Tag: Lin-Manuel Miranda

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May 22, 2023

Halle Bailey aside, The Little Mermaid sinks under its own weight

Rob Marshall's murky remake of the Disney classic drowns in plodding scripting and terrifying character designs, taking away from its luminous lead performance.
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January 15, 2023

Germaine Franco on building Encanto’s musical magic

The Grammy-nominated composer breaks down the surface pressures of her Latinx-spanning score to Disney's latest classic.
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November 17, 2021

Andrew Garfield is a supernova in tick tick BOOM!

Lin-Manuel Miranda's adaptation of RENT creator Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiography boasts fantastic tunes, solid direction, frustrating storytelling, and one of the year's finest lead performances.
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November 15, 2021

Disney’s Encanto is an enchanting love song to the weirdo in every family

The studio's latest combines the pop of its latest in-house pictures with a Pixarian high concept and Stephanie Beatriz's excellent voice work to strong effect.
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August 2, 2021

Vivo is a decent tune when it’s not riffing on smarter animated musicals

Lin-Manuel Miranda fronts a fun but occasionally frenetic and overly busy cartoon musical.
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June 8, 2021

“In the Heights” doesn’t meet its lofty aspirations

Jon M. Chu's adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical has choice moments and a solid cast but is far too messy to work.
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November 16, 2020

Season 2 of “His Dark Materials” puts lore over character

HBO Max's adaptation of the Philip Pullman novels seems disinterested in examining its characters upon its return.
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July 8, 2020

There’s a lot to love in “Mucho Mucho Amor”

Cristina Costantini & Kareem Tabsch's new documentary looks at multihyphenate Walter Mercado's impact to generally strong results.
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July 3, 2020

Disney+’s “Hamilton” throws away its shot

Lin-Manuel Miranda's world-changing musical comes to vivid life on Disney+, but can't escape the complexities of its cultural dissonance.
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June 5, 2020

“Dear” is a schmaltzy but earnest love letter to kindness

Celebrities read letters from people whose lives they've touched in Apple TV+'s treacly new series.