tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40326573384954380102024-03-08T09:42:13.848-08:00Marty's Stage and Screen ReviewA look into the latest Play and Musicals of Stage and Screen.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-16212308489684127242015-11-08T14:17:00.003-08:002015-11-08T14:17:37.770-08:00Hi Friends. Here's my late review of CARRIE THE MUSICAL at the historic LOS ANGELES<br />
THEATRE in Downrown L.A.<br />
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What can I say about CARRIE THE MUSICAL at the LOS ANGELES<br />
THEATRE. Only that it was fucking awesome!!!! There was more<br />
audience involment. If you were lucky enough to sit in the pods that moved<br />
they were closer to the action. The seats were more intimate. During the scene<br />
when CARRIE was trying out her powers the high priced seats moved. They<br />
started to shake. During the prom scene when Carrie was killing everybody<br />
stuff fell on the audience. CARRIE THE MUSICAL at THE LOS ANGELES<br />
THEATRE was bigger & better I hate to say it when it was at THE LA MIRADA<br />
THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. It ends its run at THE LOS<br />
ANGELES THEATRE again I hate to say on Sunday November 15th.<br />
Hurry up & run to get tickets. IT'LL BE A NIGHT YOU'LL NEVER <br />
FORGET.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-77544566861130298692015-10-21T20:00:00.001-07:002015-10-21T20:00:47.760-07:00Hi friends. Here are my reviews of THE SOUND OF MUSIC & the movies PAN, HOTEL<br />
TRANSYLVANIA 2 & GOOSEBUMPS.<br />
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What can I say about THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Iy was fantastic.<br />
The kids playing THE VON TRAPP children were awesome. <br />
KRISTEN ANDERSON plays Maria. She is sent by the Mother<br />
Abesse(ASHLEY BROWN) who played MARY POPPINS,<br />
to take care of the children while their father Captain. Von Trapp<br />
(BEN DAVIS) is away on a trip. Slowly but surely Maria starts<br />
to fall in love with the captain. I hate to say it. It was better than<br />
movie. All the songs are there, DO RE MI, CLIMB EVERY<br />
MOUNTAIN, EDELWIESS & SO LONG FAREWELL. The<br />
show was so good we gave it a standing ovation. So when THE<br />
SOUND OF MUSIC comes to your area run to see it dont walk.<br />
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PAN is an orgin story we've never seen before. In this<br />
version of the PETER PAN story PETER is the son of a<br />
warrior & a fairy prince. Peter is brought to our world<br />
by his mother so he can be safe from the evil BLACKBEARD<br />
(HUGH JACKMAN) who is totally unrecognizeable as the evil<br />
BLACKBEARD. Unfortunaly PAN bomb at the box office.<br />
LEVI MILLER was awesome as PETER PAN as was ROONEY<br />
MARA as the PRINCESS TIGER LILY. The best part of PAN <br />
was when PETER comes to terms with who he is & saves NEVERLAND<br />
from Blackbeard. I liked the movie enough to see it twice. I'm planning<br />
on buying the movie when it comes out on Blu-Ray.<br />
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I was so surprised to hear that they were making a HOTEL <br />
TRANSYLVANIA 2 and it was worth the wait. The sequeal<br />
finds Dracula's daughter Mavis(SELENA GOMEZ) married<br />
to human Jonathan9(JOSH MYERS) & pregnant with<br />
their first child which happens to be son. The son they named<br />
Dennis hasn't transformed into vampire and it's up to Dracula<br />
(ADAM SANDLER) and his friends to help his grandson<br />
change so Mavis & her family wont move away & so <br />
that Dracula's own father(MEL BROOKS) wont be<br />
angry when he finds out his granddaughter married a<br />
human. HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 was well worth the<br />
wait. The funniest scene in the movie is when the baby is starting<br />
to talk & has him say to her father "Blah blah" & her father<br />
says in return "I don't say Blah blah" that was hilarious.<br />
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 was funnier than the first one.<br />
One of ADAM SANDLER'S daughter's has a role in the movie<br />
as a werewolfe. Her voice is so cute. So go see HOTEL<br />
TRANSYLVANIA 2 it's a fun for HALLOWEEN.<br />
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It took them 20 years to make the GOOSEBUMPS <br />
movie & it was worth the wait. JACK BLACK<br />
plays horror writer for teens R.L. STINE who lives<br />
life as a recluse along with his daughter HANNAH<br />
(ODEYA RUSH). Everthing is fine untill a teenage<br />
boy & his mother move in. The boy is played by<br />
DYLAN MINNETTE. He played the president's<br />
son on SCANDEL As soon as he moves in there's<br />
trouble for STINE R.L. STINE has a small cameo<br />
as new drama teacher. GOOSEBUMPS plot is<br />
simple enough. R.L STINE has his manuscripts<br />
locked up because for some reason the charactersin the<br />
books come out & it's up to HANNAH & the new boy<br />
next door & his new best friend o put them back in their<br />
books. GOOSEBUMPS has a somewhat sad ending but then<br />
it turns happy.. I saw GOOSEBUMPS twice I liked it so <br />
much. It's another one that's good for HALLOWEEN. I <br />
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So those are my review of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, PAN, HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2,<br />
& GOOSEBUMPS. Try to see them all if you can. You wont regret it. Enjoy the movies<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-39884872266047924332015-09-28T14:53:00.001-07:002015-09-28T14:53:25.645-07:00 Hi Friends. Today I will be reveiwing the awesome<br />
musical comedy FIRST DATE.<br />
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First Date begins with several New Yorkers sing <br />
about their hopes and fears about finding the right<br />
the right some one to love. That takes us to a hip<br />
Downtown restaurant where we meet Aaron(Marc<br />
Ginsburg) an uptight invesment banker on his first<br />
blind date. We then meet Casey(Erica Lustig) a <br />
a cooler artist-type serial dater. Comedy ensues<br />
when little by little they realize they have nothing<br />
in common. The date unfolds in real-time, The <br />
show is performed without an intermission.<br />
In the end Aaron & Casey. You have to see <br />
FIRST DATE for yourself to find out what<br />
happens to Aaron & Casey. We also for the<br />
