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If you have the slightest familiarity with Wicked, you know Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation had to shatter the roof off when it came time to bring Stephen Schwartz’s iconic song, “Defying Gravity,” to the screen. Marketing is supposed to sell you on a film, of course, but every trailer

This article contains major Gladiator II spoilers. Ridley Scott has made a triumphant return to the arena with Gladiator II, a piece of cinema with a capital “C” that has all the spectacle you would want from a sequel to his 2000 masterpiece. But just as with the Russell Crowe-starring

GLADIATOR II (Dir. Ridley Scott, 2024) Nearly a quarter of a century after Ridley Scott’s historical epic GLADIATOR ruled the box office, and swept the Oscars, comes this highly anticipated sequel, opening everywhere today. But it wasn’t highly anticipated by me as, despite all the hoopla, I never got around

In 1994, a young filmmaker named Kevin Smith premiered his screenwriting/directorial debut Clerks at the Cannes Film Festival. Shot on a light $27,000, the entire thing was staged in an old convenience store where Smith worked, and used only a handful of principal actors and extras. Moreover, rather than creating a traditional

This article contains Silo season 2 spoilers through episode 2. Adapting a story from one medium to another is never an easy task. There are usually some things glossed over, some things changed, and some things left out entirely. But as long as the heart of the narrative is still