Musical

Mama Mia!

The failure of this movie was mainly due to the inexperienced director. Phyllida Lloyd only has theatre background and she has made the transition to movies a painful one for her audience.

Right from the very first note in the opening song, something felt wrong. It’s not really Amanda Seyfriend’s fault as her work is commendable [...]

August Rush

August Rush is a little bit like Once, it’s a musical and has a love story as its premise, and both were nominated for Best Song in the Oscars, which Once won.
August Rush however boasts a fantastic cast. Freddie Highmore this time as an unbelievable musical prodigy was miles better than his fantasy offer in [...]

Once

This was introduced to me by the guy who introduced me Saw, which was a gem. This one, started out to be something fantastic but fall short in the end.  And I just spent half a day arguing with said friend why it disappointed as he thinks it’s one of the best movies he’s seen.

A [...]

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

This is my favourite, if not the best, team up between Depp and director Tim Burton. What a great story and what a way to tell it by having Depp as the demon barber.

First, to get the bad out of the way. The movie could have been 15 minutes shorter. I know that doesn’t sound [...]

Across The Universe

How can one not help but feel like this is an over-extended music video that’s blatantly and shamelessly promoting the music of the Beatles. Throw in a few dialogues here and there while trying to use existing lyrics from totally different and unrelated songs to tell a story can sometimes result in disjointed flow and [...]