Los Angeles premier of FIRST DATE get a brand<br />
new song called FOREVER ONLINE. It's about how<br />
the things you post on the web come back to haunt<br />
you in the future. The original Broadway Cast of <br />
FIRST DATE included ZACHERY LEVI(CHUCK)<br />
& KRYSTA RODRIGUEZ(SPRING AWAKENING,<br />
THE ADDAMS FAMILY). She played Wednesday<br />
Addams. A good news bad news situation for KRYSTA<br />
RODRIGUEZ. She's a breast cancer survivor. I was <br />
sorry to hear about Krysta's health problems but I'm<br />
so glad she survived the health scare. Again see FIRST<br />
DATE you'll be glad you went on the date with them.<br />
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classic musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC. I'll be<br />
seeing it on OCTOBER 10th. Hope to see you there.<br />
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GRANDMA, THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, THE DUFF, BARELY LETHAL &<br />
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Grandma is hilariuos. LILY TOMLIN plays Elle Reid<br />
a woman who just broke up with her much younger<br />
girlfriend named Olive played by Judy Greer. After<br />
her break up Elle finds out her 16 year old granddaughter<br />
Sage played by newcomer Julia Garner tells Elle that she<br />
is pregnant & that she needs $600 for an a abortion so <br />
Elle takes Sage on a wild road trip to try to raise the funds<br />
before they have to go Sage's mother Judy played by Maarcia<br />
Guy Harden. So go see GRANDMA you'll laugh your head off.<br />
LILY TOMLIN just might win her long over due Oscar.<br />
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The Diary Of A Teenage Girl staars 19 year old newcomer<br />
Bel Pawley who plays Minnie a 15 year old who is just<br />
discovering her body. She has fantasies about making love<br />
to her mothers boyfriend played by TRUE BLOOD star<br />
Alexander Skaarsgard. Her mother is played by<br />
Kristen Wigg in her dramitic debut. It's a good thing that Bel<br />
Pawley was 19 at the time of filming this movie cause she had to<br />
do a lot of nude scenes. Bel really has a beautiful body. I could<br />
see Bel Pawley getting an Oscar nomination for her work on this<br />
film. She would deservre it.<br />
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Maika Monroe plays Jay. A 19 year old who after a night of sex<br />
is plague by visions of someone or something following ner.<br />
She then finds out that the boy had sex with a woman who passed <br />
something deadly on to him and the only way to get rid of it<br />
is to pass it on to some one else. So her friends try to hrlp her stay<br />
alive. If you want a good scare see IT FOLLOWS. But don't watch<br />
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Mae Whitman fresh off her 6 year run on PARENTHOOD as troubeld<br />
teen Amber Holt stars as Bianca Piller who finds out through a child<br />
hood friend that her whole high school life has been a lie when she learns<br />
her two best friends Casey & Jess played by Bianca Santos & Skyler Samuels<br />
have been using her as a duff(Designated Ugly Fat Friend). She breaks up with<br />
her friends & she turns to her friend Wesley played by Robbie Amell late of<br />
THE TOMORROW PEOPLE she ask him for help in trying to pretty which<br />
makes Wesley's on again off again girlfriend Madison played by SHAKE IT<br />
OFFS Bella Thorne jealous. The critics are right THE DUFF is this generations<br />
MEAN GIRLS. The film has a great supporting cast of adult actors. ALLISON JANNEY<br />
as Bianca's mother Dottie and KEN JEONG as Bianca's favorite teacher. So see THE DUFF<br />
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It's been a banner year for HAILEE STEINFELD. First she<br />
had the blockbuster hit PITCH PERFECT 2 for which she<br />
will be in PITCH PERFECT 3. Hailee plays a teenage<br />
assasin who really wants to be a regular teen. SAMUEL L.<br />
JACKSON co-stars as Hailee's trainer who sends her out on<br />
a mission to capture a rogue agent played by Jessica Alba.<br />
During her mission Hailee's Agent 83 fakes her own death<br />
& goes to live with a family which includes RACHEL HARRIS<br />
very funny and also includes LIV & MADDIE'S DOVE CAMERON.<br />
BARELY LETHAL has a lot of good action & is very well paced for<br />
laughs & the action. So see BARELY LETHAL you'll want to see it again<br />
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26th I'll be seeing the musical FIRST DATE. It's direct from<br />
Broadway. Great news friends. CARRIE THE MUSICAL is<br />
returning to LOS ANGELES to the historic LOS ANGELES<br />
THEATRE for a 6 week run. I'm planning on seeing it at least<br />
two more times. So enjoy the movies and save me some popcorn.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-73732523136853653602015-08-18T13:13:00.000-07:002015-08-18T13:13:04.490-07:00Hi Friends. Martin here. Today I'll be talking about my day at the D23 2015 EXPO. I went on Saturday August 15th. I got to see the live action panel of upcoming movies for the next rwo<br />
years. The live action version of THE JUNGLE BOOK looks great as does ALICE THRU<br />
THE LOOKING GLASS. As a special treat JOHNNY DEPP showed up as CAPTAIN JACK<br />
SPARROW who introduced aq clip from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN<br />
TELL NO TALES. That looks awesome. MIA WASIKOWSKA was there to talk about<br />
ALICE THRU THE LOOKING GLASS. Again that one looks as well. Also there was <br />
CHRIS EVANS & ANTHONY MACKIE to talk about CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL<br />
WAR. CHRIS PINE was to talk about a film called THE FINEST HOURS. Based on a <br />
true story of a incident that happen in the 1960'S. In CAPTAIN AMERICA 3 IRON MAN<br />
(ROBERT DOWNEY JR) makes an appearence CIVAL WAR. For the finale of the event<br />
J.J. ABRAMS was there to introduce the cast of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS.<br />
OSCARR ISSACS, LUPITA NYANGO, & as a surprise HARRISON FORD. We all<br />
stood up and cheered for HARRISON as he entered the room. Then after that the president<br />
of the WALT DISNEY COMPANY announced the building of the new STAR WARS<br />
themed lands. Before I forget BEN KINGSLEY was there to talk about the live action<br />
version of THE JUNGLE BOOK. He's rhe voice of BAGHERRA in the film. We also<br />
