Posts Tagged ‘Melissa Barrera’
Film Review – Scream 7
In my review of Scream VI (2023) I wrote: “It would appear we have come full circle, to the point where the series has become the very thing it made fun of over twenty years ago. The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That…
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Film Review – Carmen
Director/choreographer Benjamin Millepied’s Carmen (2022) is not so much an adaptation of the famous novel/opera, but a complete re-imagining that uses the source material as a groundwork. The result is an intoxicating and vibrant sensory experience. Some viewers may be turned off by its poeticism (some might describe…
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Film Review – Scream VI
When the first Scream (1996) was released, it revitalized and recontextualized the horror/slasher genre. It was a self-aware send up, upending the tropes established in the 1980s. The result was such a surprise that it felt like anything could happen – no one was safe, the killer…
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Episode 73 – In the Heights
For this episode of the podcast, we review the film In the Heights, based on the Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. We also read responses by our listeners about their favorite movie musicals. At the end of the show, we discuss the 1984 cult film,…
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Film Review – In the Heights
In the Heights (2021) is a rapturous, joyful musical fantasy that feels as though it were made for this exact moment. The brainchild of one Lin-Manuel Miranda, this adaptation of the hit Broadway show centers on the north Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. A large Hispanic/LatinX…
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