With Rebel Wilson’s Aussie-shot directorial debut The Deb mired in ugly controversy, the feel-good musical is currently in danger of not getting in front of audiences. Getting a film made
Michael Callan was a dancer who Columbia Studios tried to build into a name. He never quite got there, but anyone who starred in both Gidget Goes Hawaiian and a
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... has to be experienced (and preferably on the big screen).
Playing Nicole Appleton in Robbie Williams biopic Better Man is Australian actress Raechelle Banno. Michael Gracey and Jonno Davies had incredible words to say about you, but they didn’t know
Better Man is the highly anticipated musical biopic of pop star Robbie Williams, an encore from Australian director Michael Gracey to his beloved debut smash The Greatest Showman, made in
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… an entertaining musical experience, anchored by Jennifer Hudson’s powerhouse performance and director Liesl Tommy’s musically theatrical framing.
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… does more to enhance and enrich its predecessor than most Disney remakes, helped by its cultural framework that emphasises the importance of history and storytelling, giving its existence a
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...a tonal schmaltzpocalypse on par with trying to turn Joker into a frothy rom-com...
Is it just us (and our overly analytical habits), but is there a certain Middle East conflict subtext in the latest Disney animation turned live action (mostly) extravaganza?
After world premiering in Oz a couple of weeks ago, Wicked: Part I opened like magic, raking in more than 50% of the entire weekend's box office... with a large