saw clips of the new PETE'S DRAGON & BEAUTY & THE BEAST. BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD was there for PETE'S DRAGON. This PETE'S DRAGON is not a musical.<br />
Repeat not a musical. That's pissing off a lot of fans of the original because the songs<br />
in the original were the best thing about the original film. Later that night I got to see a panel<br />
talk with THE EVIL QUEEN & SNOW WHITE from ONCE UPON A TIME. We got<br />
a sneek peak at upcoming season with EMMA SWANN now known as THE DARK<br />
SWANN. The new season will also bring us the princess MERIDA from BRAVE. <br />
She will be the first PIXAR character to be featured in ONCE UPON A TIME.<br />
Well tha's all I have to say about THE D23 EXPO OF 2015. It's just too bad<br />
that they happen every two years. The next one will be in 2017. Until<br />
THE D23 EXPO OF 2017 enjoy the upcoming movies and I hope to see<br />
you in 2017. <br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-61738182180651673472015-08-12T19:20:00.001-07:002015-08-12T19:20:26.543-07:00Hi friends. Here's my late review of MERYL STREEPS new movie RICKI & THE FLASH. Since I<br />
didn't have this blog last year I'll also be talking about the musical INTO THE WOODS.<br />
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Diablo Cody has done it again. RICKI & THE FLASH is her best<br />
screenplay since JUNO. Meryl Streep shines as an aging rocker<br />
who when she was younger leaves her family to pursue her singing<br />
career. Cut to many years later her ex husband calls her home for<br />
daughter who's going through a messy divorce. Meryl's real life<br />
daughter Maime Gummer plays her daughter in the film.<br />
It's also nice to see KEVIN KLINE back on the big screen. He made<br />
his big screen come back in a movie called LAST VEGAS, He's also<br />
working with Meryl for the second time since 1982'S SOPHIE'S CHOICE.<br />
It's been a good year for Meryl's two duaghter's. Meryl's other daughter<br />
Grace Gummer is on the Hallee Berry show EXTANT as a villian.<br />
Diablo Cody has written other screenplays for movies such as<br />
JENNIFER'S BODY & PARADISE. She also directed PARADISE<br />
which starred Julieanne Hough, Russell Brand, & Octavia Spencer.<br />
With JENNIFER'S BODY Diablo wrote the famous kissing scene<br />
between MEGAN FOX & AMANDA SEYFRIED. Up next for<br />
KEVIN KLINE is playing Maurice Belle's father in the live action<br />
version of the Disney animated & broadway hit musical BEAUTY &<br />
THE BEAST. Also with RICKI & THE FLASH Rick Springfield<br />
does a good job playing Meryl's lead guitarist. So go see RICKI & THE<br />
FLASH & drop me a line. I loved RICKI & THE FLASH I saw it 3 times.<br />
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Like LES MISERABLES I waited for 27 years for them to<br />
make a film version of one of my favourite musicals of all<br />
time. It has one of the best cast ever for a musical. But alas<br />
Disney messed it up. My friends & I have come up with a <br />
word for Disney when they decide to change the story. We<br />
call it Disneyfiying. In the broadway version of INTO THE<br />
WOODS at least 5 people die. The show has a narrator who<br />
doubles as the baker's father. The baker's father dies after he<br />
helps end the curse on his sons house. The second death comes<br />
as a surprise when the narrator is picked up by the giantess<br />
& is thrown across the stage. The third death another surprise<br />
as Rapunzel is steped on by the giant. The fourth death is Jack<br />
from JACK AND THE BEANSTALK mother who is killed<br />
by the prince's steward when he hits her over the head with his<br />
staff. The final death is the Baker's Wife who is crushed to death<br />
by falling trees. The original broadway version with the great<br />
BERNADETTE PETERS & JOANNA GLEASON is available<br />
on BLU-RAY & DVD so check out the show then see the movie<br />
& let me know what you think of it. Meryl Streep plays the witch<br />
in the movie. She was good but not as good as Bernadette.<br />
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weekend. I'll be at THE D23 EXPO on Saturday. Hope to<br />
see there. Next movie I'll be reviewing will be AMERICAN<br />
ULTRA with KRISTEN STEWART & ESSIE EISENBERG.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-21580068088373662092015-07-27T20:30:00.001-07:002015-07-27T20:30:33.544-07:00Hi Friends. I saw three good movies on Saturday. They were: PIXELS, PAPER TOWNS &<br />
TRAINWRECK. Here are my reviews.<br />
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Chris Columbus has done it again. Pixels starring<br />
Adam Sandler was hilarious, Seeing all the old<br />
video games of the 80'S brought back some great<br />
memories. I was so good at DONKEY KONG.<br />
BURGER TIME, PAPERBOY, QBERT, &<br />
PAC-MAN. The supporting cast including<br />
JOSH GAD, PETER DINKLIGE, KEVIN JAMES,<br />
MICHELLE MONIGHAN were funny as well. I <br />
am not like all the other critics. I give all of Adam Sandler<br />
movies a chance and I haven't been dissappointed. Seeing<br />
all those great games will make you want to play them<br />
all over again. PIXELS begins when aliens mistakes a <br />
time capsule holding video games as an act of war so it's<br />
up to Adam Sandler and his nerd friends to save the day.<br />
So go see PIXELS you'll want your kids to play those old<br />
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Paper Towns marks supermodel Cara Delevigne first<br />
acting job. Too bad it wasn't in a better movie. The<br />
movie was written by Scott Neustadter & Micheal H.<br />
Weber. They wrote the better movie THE FAULT IN<br />
OUR STARS. Paper Towns begins when Quintin(Nat<br />
Wolf). He played Issac in THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.<br />
Falls in love with Margo(Cara Delevigne) as soon as she<br />
moves into the neighborhood. She ignores him for years<br />
until one night she wants him to help her get even with<br />
those who done her wrong then she ups and vanishis<br />
leaving what Quintin thinks are clues to where to find her.<br />
One of the best things about Paper Towns is Halston Sage<br />
who plays one of Margo's friend Lacey. She was awesome<br />
in her role. Again Paper Towns was almost as good as<br />
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS but not quite. I cried at <br />
the end of FAULT but not at this one. See it for yourself<br />
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Amy Shumer should get an OSCAR nod for best<br />
