Tag Archives: Michelle Yeoh

Wicked: For Good (2025) Review

A VISUAL MUSICAL FINALE THAT SOARS – EVEN IF IT DOESN’T DEFY GRAVITY   Are people born wicked, or is wickedness thrust upon them? This enduring question lies at the heart of Wicked, the 2024 fantasy musical that reimagined the intertwined destinies of Elphaba and Galinda. Directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle

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Wicked (2024) Review

A MAGICIAL AND MUSICAL TRIUMPH   While the cinematic world of filmmaking has been quite a vast and celebrated tapestry of storytelling throughout the various decades, the dazzling and palpable theatrical stage of Broadway and its lyrical music has found its way to enchant viewers within their productions. The allure and fascination of Broadway shows has been infamous, with immediate

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) Review

UNITE OR FALL….   The Transformers live-action movie franchise has been somewhat of a “slippery slope” since it began back in 2007. Overseeing by director Michael Bay, the cinematic saga (based on Hasbro’s classic toys line of “robots in disguise”) has been called many things, including loud. bloated, slightly racist / stereotyping, nonsensical, too silly, repetitive, mindless, etc. However, despite these glaring

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A Haunting in Venice (2023) Review

DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING…   In 2017, actor / director Kenneth Branagh brought the classic and beloved murder mystery drama of novelist Agatha Christie to the silver screen with the release of Murder on the Orient Express. Directed and starring in the lead role by Branagh himself, the film, which also had the talents of Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz,

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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Review

JUST BE A ROCK!   The idea of a multiverse has certain been a big business in recent big mainstream tentpoles, with blockbuster cinematics of late exploring the various concepts of alternate timelines and different lives. While not exactly a new convention of plot mechanics, multiverse business has utilized in a wide variety of storytelling art forms, including comic books,

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