I had opportunity t’other day to finally get to see ‘Where The Wild Things Are’, the much hyped film by Spike Jonze (and based on the rather spiffing kids picture book of the same name by Maurice Sendak). I will say it now – I was disappointed, more so when I came out of the […]
Jonathan Larson: ‘Love Heals’
I have just been reminded of little played/’rare’ Jonathan Larson song, ‘Love Heals’, written as an independent ‘stand-alone’ song, and included as a bonus track on the soundtrack of the recent 2005 Chris Columbus movie-musical adaptation. (Song performed by ‘Teen Troupe’ – there were no embeddable versions of the RENT version, rare as it is! […]
Fame 2009
Following from my earlier post and all of the excitement that had been building up inside me, I finally got chance to see FAME 2009, and I have to say that I absolutely loved it!! 😀 My initial reaction (as posted on twitter) was: LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT LOVED IT! LOVED […]
Tim Burton’s ‘Corpse Bride’ [2005]
Last night, in the midst of a marvellous storm, I sat down and watched ‘Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride’ for the very first time. Straight up, I think that this is one of the best films that I have seen! There are just so many perfect elements to it; not to mention the awesome soundtrack by […]
REVIEW: Billy Elliot – Victoria Palace, London
Some of you lovely lot may be pleased to hear that there’s to be quite a few reviews of musical theatre productions coming up on my blog – hurrah! Although I really enjoy updating my blog, I love the doing the musical theatre reviews best of all (if you can call them ‘reviews’ in the […]
Gari Wellingham 