Personal Shopper movie review: shadows of sorrow
Strange and melancholy, this genre-defying portrait of grief and loneliness puts Kristen Stewart’s onscreen persona of restive reluctance to very effective use.
Victor Hugo
question of the day: What’s geeky about musical theater?
Why does it seem to appeal to the same people who love science fiction and fantasy? What does musical theater have in common with the things we more traditionally think of as “geeky”?
Les Misérables (review)
There’s an alchemy here that brings together the best of screen and the best of stage…
Mulan (1998) and Hercules (1997) (review)
Damn! Mulan is thisclose to being not just a brilliant animated film, but a brilliant film, period. It has a dramatic story, a heroine who kicks butt, a villain who kicks butt, a square-jawed hero with a not-so-nice side, and some of the most sweepingly gorgeous visuals since Beauty and the Beast. But Mulan is dragged down by insipid songs that feel tacked on and silly, inappropriate sidekicks and secondary characters.
