Sixty years ago West Side Story swept the board at the Academy Awards, winning ten Oscars, a record number for a musical that still stands. But Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of the Bernstein-Sondheim-Laurents-Robbins masterpiece, nominated for seven this year, had to settle for just one on Sunday night. As expected, hot favourite Ariana DeBose took the […]
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Oscars Preview: Will West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose walk away a winner?
The red carpet rolls out for Hollywood’s big night on Sunday when all will be revealed at the 94th Oscars and the good news for lovers of musicals is that the fat lady is ready to sing for West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose. She’s the hottest of favourites in the Best Supporting Actress category for […]
Oscar nominations for West Side Story and tick, tick… Boom!
Seven Oscar nominations for Steven Spielberg’s re-imagining of West Side Story, the show that changed the face of musical theatre in the late 1950s and became a record-breaking movie in 1962. And two for tick, tick… Boom! whose star, Andrew Garfield, is one of the favourites for the Best Actor gong. That was the news […]
Trio of Golden Globe Awards for Spielberg’s West Side Story
Stephen Spielberg’s re-working of Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise’s classic West Side Story was named Best Picture (Comedy or Musical) at the weekend’s Golden Globe Awards. Recently released in cinemas, the musical was one of the big winners at the low-key, not so glittering event winning a trio of awards including a Best Actress award […]
Film Review: Encanto
Disney’s Encanto is now available in cinemas. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Most new Disney animations feel like a creative milestone, such is the enduring creative gravitas of the company, but Encanto, its 60th official animated feature, is being hailed as especially notable as it’s the first from the famed studio to […]
