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Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (2022)- BFI London Film Festival 2022

Posted by Gui on October 10, 2022

Review 117min Genre:       Comedy, Family, Musical Director:     Matthew Warchus Cast:         Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch, Emma Thompson…and more Writers:     Dennis Kelly and Roald Dahl -Synopsis- Sent by her spiteful neglectful parents to a notorious school run by a monstrous headmistress with an iron fist, a young English girl genius is nurtured by a loving teacher and […]

Annette (2021)

Posted by Gui on September 1, 2021

Review 141min Genre:       Drama, Musical, Romance Director:     Leos Carax Cast:         Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg…and more Writers:     Ron Mael and Russell Mael -Synopsis- A mysterious musical chronicle of the relationship between an intense and troubled stand-up comedian and a celebrated opera singer, whose glamorous lives are turned upside down by the arrival of […]

American Utopia (2020)- BFI London Film Festival 2020

Posted by Gui on November 11, 2020

Review 105min Genre:       Drama, Music, Musical Director:     Spike Lee Cast:         David Byrne, Angie Swan, Bobby Wooten III…and more Writers:     David Byrne -Synopsis- David Byrne gets the Spike Lee treatment as the veteran New York director captures the singular new wave star’s 2019 Broadway show in all its glory. An expertly executed minimalist concept featuring Byrne […]

The Lion King (2019)

Posted by Gui on July 20, 2019

Review 118min Genre:      Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical Director:   Jon Favreau Cast:        Donald Glover, Beyoncé, James Earl Jones…and more Writers:    Jeff Nathanson, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi… and more -Synopsis- A prince Lion cub’s path to the throne is disrupted by the treachery of his ambitious uncle after the death of his regal father, forcing him […]

Rocketman (2019)

Posted by Gui on May 22, 2019

Review 121min Genre:       Fact-based, Drama, Music, Musical Director:    Dexter Fletcher Cast:         Taron Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell…and more Writers:     Lee Hall -Synopsis- A semi-fantastical chronicle of Elton John’s breakthrough years and his transformation from shy suburban London kid to global show-stopping superstar—seen through the prism of his relationships writing partner Bernie Taupin and manager […]

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Posted by Gui on December 21, 2018

Review 130min Genre:       Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical Director:    Rob Marshall Cast:         Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw…and more Writers:     David Magee, Rob Marshall, P.L. Travers… and more -Synopsis- With young ‘Jane’ and ‘Michael Banks’ now grown and raising their own family in depression-era London, the world’s most iconic nanny returns to help the family in […]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)- BFI London Film Festival 2018

Posted by Gui on November 14, 2018

Review 132min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Musical, Western Directors:   Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Cast:         Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Liam Neeson…and more Writers:     Joel Coen and Ethan Coen -Synopsis- The Coen Brothers and Netflix bring us a unique Western anthology, a compendium of six stories set in the 19th century American frontier, chronicling the old […]

La La Land (2016)

Posted by Gui on January 1, 2017

Review 128min Genre:        Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance Director:     Damien Chazelle Cast:          Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend…and more Writer:       Damien Chazelle -Synopsis- Writer/director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) takes his Jazz sensibilities to Tinseltown in an all-singing, all-dancing musical dramedy, starring Ryan Gosling as a jazz musician who falls for Emma Stone’s aspiring young actress in L.A. […]

Into the Woods (2014) (English Language)

Posted by Gui on January 9, 2015

125min Genre:      Musical, Fantasy, Adventure Director:   Rob Marshall Cast:        Meryl Streep , Emily Blunt, James Corden …and more Writers:    James Lapine & Stephen Sondheim Award winning director Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha) brings the award winning Sondheim Broadway musical to the big screen, featuring a Disney all-star adaptation of the tale of a […]