original screenplay because it was freaking funny.<br />
Amy works at sex magazine who asignes her to<br />
interview a doctor who treats athletes. Bill Hader<br />
plays the doctor. I never pictured Bill Hader as a<br />
romantic lead. But he does a good job. Another<br />
one who does a great job is Lebron James as one<br />
of Bill's clients. So if you want to laugh for two<br />
hours go see Trainwreck. Amy will make you laugh<br />
as well as cry.<br />
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(PIXELS, TRAINWRECK) and one so-so<br />
movie (PAPER TOWNS). See PIXELS &<br />
TRAINWRECK you wont be dissapointed.<br />
Enjoy the movies and save me some <br />
popcorn.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-11014517363075873732015-07-18T18:02:00.002-07:002015-07-18T18:02:57.296-07:00Hi Friends. This is my late review of THE MINIONS.<br />
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The creators of DESPICABLE ME have done it again.<br />
The pill shaped MINIONS are back and funnier than<br />
ever. The voice cast is incredible. SANDRA BULLOCK<br />
does an awesome job as SCARLETT OVERKILL. <br />
Likewise JON HAMM as SCARLETT'S husband HERB<br />
OVERKILL. The rest of the cast is great. From <br />
MICHEAL KEATON and ALLISON JANNEY as the<br />
head of a bank robbing family. To STEVE COOGAN as<br />
as a TOWER OF LONDON gaurd to the great <br />
JENNIFER SAUNDERS(ABSOLUTELY FABOULAS)<br />
as the QUEEN OF ENGLAND. PIERRE COFFINE is<br />
back and better than ever as the voice of THE MINIONS.<br />
So I highly reccomend THE MINIONS. You'll come out<br />
humming THE MINION theme like I did. Next week I'll<br />
be reviewing the films PIXELS & PAPER TOWNS.<br />
Last year I missed THE FAULT IN OUR STARS in the<br />
theaters so I'm not going to miss PAPER TOWNS. <br />
So enjoy the popcorn & the movies.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-42523369935309182102015-07-08T22:26:00.000-07:002015-07-08T22:26:41.923-07:00 Hi Friends. This is a partial list of my favorite films<br />
of 2015 so far.<br />
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6. HOME<br />
5. BURYING THE EX<br />
4. JURASSIC WORLD<br />
3. CINDERELLA<br />
2. TOMORROWLAND<br />
1. INSIDEOUT<br />
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BURYING THE EX.<br />
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Matilda The Musical was freaking awesome. The critics were right about this amazing<br />
musical. The shows composer TIM MINCHIN did a great job with the songs. There<br />
are five songs that stand out. NAUGHTY Matilda's anthem. LOUD, WHEN I GROW<br />
UP, THE SMELL OF REBELLION & the best one REVOLTING CHILDREN.<br />
At the performance I saw Matilda was played by GABBY GUTIERREZ. GABBY<br />
made history by being the first filipino to play the role of Matilda. She did an awesome<br />
job doing an english accent. During the song LOUD Mrs. Wormwood tells Miss Honey<br />
how she gets ready for the annual dance competition she enters every year. During the<br />
song WHEN I GROW UP the children actually swing on swings over the orchestra pit,<br />
The children sing about what they will do when they get older. THE SMELL OF <br />
REBELLION has the evil woman MISS. TRUNCHBULL gives the children an extreme<br />
workout. And as for the best one REVOLTING CHILDREN the kids celebrate the<br />
departure of MISS. TRUNCHBULL. The opening of the second act was hilarious.<br />
Matilda's father Mr. Wormwood comes out to warn the adults in the audience to be<br />
careful not to let their children read books and to think for themselves. At the curtain<br />
call the actors take their bows riding scooters. All in all I highly recomend MATILDA<br />
THE MUSICAL. You'll laugh & cry but you'll have a hell of a good time. TIME magazine<br />
was right. MATILDA was the best show since THE LION KING!<br />
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After The Ball is a different take on the CINDERRELLA story. Portia Doubleday<br />
(Who played Chris Hargensen in the CARRIE remake) headlines a cast that<br />
Chris Noth (SEX & THE CITY), Colin Mochrie( WHOSE LINE IS IT<br />
ANYWAY), & LAUREN HOLLY( PICKET FENCES, MOTIVE(. Portia plays<br />
Kate who wants to work at her father's (Noth) fashion design house but her father's<br />
new wife & daughters try to push her out. Kate however thinks her father's wife is up<br />
to something so she disguises herself as a man to take her down. While she's in <br />
disguise Kate starts to fall in love with a co-worker. Portia has come a long way since<br />
CARRIE, I recomend AFTER THE BALL if only for Portia's performance. Also for<br />
Colin Mochrie. He plays a pretty good part in it.<br />
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JOE SANTE is back and better than ever. Burying The Ex<br />
was scary & funny at the same time. ANTON YELCHIN <br />
pkays Max. He has an overbearing girlfriend who dictactes<br />
what he can and cannot do. One day while at Max's job he<br />
& EVELYN( ASHLEY GREENE) make a wish in fronf<br />
evil idol to be together forever. Big mistake. Because no sooner<br />
does Evelyn gets hit by a bus and dies. But as soon as Max falls<br />
in love with ice cream shop owner (ALEXANDRA DADDARIO)<br />
Evelyn reuturns from the grave. As with hie earlier films JOE DANTE<br />
uses some of his acting regulars. The great DICK MILLER plays a <br />
desk cop while Joe's fomer dierector of photogrphy the great JOHN<br />
plays a grumpy customer. Max works in a horror movie memoribillia<br />
store. So if you want to laugh and sceam a la the great horror comedy<br />
CREEPSHOW I recommend BURYING THE EX I really loved it.<br />
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So those are my reviews for this week. I will review the<br />
anticapated THE MINIONS & THE GALLOWS. So<br />
enjoy MATILDA & the movies I talked about out &<br />
save me some popcorn. See you next time & enjoy the<br />
movies.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-85596679199140245302015-06-26T14:40:00.003-07:002015-06-26T14:40:55.708-07:00 A note about James Horner<br />
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When writing about legendary composer James Horner I forgot to mention<br />
to of his other best scores of the of the 1990'S. First up: 1991'S <br />
THE ROCKETEER. The films about an average joe in the 1930'S who along<br />
with his friend build a flying jet pack. The film stars, BILLY CAMPBELL,<br />
