Dicks: The Musical
SimilarAlex Strangelove (2018),
Bend It Like Beckham (2002) Billy Elliot (2000), Bugsy Malone (1976), Chicago (2002), D.E.B.S. (2005), Dirty Dancing (1987), Enchanted (2007), Fame (2009), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Go (1999), La Vie en Rose (2007), Mamma Mia! (2008),
Mary Poppins (1964) Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Moulin Rouge! (2001), Shall We Dance? (2004), Transamerica (2005), Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971),
Watch afterAvatar (2009),
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) Barbie (2023) Dune (2021), Dune: Part Two (2024), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Joker (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023),
Oppenheimer (2023) Parasite (2019), Poor Things (2023), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), The Batman (2022),
Studio20th Century Fox,
A24
The audaciously titled Dicks: The Musical comes with an equally eye-catching tagline, boasting the honor of being “A24’s first musical.” That’s bound to intrigue cinephiles everywhere. After all, not every movie studio is trendy enough to regularly sell out of logo festooned merchandise. Or even make hipster merch in the first place. Continue Reading →
The Magician's Elephant
For a movie about the power of faith, hope, and belief, The Magician’s Elephant is markedly unsure of itself. Based on the 2009 children’s book, Wendy Rogers’ feature debut creates a visually stunning fantasy world that ends up feeling completely hollow. A modern fairytale, it follows young boy Peter’s journey to find his long-lost sister after a traveling fortune-teller informs him that she’s alive and all he needs to do to be reunited with her is “follow the elephant.” As luck would have it, a magician’s act gone awry has dropped an elephant in the center of town and the king declares that Peter can have it if he performs three impossible tasks. Continue Reading →
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
SimilarThe Simpsons Movie (2007),
StarringDee Bradley Baker,
Early on in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, the third cinematic iteration of the long-running Nickelodeon series SpongeBob Squarepants -- after 2004's The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and 2015's The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water -- the Tim Hill-directed road movie flashes us back to the childhood of our absorbent, yellow, porous protagonist (voiced by Tom Kenny) and his first meeting with his beloved snail, Gary. By the time the film's over, we'll learn that all of SpongeBob's friends -- Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke), Squidward (Rodger Bumpass), Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown), and the rest -- all met as kids in an undersea summer camp called Kamp Koral. Continue Reading →