The dance numbers are a fantastic spectacle and the songs are catchy and funny in ‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ (2022), the live-action adaptation starring Emma Thompson. Review by Martha Lane.
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Fifteen years on from Tim Burton’s film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’, the tale still makes for a powerful film. Review by Emily Nighman.
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Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ (2021), film musical adaptation of the stage play from Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein, will leave you shiny-eyed. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
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Broadway musical ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has arrived on the big screen to a controversial reception. Ben Platt stars in Stephen Chbosky’s musical. Mark Carnochan reviews.
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The creative minds behind the “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” stage musical have adapted the story for the big screen in what may be 2021’s best movie musical. Mark Carnochan reviews.
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‘In the Heights’, the new musical from “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ director Jon M. Chu, is likely to be the summer movie of 2021. Charlie Gardiner reviews.
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Sia’s Golden Globes nominated feature film debut, ‘Music’, a musical starring Maddie Ziegler and Kate Hudson, is another unrealistic portrayal of ASD. Essay by Shona Leigh Pope.
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Netflix Original musical ‘The Prom’, starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and James Corden, and directed by ‘Glee’ creator Ryan Murphy, is hard to care about but looks mightily impressive. Mark Carnochan reviews.
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‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square’, released on Netflix in 2020, has cheese and festivities galore but lacks any form of quality. Charlie Gardiner reviews.
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David Byrne and Spike Lee burn down the house with this expertly crafted, toes out extravaganza. Shove over “Hamilton”, David Byrne is here. Leoni Horton reviews ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ (2020).
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James Gunn has finally found his Clark Kent and Lois Lane for his