ALAN ARKIN, JENNIFER CONNELLY, and the great TIMOTHY DALTON.<br />
If you haven't seen it rent it or buy it. I gaurantee you'll love the film and the score.<br />
Movie number two: 1995'S JUMANJI. That movie is about a board game come<br />
to life. JUMANJI stars the late great ROBIN WILLIAMS, BONNIE HUNT,<br />
JONATHAN HYDE a very young KRISTEN DUNST, BEBE NUEWORTH,<br />
DAVID ALAN GRIER and BRADLEY MICHEAL PIERCE( Chip from BEAUTY<br />
& THE BEAST). So I recommend you see those two movies and then buy the<br />
scores. You wont be dissapointed.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-69709588303143284442015-06-23T23:58:00.001-07:002015-06-23T23:58:52.186-07:00Hi Friends. Tonight I'll talking about the passing of the legendary & Academy Award Winning<br />
Composer JAMES HORNER.<br />
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REMEMBERING JAMES HORNER<br />
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We lost one of the greatest composer this week as James Horner<br />
perished in a horrific plane crash/ I first fell in love with James<br />
Horner's music while watching the movie STAR TREK 2 THE<br />
WRATH OF KHAN. I fell even more in love with James <br />
with STAR TREK 3 THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK. He<br />
would have a slew of hit scores starting with COCOON. He <br />
then followed that up with AN AMERICAN TAIL, BATTERIES<br />
NOT INCLUDED, AN AMERICAN TAIL 2 FIVEL GOES WEST.<br />
He also did two of my personel favorites in 1989'S HONEY I SHRUNK<br />
THE KIDS & 1995'S CASPER. In HONEY I SHRUNK THE KIDS he<br />
actually made in sound like a live action WARNER BROS. cartoon.<br />
Like when we lost the great JERRY GOLDSMITH HOLLYWOOD was <br />
never the same. We wont have his music to look forward too.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-37190435456432395942015-06-21T23:40:00.002-07:002015-06-21T23:40:29.584-07:00Hi Friends. Tonight I'll be talking about the movie INSIDEOUT & the Original Cast Recording of<br />
the new Broadway Classic FUN HOME.<br />
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The people of PIXAR have done it again. INSIDEOUT is the best<br />
film since BRAVE & UP. The great voice cast includes AMY POEHLER,<br />
LEWIS BLACK. PHYLLIS SMITH, BILL HADER, & MINDY KALING.<br />
The story is about what happens inside the head of an eleven year old<br />
Riley Anderson after she is moved from Minnesota to San Fransico.<br />
The emotion Sadness accidently touches one of Riley's memories<br />
and the emotion Joy tries to fix what Sadness has done because<br />
when Sadness touches Riley's memory it turns dark. All of a<br />
sudden JOY & SADNESS are sucked up a tube leaving emotions<br />
FEAR, DISGUST & ANGER in charge of Riley's mind. The<br />
writers give LEWIS BLACK as ANGER the best line in which he<br />
says San Fransico & Hawaii have ruined pizza. PHYLLIS SMITH<br />
from THE OFFICE & BAD TEACHER was great as Sadness. BILL<br />
HADER(NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM 2) was unrecognizeable as<br />
FEAR. MINDY KALING(THE MINDY PROJECT) was awesome<br />
as DISGUST. AMY POEHLER as JOY was awesome as well. So<br />
go see INSIDEOUT but be sure you bring some tissue because during<br />
the five minutes you will need them. The next movie I'll review will be<br />
TERMINATOR: GENISY followed by THE MINNIONS. Until next<br />
time enjoy the movies & save me some popcorn.<br />
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What can I say about the cast recording of FUN HOME. The only<br />
thing I can say is how great it is. The score is by first time TONY<br />
AWARD winners JEANINE TESORI & LISA KRON who also<br />
won the TONY for the best book. What I like about the cast recording<br />
of FUN HOME is that they have included little bits of scenes from the<br />
show to help us understand the songs. The show is about lesbian<br />
cartoonist ALLISON BECHDEL and her coming to terms with her<br />
homosexuality at the age of nine. The shows four best songs are<br />
RING OF KEYS in which nine year old Allison discribes her<br />
feelings after she sees a butch lesbian. Second good song is CHANGING<br />
MY MAJOR in wich nineteen year old Allison sings about how well <br />
she enjoyed her first lesbian encounter. The third song is WELCOME TO<br />
OUR HOUSE ON MAPLE AVENUE in which the BECHDEL family\ <br />
describes how their father likes to keep the house clean. The last good song<br />
is called COME TO THE FUN HOME in which the BECHDEL children<br />
sing about the services that the BECHDEL FUNERAL HOME can provide<br />
for their loved ones in a pretend comercial that their filming. The BECHDEL<br />
family owned and ran a funeral home hence the shows name. The show is also<br />
based on the best selling graphic novel ny ALLISON BECHDEL herself. <br />
FUN HOME would be a great fit at THE LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR<br />
THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER onstage series. I can't wait for <br />
FUN HOMES Los Amgeles premire. I'll most likely see it five times in<br />
while it's in L.A. Newcomers SYDNEY LUCAS and EMILY SKEGGS are<br />
excellent in the rolls of Small Allison and Medium Allison. They both were<br />
nominated for TONYS. So go out and get the FUN HOME cast recording.<br />
You wont be sorry.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-45957996480035166202015-06-18T15:14:00.001-07:002015-06-18T15:14:11.833-07:00Hi Friends. Martin here. Here's my long delayed review of JURASSIC WORLD.<br />
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I was so pleased at the way JURASSIC WORLD turned out.<br />
STEVEN SPEILBERG should be proud at the way new<br />
director COLIN TREVORROW handle the dinosuars.<br />
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD(TWILIGHT SAGA ECLIPSE<br />
and the upcoming PETE'S DRAGON remake) plays Claire<br />
the woman in charge of the park. CHRIS PRATT plays Owen<br />
a former love intrest of Claire and who happens to be a <br />
vilociraptor trainer. With park attendence dwindling Claire<br />
decides to have JURASSIC WORLD scientist create a whole<br />
new creature. Big mistake. Claire's two nephews Zach & Grey<br />
(NICK ROBINSON, TY SIMPKINS) pick the wrong time to<br />
visit thier aunt. VINCENT D'ONFRIO of LAW AND ODER:<br />
CRIMINAL INTENT fame plays a military commander<br />
who wants to use the raptors as new weapons but he gets his the <br />
