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The Ten Best Musical Films of the 2010s

December 27, 2019 by Tom Beasley

Tom Beasley taps his toes and sings along merrily with ten of the best movie musicals of the decade… The musical is one of the most unusual genres in Hollywood. In the early days of the “talkies”, much of the studio system ran on these movies. They were the oxygen keeping the film business afloat. […]

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Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Beasley Tagged With: a star is born, Anna and the Apocalypse, Frozen, la la land, Les Miserables, Pitch Perfect, Sing Street, Sunshine on Leith, The Greatest Showman, The Muppets

The Greatest Showman gets a series of Pop! Vinyl figures from Funko

September 18, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

Funko has unveiled its line of Pop! Movies vinyl figures for the musical drama The Greatest Showman which includes P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), Phillip Carlyle (Zac Efron), Anne Wheeler (Zendaya) and Lettie Lutz AKA the Bearded Lady (Keala Settle); take a look here… “The Greatest Showman” is a bold and original musical that celebrates the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Funko, The Greatest Showman

The Greatest Showman sequel in early development

February 23, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

It may not have impressed critics, but the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman certainly resonated with audiences, with the Hugh Jackman-headlined film grossing $435 million worldwide, and its soundtrack album spending a total of 28 weeks at the top of the UK chart – tying with The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Given […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman, The Greatest Showman 2

Sugar Coating Hollywood-Style

October 30, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on when real life stories are sugar coated in film… A good biopic can be fascinating. There are characters, through TV and print media, biographies, documentaries and more, that we learn the most fascinating things about. Documentaries of course have the goal of showing us (when done right) both sides of a personality, […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bohemian Rhapsody, Downfall, Rami Malek, The Greatest Showman

Did you spot the Wolverine Easter egg during The Greatest Showman?

August 20, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

As if people needed another excuse to re-watch the barnstorming Barnum biopic, The Greatest Showman, it has now been revealed that there’s a Wolverine Easter egg to be found amongst the chorus and choreography of last years blockbuster hit. This Wolverine Easter egg in the opening credits border of The Greatest Showman byu/irie_feeling inMovieDetails Reddit […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Hugh Jackman, James Mangold, Marvel, The Greatest Showman, Wolverine, X-Men

Exclusive interview with the VFX studio behind Hulu’s The Looming Tower

April 30, 2018 by Tai Freligh

Tai Freligh interviews Phosphene FX… Phosphene FX is the visual effects team behind The Looming Tower, Hulu’s 10-episode adaptation of Lawrence Wright’s 2006 book that tells the controversial story of the rivalry between the CIA and FBI during the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda that inadvertently might have set the stage for […]

Filed Under: Exclusives, Interviews, Movies, Tai Freligh, Television Tagged With: phosphene fx, The Greatest Showman, The Looming Tower, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

The Oscars: Does the Academy know better than the fans?

March 3, 2018 by George Chrysostomou

George Chrysostomou on the Academy Awards… The yearly debate has reared its head again as to whether the Oscars truly capture the feelings that audiences had towards films in 2017. Whilst there is always the ongoing issue of the ever increasing divide between fans and the critics, as evidenced by recent pickings such as Star Wars: […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, George Chrysostomou, Movies Tagged With: Academy Awards, Baby Driver, Boss Baby, Coco, forrest gump, Get Out, Inside Out, la la land, Logan, Loving Vincent, Moonlight, Oscars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Greatest Showman, Toy Story 3

Why Do Blockbusters Rarely Win Awards?

February 18, 2018 by Neil Calloway

Neil Calloway looks at the divide between box office hits and critical acclaim… Seven. That’s the number of Oscar nominations that the top ten films at last year’s worldwide box office received. It might not seem like a bad haul, but when you realise they’re all technical nominations and four of them are for Star […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Awards Season, Movies, Neil Calloway Tagged With: Academy Awards, Black Panther, DC, DC Extended Universe, Lady Bird, Logan, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Oscars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Greatest Showman, The Shape of Water, Wonder Woman

Maze Runner sprints to the top of the US box office as The Greatest Showman holds its note

January 29, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Fox’s The Maze Runner: Death Cure (read our review here) finished atop the US box office, with a 25% decline compared to its predecessor, understandable considering standard franchise fatigue, and the fact that filming was delayed when Dylan O’Brien suffered an on-set injury. One of the only breakout YA adaptations amongst a slew of films that […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Hostiles, I Tonya, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Lady Bird, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, The Greatest Showman, The Shape of Water, US Box Office

Jumanji holds off The Post and The Commuter to top MLK weekend

January 14, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle enjoyed a second week atop the US box office, holding off challenges from Steven Spielberg’s The Post, Liam Neeson actioner The Commuter, and the marmalade and sterling snaffling British blockbuster, Paddington 2. Sony’s surprise seasonal smash-hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle earned another estimated $27m, pushing its total towards the $300 million […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Paddington 2, The Commuter, The Greatest Showman, The Post, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

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