Classics Review: Funny Girl

In 1964, a Broadway musical called, “Funny Girl” opened to the public. The story’s bases on the life and career of Fanny Brice. A Jewish-American comedian and singer gains fame and develops a relationship with a gambler. Barbra Streisand played Fanny in the Broadway version prior to a film adaptation gaining more recognition. She was […]

Earth Girls Are Easy

In 1984, singer/writer/comedian, Julie Brown (Minerva Mink from Animaniacs) released an Extended Play (EP for short) featuring five songs titled, “Goddess in Progress.” A parody of stereotypical valley girls and hit songs by Madonna, Cindi Lauper & Tiffany. Four Years Later, Julie co-wrote a script based on the EP, but with a trio of aliens […]

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

Before they created “South Park,” college students, Trey Parker & Matt Stone became friends bonding over Monty Python and their sense of dark humor. While studying, they made a very animated short film developed in 1992 titled, “The Spirit of Christmas.” It’s about a group of kids who build a snowman and he’s brought to […]

La La Land

Fresh from earning praise for “Whiplash,” film director, Damien Chazelle (First Man, Babylon) worked on his next project he’s been working on since college. An ambitious project based on his fondness for musicals from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Set in modern times, “La La Land” is about a pair of starving artists named, Mia […]

Frozen

In 1937 after completing the groundbreaking animated movie, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” Walt Disney wanted to adapt Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen.” Due to a lack of resources at the time, Walt scrapped plans in favor of producing “Pinocchio.” Personally, I hated it. Despite cancelling a potential adaptation, Walt produced a live-action […]

Classics Review: The Jungle Book (1967)

In 1894, Rudyard Kipling published a collection of stories in one novel titled, “The Jungle Book.” Set in India, the story follows a human or man-cub named, Mowgli. A boy raised by wolves. His friends Bagheera the Panther & Baloo the Bear protect him from a sinister tiger known as Shere Khan. In the early […]