Reviews

We have seen this before in musicals like Kiss me Kate, but Russell takes it to another level, using Sandy Wilson's original score as the basic blueprint for some lavish and elaborate production numbers, some stay on the stage and some move seamlessly into the era of fantasy that we accept happily b...

The film opens in late 1990's San Francisco where we meet Tommy in an acting class where he frightens most of the class with his interpretation of Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, but catches the eye of a pretty but mediocre young actor named Greg (Dave Franco) who asks Tommy to do a scene with ...

Jack Brooks and Harry warren provide some great songs tailored to the stars including a duet for the boys called "When You Pretend", a love song for Dino called "You Look So Familiar" and a production number called "The Lucky Song" which features a tap dancing Dean and some adorable kids.

This film contains just about everything you expect from an Astaire/Rogers musical, including the overly complicated plot that gets in the way of the musical numbers, which are really why we're here and there are some terrific numbers here but I had the same problem with this film that I had with th...

The film opens in 1972 when Billie Jean King, fresh off winning the world's championship, learns that the Women's Tennis Association is planning a tournament where the male participants are being paid eight times more than the female players.

The film features handsome production values especially cinematography, some lovely costumes, and a lush musical score that help to make this basically simple story all the more inviting.

A film that initially seems to be a loving homage to science fiction films of the 50's turns out to be anything but as we watch a creature cast a spell over characters in the film that should be terrified of him.

The 2012 comedy The Campaign isn't big on originality, but the film delivers laughs thanks to breezy direction and a terrific cast.

The earth-shattering impact that these papers would have on everyone involved here are made clear through stylish directorial touches from Spielberg...from the reporter's initial meeting with Ellsberg and seeing the papers for the first time to him having the buy an extra plane ticket to transport t...

Of course, the screenplay by George Wells and Harry Ruby tweaks the original story by having our leading men be Broadway producers in order for MGM to tailor the film to their stable of talent, a lot of whom had worked together before this film and would work with each other after this one.