The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

However, as much as this movie is about the Muppets, it is Michael Caine’s performance as Ebenezer Scrooge that transforms it from novelty item into a bonafide Christmas classic. Charles Dickens’ classic tale of redemption, “A Christmas Carol,” has been told and retold countless times as a movie. Dating backContinue Reading

As much as I love movies, musicals had really been one of the few types of film I try to avoid seeing. Last year’s excellent Moulin Rouge made me less anxious about seeing a big-screen musical. Chicago, which has been nominated for 13 Academy Awards, made me even less anxious.Continue Reading

I’m not quite sure how to classify Velvet Goldmine. It’s a fictional bio-pic. It’s a musical of sorts. It’s pretty to look at. It’s fairly tedious to sit through. The story centers around 70’s glam rocker, Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), who fakes his own death and disappears in 1974. InContinue Reading

The Spice Girls are a manufactured group ala The Monkees. They play no instruments and can barely sing. However, this hasn’t stopped them from becoming hugely successful in the United States and the UK. So successful have they become that it was deemed necessary for them to make a movie.Continue Reading