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...…
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…
Drama… Movie #177 2021: In The Heights (2021) 10 Jul 20215 Jul 2021 Ahhhhh, I finally got to see In The Heights last week! As a HamilStan (as so many people are), I was buzzing for it. For those who don't know, In…
Classics… Movie #165 2021: Funny Girl (1968) 21 Jun 202116 Jun 2021 After a slew of pretty new releases, I thought it would be best to go back in time a little bit. Everything I've watched recently has either been an eighties…
Comedy… Movie #46 2021: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) 21 Feb 202110 Feb 2021 You may remember me watching the first Sister Act movie back in November of 2020. As it’s a classic, I just couldn’t resist coming back for a second dose of…
Classics… Movie #290 2020: Sister Act (1992) 3 Nov 202027 Oct 2020 Classic. Funny. Daring. Entertaining. That's Sister Act. A young(er) Whoopi Goldberg plays singer/waitress Deloris in this early-nineties movie musical. We begin the movie with a murder - not what I…
Coming of Age… Movie #266 2020: Work It (2020) 30 Sep 202030 Sep 2020 Read the title of this movie without singing Missy Elliott's legendary anthem 'Work It'. I dare you. It ain't happening. Unfortunately, this isn't a movie about the writings and stylings…
Drama… Movie #166 2020: The Greatest Showman (2017) 22 May 202019 May 2020 Do you ever have those movies that are insanely popular at the time but you just have no desire to see them whatsoever? That's The Greatest Showman for me. Although…
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