Lin-Manuel Miranda

Open Thread: What Are Your Favorite Movie Musicals?

06.11.21 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Frozen, In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Movie Musicals, musicals, Open Thread, The Sound of Music | no comments

Thanks to the rousing film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Broadway hit In the Heights, movie musicals are all the rage again. So we thought we’d welcome in the weekend by presenting you with the following question: What are your favorite…

From Doctor Who to Carole Lombard, This Week’s Releases Have It All

08.06.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Andre Benjamin, Audie Murphy, BBC, Carole Lombard, Chris O'Donnell, Criterian Collection, cult TV, Denis O'Hare, Doctor Who, Freddie Highmore, Hallmark Channel, His Dark Materials, James McAvoy, Jason Segel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, LL Cool J, Paddington Bear, Richard E. Grant, Ruth Wilson, Sally Field, The Flintstones, Tom Baker, Tony Curtis, Warner Archive Collection, Warner Archives | no comments

Bark bark! You hear that? Yes friends, the dog days of summer are once again upon us. So take refuge from the heat and humidity with another assortment of Blu-ray and DVD new releases that will transport you everywhere from…

Sound Off on Movie Musicals Here!

03.29.20 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Fiddler on the Roof, Lin-Manuel Miranda, musicals, Open Thread, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Sound of Music, West Side Story | 3 comments

For this latest Open Thread, we want to you to sound off on all things related to movie musicals. The genre has seen its ups and downs over the years — the latter being the most recent example, in the…

“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “Mary Poppins Returns,” and More New Releases

03.19.19 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Academy Award Winners, Antonio Fargas, Bernie Caset, Colin Firth, Constance Bennett, Criterion Collection, Disney, Emily Blunt, George Brent, Ginger Rogers, Joan Fontaine, Joel McCrea, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep, Pre-Code Hollywood, Shelley Long, Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse, Tamara Dobson, Tom Cryise, Walt Disney Studos, Warner Archive Collection | no comments

Thwip! Swinging to DVD and Blu-ray this week are the recent Academy Award-winning Best Animated Feature, a follow-up to a Disney classic, more great releases from the Warner Archive and Criterion Collections, and much more. Even though the weather is…

Trip the Light Fantastic with”Mary Poppins Returns” Toys!

12.23.18 | Chris Cummins | Tags: Disney, Disney Films, Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Walt Disney | no comments

Mary Poppins Returns is currently winning hearts and charming audiences thanks to great songs and charming performances from leads Emily Blunt (as magical nanny Mary Poppins) and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda as lovable lamplighter Jack. It’s a thankful task to…