Young CriticIn the Heights
The adaptation of Lin Manuel Miranda's first musical is a true cinematic triumph Lin Manuel Miranda became a worldwide hit with his Broadway musical “Hamilton,” which is still, five years later, an impossible show to get
Reviews tagged: musical
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Young CriticThe Prom
TV titan Ryan Murphy continues to struggle to find his cinematic side Ryan Murphy has become a TV titan in the last decade, creating such diverse hits as Glee (2009-2015), American Horror Story (2011-), American Crime St
Young CriticEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
The Eurovision song contest is a huge event in Europe, giving it the size and spectacle of a big sporting event. However, outside of the Old Continent the competition is barely known. An attempt to bridge the American ig
Young CriticCats
The “Cats” musical has proven to be one of the biggest success stories in stage history, both on Broadway in New York as much as the West End in London. The musical was adapted by legendary Broadway writer/composer Andre
Young CriticFrozen II
Frozen (2013) was a world-wide phenomenon unlike the animated world had seen since perhaps the second Golden Age of Disney which ended with Tarzan (1999). The film was a huge financial success, infecting family homes eve
Young CriticBlinded by the Light
It seems to be the year of the music biopic. There has been a surge of music biopics since Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) immortalized Queen. 2019 has brought us the lives of Elton John in Rocketman (2019) and a smart and dist
Young CriticYesterday
Richard Curtis is one of the few screenwriters left that can genuinely craft an original idea and get the funding to make it. His romantic comedies of the 90s and the early 2000s were impactful for their unique concepts
Young CriticRocketman
In any artform those who play it safe and by the rules are seldom rewarded with the fame and glory that they seek. Conformists have never been the ones remembered and admired, it is the bold who make a splash in our memo
Young CriticAladdin (2019)
The purpose of a remake is in spinning an old story with some intriguing new twists. This hasn’t always been followed by the recent Disney “live-action” remakes of their animated classics, but it has been sighted in the
Young CriticBohemian Rhapsody
Sometimes the drama that goes into making a movie can eclipse the actual story being told. However, when the film you’re trying to make is about the rock band Queen and its lead singer Freddie Mercury, it’s hard to overs
Young CriticA Star is Born (2018)
In the current state of constant remakes, it’s hard to find one that can inspire new feeling in you. In the hands of talented filmmakers, however, a story can take on a whole new form and power; this seems to be the case
Young CriticMamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Sometimes a film does beg for a sequel, I know that’s not something the film world needs to hear right now, but there are rare cases where more story can be spun out of memorable characters. Such was the case, in my opi
Young CriticPitch Perfect 3
It’s hard to believe that a little film about acapella singers in college turned into a worldwide franchise. Pitch Perfect 3 looks to be the final film of the franchise (although if it makes enough money, who knows?), bu
Young CriticThe Greatest Showman
Hugh Jackman is quite the showman; he’s been frequently asked to host many awards shows from the Tonys to the Oscars due to his incredible affinity at riling up a crowd. It seems natural then that he should play the lead
Young CriticCoco
Pixar, just like many Hollywood studios, has fallen into the sequlitis wave, their last fully original film was back in 2015 with The Good Dinosaur , and even that was an adaptation of a children’s book. The next slate o
Young CriticBeauty and the Beast (2017)
Why remake a perfect movie? That question didn’t seem to haunt Disney’s executives as they greenlit a slew of live-action remakes from their animated library. Some of these new films have brought new life and quality int
Young CriticLa La Land
I don’t like musicals. I find them frustrating in the sense that they break into interchangeable songs that slow down the story’s progress. There are a few exceptions, musical movies with great soundtracks: The Sound of
Young CriticSing
Music is an action that separates human beings from any other animal on our planet. The act that a different set of sounds manages to bring delight to one of our senses is something apparently other species can’t experie
Young CriticMoana
Disney has had a quite a run with its animated division. Both Pixar and Disney Animation Studios have been delivering successful hits for more than half a decade, ushering maybe a third Golden Age of animation. With each
Young CriticThe Jungle Book (2016)
I don’t normally look positively on remakes, but as in everything there are exceptions. I have previously said that the best way to go about a remake is changing the story into something fresher, but keeping some nostalg
Young CriticSing Street
John Carney’s films are always about music. His two most successful films are Once and Begin Again , both great portrayals of the independent music world in Dublin and in New York. In Sing Street he returns to Dublin an