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A sparkling Marilyn Monroe and one terrific song don’t fully rescue this Howard Hawks musical-comedy from the dregs of cheesiness. The song? Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, a theatrically produced Song and Dance number performed by the inimitable MM in an iconic pink dress…
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Watch this and skip the movie.
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The Greatest Showman is …who again… Hugh Jackman or P.T. Barnum? This is Barnum’s biopic but Jackman’s show, designed to feature who? Jackman, singing and strutting as only Hugh Jackman can do. The Greatest Showman’s greatest problem is that Jackman likes to be liked. Unfortunately, lik…
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"Everything you'll ever want?" Uh, no.
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Life is a cabaret ol’ chum, but Burlesque ain’t. Unlike Bob Fosse’s classic, this awkward knock-off can’t muster a single memorable song, criminally underuses its cast, and is poorly produced. Oh, it has the winsome Christina Aguilera, she of the powerhouse voice. And it has the ageless Ch…
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Charming girl, huge voice, lame movie.
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People want to love Les Miz and many have, including the Oscars and a fellow ViewGuider. Fair enough. Beloved is beloved, especially when a blockbuster movie doesn’t stint on production values or star power. Sometimes however, an ugly truth is hiding right in plain sight, or in plain earshot…
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Samantha Barks stands out in a crowd
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