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None Yet 0 Points 2009
Burlesque
Barely OK 66 Points 2010

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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WikChip Image Charming girl, huge voice, lame movie.
Les Misérables
Barely OK 78 Points 2012

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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WikChip Image Samantha Barks stands out in a crowd
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The Sapphires
Great 66 Points 2012

Sweet soul music forms the soundtrack of this infectiously enjoyable Australian musical-comedy. Telling the truthy tale of four black girls from Down Under who performed American soul music for U.S. GIs and Marines in Vietnam, The Sapphires tickles, touches and torches in equal measure.

Bla…

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WikChip Video The Sapphires' smoking hot What A Man
Black Nativity
None Yet 0 Points 2013
Jersey Boys
Very Good 66 Points 2014

This long movie is no longer than the smash stage show it brings to the Silver Screen. It just feels like it. Clint Eastwood apparently couldn’t come up with a way to transform the show for the screen, with middling results. I can’t think of a way either, but that doesn’t change the underwhelm…

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WikChip Video Jersey Boys @Tonys: This U can dance 2
Into the Woods
None Yet 0 Points 2014
Dragula
Very Good 17 Points 2014

Intrigued by a cast that included Rob Riggle, Missi Pyle, and Carmen Elektra, I gave Frank Meli’s Dragula a watch. It was a quirky but well done movie that spruces up the same-old coming of age theme with a Broadway flashiness and humor that you’ll enjoy.

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La La Land
Really Great 83 Points 2016

La La Land is everything it’s cracked up to be: romantic, brilliant, whimsical, thought provoking, so L.A. Thus, it’s a great date movie and a worthy best picture contender, the latter all the more likely after it swept the Golden Globes. Plus it reunites Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone, the Bogie …

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Beauty and the ...
None Yet 0 Points 2017