-hour Oliver Stone epic, is there? You'd think it would be quite jarring, going from one extreme…
adventure… Movie #229 2021: Encanto (2021) 17 Dec 202113 Dec 2021 Ahhhh. That's better. Over the course of 2021, Disney have had some success releasing their animated movies on their streaming platform with Raya and the Last Dragon and Luca. Both…
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