end. All in all I loved the movie. I can't wait for the sequeal.<br />
Any one familer with the sitcom MELISSA & JOEY will<br />
recognize NICK ROBINSON from that show which is ending It's<br />
5 year run on ABCFAMILY. So run don't walk to JURASSIC WORLD.<br />
You'll be glad you took the trip. One more thing. I still jumped at the<br />
scary scenes in the film. Well done everyone.<br />
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That's my review of JURASSIC WORLD. My next review<br />
will of the film INSIDE OUT. I also will try to see a <br />
zombie comedy called BUTYING THE EX. A comedy<br />
with ASHLEY GREENE( Alice from the TWILGHT SAGA)<br />
ANTON YELTON( Checkov from the STAR TREK series)<br />
and ALEXANDRA DADDARIO( Annabeth from the PERCY<br />
JACKSON series. The film is directed by JOE DANTE( GREMLINS,<br />
INNERSPACE). JOE DANTE hasn't had a movie on the big screen<br />
since 2003's SMALL SOLDIERS. Until next time enjoy the movies<br />
and the popcorn.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-35600038702936218042015-06-11T16:26:00.001-07:002015-06-11T16:26:40.903-07:00 <br />
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Hi Friends. Today I will be reviewing the movie SAN ANDREAS.<br />
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San Andrea is a modern day version of EARTHQUAKE.<br />
The film starring DWAYNE JOHNSON & CARLA GUGINO<br />
working for what I assumed for the 2nd time since RACE TO<br />
WITCH MOUNTAIN play about to be divorce couple with<br />
a college age daughter. The film opens with a young woman <br />
who accidently drives her car of a cliff & they show DWAYNE<br />
JOHNSON character doing his job as rescue worker. Cut to<br />
actor PAUL GIAMATTI playing a Cal Tech researcher who<br />
predicts a massive earthquake headed toward California after<br />
a big quake strikes the Hoover Dam area of Arizona. CARLA<br />
GUGINO'S caharacter has a boyfriend who is filthy rich <br />
volunteers to drive CARLA'S daughter who's played by<br />
hot up & coming actress ALEXANDRA DADDARIO. Once<br />
in SAN FRANSICO where Daddariro was headed an earthquake<br />
strikes seperating Daddario's Blake character from her mother's <br />
boyfriend. Blake along with two brothers visiting from England<br />
navigate their way through a totally destroyed SAN FRANSICO<br />
while her parents try to find her. All in all the movies effects<br />
were awesome. If anyone in your family has the film<br />
EARTHQUAKE I highly suuggest you watch it and compare<br />
the two films. My next film to be reviewed will be JURASSIC<br />
WORLD. I'll more than likely be abe to see JURASSIC WORLD<br />
only once since It will be all sold out. Maybe I'll see <br />
TOMORROWLAND for a 4th time. I can't wait for SEPTEMBER<br />
to own the BLU-RAY. Until next time friends enyoy the moves.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-63817418837255413372015-06-09T17:30:00.001-07:002015-06-09T17:30:55.645-07:00 THE 2015 TONY AWARDS<br />
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I was so pleased at the way THE 2015 TONY AWARDS played out.<br />
Kristen Chenowith & Alan Cumming were awesome host. FUN HOME<br />
was the big winner winning 5 trophys including Best Musical, Best Score,<br />
& Best Lead Actor. FUN HOME is about a woman coming to terms with<br />
her homosexuality after learning her father was gay. Other highlights of the<br />
award show was a song from SOMETHING ROTTEN(wich is coming to<br />
the AHMANSON THEATRE this fall), A song from FINDING NEVERLAND<br />
was also good. As was seeing Ken Wantanabe sing for THE KING AND I.<br />
FUN HOME would be a nice fit for THE LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR<br />
THE PERFORMING ARTS onstage series. To see a full list of Tony<br />
winners go to TONY AWARDS.COM. For LA MIRADA THEATRES<br />
next onstage series musical I hope they get HEATHERS THE MUSICAL.<br />
It's co-created by KEVIN MURPHY who created the smash hit musical<br />
REEFER MADNESS. I'll be seeing the musical MATILDA next month<br />
so I'll be reviewing it then. So enjoy the next musical you'll see and<br />
drop me a post and let me know how you liked it. Enjoy the theatre.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-83140655830663933832015-05-24T21:21:00.002-07:002015-05-24T21:21:57.484-07:00Hi Friends. Martin here. Today I'll be reviewing the movies TOMORROWLAND & POLTERGEIST.<br />
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The George Clooney/ Britt Robertson action adventure film<br />
opens in a flashback sequnce at the 1964 Worlds Fair when <br />
he's ten years old. There he meets a girl named Athena<br />
(Awesome newcomer Raffey Cassidy. We've seen her<br />
movies such as SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN &<br />
DARK SHADOWS). She invites him to a wonderous<br />
called TOMORROWLAND. Something happens that he's<br />
banish from it. Cut to fifty years later Athna(I'm not saying how)<br />
invites 17 year old Caey Newton to the same place of wonder.<br />
But when she gets there at first it's all happy and sunshine bu when<br />
she goes back with George's Frank Walker it's not the same when she<br />
went there by herself. All in all it's not bad film. It leaves room for a<br />
sequel. Since it opens at the 1964 Worlds Fair we get the SHERMAN<br />
BROTHER'S classic's THERE'S A GREAT BIG NEAUTIFUL<br />
TOMORROWLAND & IT'S A SMALL WORLD. I must've been<br />
the only one in the audience who knew the song GREAT BIG <br />
BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW, The film has a great score by Micheal<br />
Giacchino. I've read online that DISNEY is devoloping a film based<br />
on MAIN STREET USA with Jon Favorue directing. So go take the<br />
trip to TOMORROWLAND. You'll be glad you did & keep an eye on<br />
Raffey Cassidy. She has a long carrer ahead of her. <br />
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The new POLTERGEIST is so so. Like I said last time<br />
there will never be another Heather O' Rourke, Dominique<br />
Dunne, or Zelda Rubenstien. Screen & play write<br />
DAVID LINDSEY ABAIRE( SHREK THE MUSICAL &<br />
INKHEART) does a pretty good job with the scares<br />
but not enough laughs. The original although scary had a<br />
couple of fun moments. It also doesn't have the music by<br />
the late great JERRY GOLDSMITH. The music in the original<br />
was a really good at making you jump at all the right places.<br />
