Category: Musical and dance
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“Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger” Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ 4 Like many fans, I missed out on last year’s Oasis reunion tour, with Birmingham missing out entirely outside of a BullRing pop-up shop. This concert film aims to bridge that gap, documenting the 2025 tour through live footage, backstage moments, interviews, and narration. Presented in an intentional 4:3…
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“Song Sung Blue” Streaming Review
Is this Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson vehicle worth stepping into? Available to watch on NOW TV, Sky Store, You Tube and Apple TV I’m very late to the party on this title, and I hope you’ll forgive this review of a film nearly a year after release, but myself…
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“Wham! 10 Days In China” Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 I will be honest, I’m a huge George Michael and Wham! fan. Having seen the original version of this film years ago, I couldn’t miss the chance to catch this newly restored cut featuring extra footage and an updated narrative. It was a one-off event cinema screening at my…
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“Moana (Live-Action)” Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ 4.5 Having not seen the original animated version, I was able to go into this film with a completely fresh perspective, free from comparisons. I’m judging it purely on its own merits as a live-action experience. While these Disney remakes always seem to spark debate, it makes me wonder…
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“Michael” Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 After a run of disappointing films both on TV and at the cinema, I was really looking forward to this. A musical biopic about the life of Michael Jackson. I went in with high expectations and, thoroughly enjoyed it. The film charts Michael’s life from childhood through to the…
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“Purple Rain” Review
Unrated Though I’m a fan of Prince, it had been years since I’d seen even part of Purple Rain on TV, and never on the big screen, so it felt like the perfect chance to finally experience it properly. The film and soundtrack were, of course, huge hits, packed with…
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“California Schemin” Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 Catching this as an early Cineworld Unlimited preview ahead of its 10 April release, this was a film that immediately stood out thanks to the music in the trailer, which suggested energy and humour. Directed by James McAvoy, the film stars Samuel Bottomley (Billy “Silibil” Boyd), Séamus McLean Ross…
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“Epic” Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 The chance to see newly discovered concert footage of Elvis Presley on the big screen was always going to pull me in. During the research for his recent biopic, Baz Luhrmann helped bring this long-rumoured, previously lost material to the big screen. Discovered in 2022, it includes rehearsal…
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“More Than We Ever Imagined” 21 Pilots Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 While special event screenings are rarely cheap, I always enjoy concert films for the sound quality and that close-up, immersive cinema experience. I’d hoped to see Twenty One Pilots at Resorts World last year when they toured, but missed out, so this felt like a great alternative. As…
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“Wicked For Good” Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ 4.5 As a child, I remember the classic Wizard of Oz being shown regularly on TV. I was amazed when the black and white sequence eventually turned colour. It was released the same year my mum was born in 1939. My daughter raved about “Wicked” when it was released…
