EJ Moreno offers up his take on Spielberg’s West Side Story… This holiday season, West Side Story is back in cinemas, and legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is tackling the iconic musical. Can his stellar direction overcome the film’s profoundly flawed story? Spielberg sure tries to razzle-dazzle you enough to forget the horrid love story at […]
Movie Review – West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story, 2021. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Rita Moreno, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Josh Andrés Rivera, Mike Faist, Ana Isabelle, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Maddie Ziegler, Andrea Burns, Kyle Allen, Curtiss Cook, Jamie Harris, Iris Menas, Sean Harrison Jones, Patrick Higgins, Julius Anthony Rubio, Ricardo Zayas, […]
Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story casts its Maria, Anita, Bernardo and Chino
Deadline is reporting that Steven Spielberg has cast newcomer Rachel Zegler as Maria, the female-lead in his upcoming West Side Story adaptation, while stage actors Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez and Josh Andres Rivera will play fellow Sharks Anita, Bernardo and Chino. Spielberg and his team reportedly auditioned more than 30,000 people from around the world […]