The only thing I did like in the new version is that the eldest<br />
daughter has a lot more to do in the new one. So if yoi want to<br />
scream & laugh at the same time see the original. Like I said before<br />
the music is an added bonus.<br />
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So that's my review of TOMORROWLAND & POLTERGEIST.<br />
Next movie I'll be reviewing is SAN ANDREAS & SPY.<br />
Until next time enjoy the movies. <br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-88846003350143688862015-05-18T21:07:00.002-07:002015-05-18T21:07:46.278-07:00Hi Friends. Martin here. I know I reviewed this movie before but I accidently erased it.<br />
so here it is one more time.<br />
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CLOUDS stars JULIET BINOCHE & KRISTEN STEWART<br />
as an ageing actress & her assistant. The former is deciding on<br />
wheather or not to star in a play she was in when she was an up<br />
and coming actress. But the producers want her to play the<br />
role of the mother and she wants to play the younger part.<br />
Enter the great actress CHLOE GRACE MORETZ in the role<br />
of a young newcomer who's up for the role that JULIET had<br />
when she was younger. All the while KRISTEN is helping<br />
JULIET'S character rehearse for the play. It was good untill<br />
the end when something happens to the KRISTEN STEWART<br />
character that's never explained. So that's it for now. Enjoy<br />
the movies.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-71421561556765369192015-05-18T18:00:00.000-07:002015-05-18T18:03:07.602-07:00Hi Friends. Martin here. Today I will be reviewing<br />
the movies PITCH PERFECT 2, HOME & MAGGIE. <br />
First up PITCH PERFECT 2/<br />
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PITCH PERFECT 2<br />
What can I say about PITCH PERFECT 2<br />
except the pitches are back!!!! The movie<br />
is by far better than the first one. The<br />
addition of another good young actress<br />
HAILEE STEINFIELD was a good move.<br />
When they make the third one she'll be<br />
the new leader of THE BARDEN BELLAS.<br />
ANNA KENDRICK, REBEL WILSON,<br />
BRITTANY SNOW, & ANNA CAMP<br />
all bring thier A game back. They're so<br />
funny but it's REBEL who steals the movie.<br />
ELIZABETH BANKS makes an excellent<br />
directorial debut. She knows how to get her<br />
shots. ELIZABETH & co-star JOHN <br />
MICHEAL HIGGINS are still hilarious<br />
as well. ANNA KENDRICK has come<br />
a long way since TWILIGHT. HAILEE<br />
STEINFELD as well has come along way<br />
since TRUE GRIT where she an academy<br />
nomination. So enjoy PITCH PERFECT 2<br />
and let me know how you like it.<br />
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HOME<br />
Now for my long delayed review of<br />
HOME. HOME was so funny and<br />
touching. JIM PARSONS(The Big<br />
Bang Theory) stars as OH an alien<br />
on the run for making a mistake he didn't<br />
mean to make. While on earth OH meets<br />
GIDDY(RIHANNA) who's looking for<br />
her mother. STEVE MARTIN plays the<br />
leader of the alien race who wants to <br />
take over the earth. The voice work by<br />
JIM PARSONS, RIHANNA, & STEVE<br />
MARTIN was awexome. JENNIFER<br />
LOPEZ who's voice I didn't recognized<br />
also did a good job as GIDDY'S mother.<br />
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION STUDIOS<br />
has with in the last couple of years have<br />
released some animated films to rival that<br />
of DISNEY/PIXAR. So enjoy HOME & <br />
let me know what you think.<br />
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MAGGIE<br />
ARNOLD SHWARZENEGGER &<br />
ABAGAIL BREZLIN star in one of<br />
the best zombie movies I have ever<br />
seen. ABAGAIL stars as a teenage<br />
girl who is slowly turning in to a <br />
zombie after the entire country is<br />
infected with a virus that causes the<br />
change. ARNOLD plays ABAGAIL'S<br />
father who goes to great legnth to<br />
protect her when people he knows<br />
want to kill her. ABAGAIL I hope<br />
will get another OSCAR nomination<br />
for MAGGIE. She's also come a long<br />
way since LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.<br />
Any one who has CINEAMA NOW can<br />
see MAGGIE at thier own pace.<br />
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So that's it for now. You won't be <br />
dissapointed in any of those 3 films.<br />
I saw PITCH PERFECT 2 twice I<br />
loved it so much. My next two movies<br />
will be TOMORROWLAND & the<br />
new POLTERGEIST. Will POLTERGEIST<br />
be as good as the original. Who knows.<br />
There will never be another HEATHER<br />
O'ROURKE, DOMINIQUE DUNNE or<br />
ZELDA RUBENSTEIN. Until next time<br />
enjoy the movies.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-9379099729979502852015-05-13T23:03:00.003-07:002015-05-13T23:03:47.134-07:00Hi Friends. Sorry I'm late for my review of THE AVENGERS: THE AGE OF<br />
ULTRON. Here it is.<br />
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THE AVENGERS:THE AGE OF ULTRON is an<br />
awesome movie. The action once it starts never<br />
lets up. the two newcomers ELIZABETH OLSEN<br />
(younger sister of former FULL HOUSE stars<br />
MARY KATE & ASHLEY) & ARRON TAYLOR-<br />
JOHNSON of (KICK ASS 1 & 2) are great as villains<br />
turned good guys are a nice fit. ROBERT DOWNEY JR,<br />
CHRIS HEMSWORTH, MARK RUFFALO, CHRIS EVANS.<br />
& JEREMY RENNER are great & hilarious as always.<br />
Speaking of the 5 gents it looks like they won't be <br />
around for the next chapter which is to bad because<br />
they're funny. I liked it so much I saw it twice.<br />
This weekend I'll be seeing PITCH PERFECT 2.<br />
So that's my review of THE AVENGERS:THE AGE<br />
OF ULTRON. I hope that when you see it you'll<br />
will like it as much I did. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-44891975002438723612015-04-21T14:42:00.001-07:002015-04-21T14:42:19.403-07:00Hi Friends. Today I will be reviewing the movies Paul B;art: Mall Cop 2 & The Divergent Series:<br />
Insurgen. First up PAUL BLART 2.<br />
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PAUL BLART 2<br />
What can I say about PAUL BLART 2. I thought it was just as funny as the first one. It had a host<br />
of funny people. The best of the newcomers was Loni Love. She was hilarious. Raini Rodriguez<br />
was also fun to watch. It was nice to see all the funny people that Kevin James knows in one <br />
