A solid entry that reminds us what we loved about the original without just redoing it. Lin Manuel Miranda is missed as the songs don't have his panache, especially when they're trying to. But he layered his music thematically into the original in a way few Disney movies have previously.
There's something slightly ... modern (?) in some of the mannerisms and style that occasionally pulled me a bit out, it's tough to define, though. A little sitcomy in the…
There's a lot of weird chaos in this movie that, unfortunately, gets undercut by mundane and under-developed main characters, we get what happened to them, but the movie never makes us care too much about any of it going forward.
In previous efforts, Osgood Perkins uses strong, charismatic actors who can sort of plow through the often empty characterizations they're given. Here, though, the actors aren't quite up to the challenge and it kind of tempers the movie's fire whenever…
When the first picture of the cast of "Iron Claw" came out I immediately thought 'wow, Zac Efron captures the jacked up rock star energy and look of Kerry Von Erich perfectly.'
The problem is Efron is playing the less sexy Kevin Von Erich and that miscasting is the first of many tumbles this movie makes trying to take on the probably impossible task of the triumph and tragedy of the Von Erich's.
The big issue is that there's just…
What do you call a teen slasher without good kills, any real suspense, likable characters or a convincing motivation for character? You call it a lousy movie. Thus and so, "Student Body" is a lousy movie.
Set in a completely artificial private high school of some sort, "Student body' sets us up with a protagonist who seems to be embarrassed to be smart, a snotty girl with influence, and a couple other dopey kids who aren't especially convincing as even…
