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So. Farewell then, Stephen Ward.
Stephen Ward, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical, opened with the usual fanfare just before Christmas, only to close four months later, dogged by lukewarm reviews and empty seats. Viv Wilby caught...
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Men for all Seasons
Jersey Boys is the latest musical theatre blockbuster to get the big screen treatment. Viv Wilby assesses Clint Eastwood’s take on this tale of crime and close-harmony singing. ‘Do you know what I want...
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Fever Like I’ve Never, Ever Known
Laura Morgan emerges, blinking, from a Singalong screening of Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker. Michael Jackson turns into a robot, to save the world When I was eleven, I was absolutely certain that one...
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Parade of evil
Liz Nickels explains why one of Hollywood’s best loved musicals has a dark side Picture the scene. You’re sitting happily in front of the telly, the remains of four or five Easter eggs resting snugly...
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If the shoe fits…
As Cinderella appears in UK cinemas, MostlyFilm contributors recommend their favourite slippers ‘n’ stepmothers. Ella Enchanted – Emma Street Cinderella is, without a doubt, the most annoying of all...
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We Love 1986: Part 2
As MostlyFilm’s 1986 week draws to a close, five more of our contributors share their favourite filmic memories of the year that also brought the world Robert Pattinson, Lindsay Lohan, the Olsen twins...
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All Singing! All Dancing!
Here at Mostly Film we were very excited to hear that La La Land, the new Emma Stone-Ryan Gosling movie directed by Damian Chazelle which opens the Venice Film Festival this week, is being sold as a...
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Stormy Weather
Sarah Slade considers if Stormy Weather has weathered the storm. There is a school of thought that maintains that musicals of the Hollywood Golden Age were at the forefront of social commentary. Look...
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Bebop à La La
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land has already made a splash at cinemas and on the awards circuit. Mostly Film’s resident grumpy jazzers, Martin and Sarah Slade, review the music, while self-confessed...
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Come and meet those dancing feet
The West End revival of 42nd Street is a musical for the Strictly generation, says Viv Wilby The curtain rises to reveal 40 pairs of candy-coloured tap shoes all drumming away on the vast stage of the...
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