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…
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…
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…
Comedy… Movie #218 2021: Little Shop of Horrors (1986) 10 Nov 20211 Nov 2021 Fun fact for you: my girlfriend works in theatre management. Bet you didn't know that. But why am I telling you this? Well, never mind Little Shop of Horrors, imagine…
Animation… Movie #217 2021: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) 8 Nov 20211 Nov 2021 I understand how fond so many people are of this film. I mean, for some, it's a yearly "must watch" for this period between Halloween and Christmas that we're in...…
Comedy… Movie #180 2021: Bo Burnham: Inside (2021) 13 Jul 202112 Jul 2021 Let it be known: I'm firmly against any sort of movie or TV show about the pandemic. I just don't want it. I don't need to see it. It's unnecessary…
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…
Animation… Movie #55 2021: Over the Moon (2020) 3 Mar 202118 Feb 2021 It’s (finally!) awards season! This week the Golden Globes made a comeback, and although I have heard in good faith that a lot of this year’s nominees are questionable (what’s…
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…