movie. It was six years too long for a sequel. Hopefully it wont take another six years for <br />PAUL BLART: MALL COP 3. It was also nice to see LAS VEGAS as a major setting in a <br />
story. <br />
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INSURGENT<br />
The Divergent Series: INSURGENT was also an awesome movie. I hope everyone has read the<br />
book because I will be giving away some major plot lines. One major complaint about the<br />
movie is that they got rid of some of the characters you grown to care for in the book. One<br />
character only has a cameo and that is Marlene who plays a major part in the first book as well <br />
as the second book. Octavia Spencer was a good choice for Johanna leader of the Amity.<br />
Also good was Naomi Watts as Evelyn Fours Mother and leader of the factionless.<br />
One of the bad guys Eric does meet his demise in the film as does major bad guy<br />
Jeanine Matthews. The only thing about the way Jeanine dies in the film is that <br />
is different from the book. Tris kills Jeanine in the book but in the film Evelyn kills her.<br />
I was so looking forword to seeing Tris kill Jeanine. There were some funny moments<br />
in the film but I'll let you see them for yourself. <br />
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That's it for today. My next couple of major reviews will be of THE AVENGERS<br />
THE AGE OF ULTRON. Also TOMORROWLAND, MINIONS, SAN ANDREAS,<br />
the new POLTERGEIST, PAN, HOT PURSUIT, PITCH PERFECT 2. From the stage<br />
MATILDA: THE MUSICAL & the new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.<br />
See you next time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-1109803295254443332015-04-17T16:17:00.001-07:002015-04-17T16:17:27.263-07:00Hi Guys. In my review of CARRIE THE MUSICAL yesterday I forgot to mention that the show was way better than the SISSY SPACECK original & waaaay better than the CHLOE GRACE MORETZ<br />
remake. My next reviews will be of PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2 & INSURGENT.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-19858646404454757372015-04-16T19:35:00.000-07:002015-04-16T19:35:17.927-07:00Hi Friends. Tonight I will be reviewing the LA. world premiere of CARRIE THE MUSICAL which just finished a spectacular sold out run at THE LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. What can I say? The show was awesome. The score by Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford was so amazing. I've been a big fan of the cast recording since I bought it last September. Such a big fan that I even notice new lyrics to the song "DO ME FAVOR" The star of the show EMILY LOPEZ gave original star MOLLY RANSOM a run for her money. As did MISTY COTTON as Carrie's <br />
nut job mother. She gave MARIN MAZZIE a run for the money. EMILY LOPEZ was so brave to appear nude for the 1st 10 minutes of the show. There were about 200 people in the theatre. We sitting right on the stage. The audience was actually part of the show. As you entered the theatre they gave you wrist bands to let you know what part of the audience you would be sitting in. If you were lucky enough to have the red wrist bands you were really part of the show. The red wrist bands ment that you sat in what they called pods that moved. During parts of the show the actors actually moved the seats you were sitting in. The show used very little in terms of props. The best songs of the show were, "OPEN YOUR HEART", "AND EVE WAS WEAK", "IN", "CARRIE", "DO ME A FAVOR", "ONCE YOU SEE", "I REMEMBER HOW THOSE BOYS COULD DANCE", "A NIGHT WE'LL NEVER FORGET" & "WHY NOT ME". The show had a awesome supporting cast which included TEYA PATT, CARLY BRACCO, JENNELL LYNN RANDELL, KAYLA PARKER, IAN LITTLEWORTH, JON ROBERT HALL, GARRETT MARSHALL, and as bad girl Chris VALORIE ROSE CURIEL.The way Chris meets her demise is awesome. On the shows last day one of the cast member told me that they might move the show to an other location in L.A. I was lucky enough to see the show 5 times.I really really loved it. So if your lucky enough to see it any time soon I highly recommend it. You'll Have A Night You'll Never Forget. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-87510815634116429512015-04-15T13:02:00.003-07:002015-04-15T13:02:47.114-07:00Hi Guys. Today I will be reviewing the Disney film Cinderella. What can I say about Cinderella.<br />
Only that movie was awesome!!! Cate Blanchette did such a good job as the wicked stepmother.<br />
The highlight of the movie was Helena Bonham Carter. She stole the film as Cinderella's<br />
Fairy Godmother. Everthing else about the film was also great. The sets & costumes deserve<br />
Oscar nods. As does Cate. She blew me away as did Lily James. I'm a little upset that the<br />
powers that be at Disney have the nerve to do remakes of two of their best films. The 1st is<br />
a remake of PETE'S DRAGON. Why would they do that? Also they plan to do a live action<br />
version of DUMBO. With TIM BURTON directing. That would something to see. The remake of<br />
PETE'S DRAGON is not even a musical. The music of the original was the best thing about the<br />
movie. Next time I will be reviewing the musical version of CARRIE which just completed<br />
a sucessful run at THE LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.<br />
Until next time friends.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01705151827383599747noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032657338495438010.post-16883837938498629422015-04-14T12:08:00.001-07:002015-04-14T12:08:54.525-07:00Hi Friends. Martin here. Welcome to my new blog. I will be reviewing the latest in movies as well the stage. Today I will be counting down my top 20 films of 2014.<br />
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20. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2<br />
19. RIO 2<br />
18. BIG HERO 6<br />
17. MUPPETS MOST WANTED<br />
16. PEABODY & SHERMAN<br />
15. TRANSFORMERS<br />
14. NINJA TURTLES<br />
13. INTO THE STORM<br />
12. LUCY<br />
11. MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN<br />
10. THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU<br />
9. THE EQUALIZER<br />
8. IF I STAY<br />
7. VAMPIRE ACADEMY<br />
6. THE FAULT IN OUR STARS<br />
5. DIVERGENT<br />
4. NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB<br />
3. HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PRT 1<br />
2. MALEFICENT<br />
1. INTO THE WOODS<br />
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