You may find it hard to believe after reading this, but I really wanted to like 2023's Wonka . I went in loaded with good will, I was ...

After more than a decade of delays, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera finally hit the big screen in 2004. Directed by Joel S...

Last night I watched the 25th Anniversary Royal Albert Hall production of The Phantom of the Opera , recorded in 2011. I watched part of i...

I was still laughing at jokes from 2022's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story this morning. As you probably guessed, it's 100% gags, not...

At some point since the last time I tried to find one, a decent copy of 1975's Sholay was finally released. It's considered one o...

Farm work is important, sometimes desperate, hard work, and so is show business, as we see in 1950's Summer Stock . Gene Kelly and Jud...

I finally saw 2021's West Side Story last night. I think it's better than the 1961 film, primarily because Tony Kushner's scr...

I have to admit, I've never been a fan of 1961's West Side Story . I love a lot of its components. I love several of the songs, pa...

What's more exciting than a big, glittery, 1930s revue? A revue with murder! 1934's Murder at the Vanities combines big productio...

16th century naval warfare was hard enough. Imagine if 18th century Portuguese infantry were thrown in! Well, you don't have to becaus...

I was finally able to show Little Shop of Horrors to students yesterday. Seven students showed up for it. One girl enthusiastically liked...

If you can watch 1965's The Sound of Music without wanting to visit Salzburg you might be made of stone. Or maybe you live in Salzbur...