Photo courtesy A24 A lot of what you’ll see in “The Smashing Machine” feels very familiar. It’s a sports movie, based on the life of…
Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Studios In our era of total superhero saturation, Superman is almost too simplistic of a character. As the prototype against which…
Photo courtesy Universal Pictures I made a vow, somewhere between my sixth in-theater viewing of “Jurassic Park” and its sequel “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,”…
Photo courtesy Sony Picutres The Latin phrase memento mori is a central theme at the heart of “28 Years Later.” The phrase translates to “remember…
“& Juliet,” now playing at the Fox Theatre through June 1, is a snazzy, poppy, jukebox musical that is built around the conceit of a…
Photo courtesy A24 Comedy and horror are like chocolate and peanut butter: two great tastes that taste great together. But you can’t just throw the…
I am not usually a fan of movies getting converted into musicals. Most of the time, the show is trading on nostalgia for the film…
“Shucked” is an unapologetically corny musical comedy that rests right at the junction of where Broadway meets Branson. It is a mostly-silly, slightly-sentimental delight that…
The musical “Six” is the mashup you never knew you needed: British history and pop divas. Two great tastes that taste great together. The six…