30 March 2018
No, Really, Let It Go: Frozen on Broadway
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
I realize that The Lion King musical is a terribly high creative bar to reach twice, but Disney fails again and again to reinterpret its cartoon source material into worthwhile theatrical productions. …
29 March 2017
Beauty and the Sheep
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
I am a straight up sucker. Just take my money. Seriously. Take my money. This is the dark truth of my movie consumption habits. A fatal flaw I’ve had to …
20 December 2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
The Force Awakens was the female-led Heroes Journey I’d dreamed of through a tomboy childhood. Rogue One is just flat out an amazing Star Wars movie. Rogue One: A Star …
23 May 2016
Disney Live: The Jungle Book
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
The Jungle Book is probably the most out and out successful of the recent string of “Let’s Remake A Classic Disney Movie to Try and Wring More Money Out Of …
03 February 2016
My Cinematic 2015: The Top Ten
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
For the past three years, I’ve been ranking every film I see- just the new releases, from January 1st to December 31st. The rankings are subjective, based entirely on how …
15 April 2015
Role Model in a Corset
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
I apologize, Disney. I didn’t believe that you could make this movie and that it wouldn’t be shallow, unnecessary and unhelpful in a modern context. There are so many problems …
08 March 2015
My Cinematic 2014: 11-30
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
For the past two years, I’ve been ranking every film I see- just the new releases, from January 1st to December 31st. The rankings are subjective, based entirely on how …
24 August 2014
Part of North Shore Music Theatre’s World
By Brian Balduzzi // Theatre (Boston)
Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre is known in the Greater Boston area for bringing professional and Broadway-quality work to the North Shore of Boston during the lazy summer months …
16 June 2014
The Ballad of Rinku & Dinesh
By Kelly Bedard // Cinema
Million Dollar Arm isn’t really a movie smart, discerning people are supposed to love. It’s Disney live-action feel-good goofiness starring a beloved actor who’s being paid exorbitant amounts of money …
07 June 2014
Sharp Angles, Other-Worldly Beauty & an Angry Core
By Lauren Webb // Cinema
Centered on Angelina Jolie’s prosthetically enhanced cheekbones, Maleficent comes off a lot like its title character: all sharp angles, other worldly beauty, and angry core. The advertising remains intentionally coy: …
27 March 2014
Aladdin: Not Such a Magic Ride
By Theresa Perkins // Theatre (New York)
Disney. It is divisive (much like this review, I am sure). For some people that single word conjures up images of dancing princesses, magical worlds, and the idealistic notion that …
17 February 2014
Frozen and the Modern Movie-Going Experience
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
A lot of think pieces have been written about the declining necessity of movie theaters. They make my blood boil a little bit. I love the movie theater. Basically, every …
01 February 2014
Pilot Watch (+1): Looking
By Kelly Bedard // TV
I suppose my first question is this: do you guys think it’s weird for a straight girl to tune into Looking entirely because Jonathan Groff is just about the cutest …
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