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Danny is a tough lady trucker who trains her friend Melanie to compete in the National Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship after she has her arm broken in the build up to the competition.
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A TV special with the reunion of the cast of Friends, interviews and some special moments recreated.
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Cruella is a live action film that is a prequel to One Hundred and One Dalmatians as we see the story of a young girl named Estella who does not have a straight forward start in life. Wanting to be a fashion designer she competes with The Baroness and Cruella de Vil is released.
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When 17 year old student Steve Harmon gets caught up being at the scene of a murder and arrested for this, his whole world is about to come crashing down around him. An aspiring filmmaker who has a very bright future.
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I have always loved and adored musicals but I am fully aware that the genre seems to be the most difficult to please people who aren’t the biggest fans of them. After rewatching Chicago and the up and coming release of In the Heights it has me thinking about musicals going from stage to screen. Then if you have actually seen them on stage before the film adaptation or if you see the film first and then the stage musical. For obvious reasons a lot of changes have to be made when taking a show from the stage and putting it on screen, this is the main reason I feel Wicked has been left in production for around 12 years now. It’s one of my favourite stage musicals that I have currently seen nine times, but I really cannot picture how it will transfer to film without losing its magic and quite frankly being rather ridiculous on screen?
In the Heights is a show that I have been very lucky to see on stage twice, the first time on Broadway the night before it won the Tony Award for Best New Musical in 2008 and then in the West End in 2016. Both times I appreciated the unique nature of the music and quite frankly I think it is better than Hamilton. Both obviously coming from the genius mind of Lin-Manuel Miranda, seeing him perform on Broadway was certainly very special. I have been looking forward to seeing the film adaption of In the Heights since it was announced and that is now only a few weeks away. The reviews that have been released so far have been extremely positive and this increases my excitement to see the film. As we always seem to go through phases with musicals and one often leads to more being released.
I am really hoping that people who are not the biggest fans of musicals will give In the Heights a watch though as it really is not like any other musical you have seen before, we have come a very long way from the traditional musical numbers and acting. The rap/hiphop style is something so unique and different that it is a true joy to witness, I feel I have now moved more into begging people to see it, even though I haven’t myself yet either. I just hope audiences will be open minded and see something that dares to be different.
Continue reading “Musicals: From Stage to Screen”Having rewatched Chicago over the weekend it got me thinking about this song Class, which was added to the DVD release as a deleted scene. It is an incredibly powerful song that still feels so relevant to this day. It has always been in the stage show and that is something that I love about that version, the reason it was cut from the film? Well, they didn’t feel it fit in with the rest of the film being the musical numbers taking place in Roxie’s head (I mean don’t get me started that Mr. Cellophane doesn’t fit in with that). Anyway why not enjoy Queen Latifah and Catherine Zeta Jones singing Class?
In what has become a Monsterverse we get Godzilla and the mighty King Kong facing off against each other as humanity is caught up in the big fight.
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Cole Young is an MMA fighter who has past his best years and a mysterious dragon birthmark is something he is about to learn the truth about when he is hunted by members of the Outworld. Having to work together with Earth’s greatest champions and learning about his family history in the process.
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Continue reading “Mortal Kombat (2021) Review”Could I be anymore excited?
Probably not! I mean I still love Friends as much as ever and it has brought me so much joy over the years along with the cast. I know a lot of people thought this was going to be a new episode but I love this reunion which looks to see the cast members reminisce and go through old scenes and in general talk about the incredible show.
We are still waiting to find out when and which channel it will be shown on in the UK as it’s on HBO Max in the US on Thursday 27th May.
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