<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xml" href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/feed.xslt.xml"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/tag/musical.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/><updated>2026-08-02T20:43:01+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/tag/musical.xml</id><title type="html">Ephemera of Vision | Tag</title><subtitle>This is my place for ramblings about sequences of images that exploit the human visual limitation know as persistence of vision. </subtitle><author><name>somini</name></author><entry><title type="html">Cry-Baby</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2026/07/19/cry-baby.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Cry-Baby"/><published>2026-07-19T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2026-07-19T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2026/07/19/cry-baby</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:JohnWaters"/><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I though the Hairspray remake was wild, but this is the raw deal, albeit slightly neutered. What the hell is this cast. Iggy Pop taking a bath in a metal can? Patty fucking Hearst is a traffic cop, and her daughter is Tracy “Blade” Lords.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">The Blues Brothers</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2026/07/08/the-blues-brothers.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The Blues Brothers"/><published>2026-07-08T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2026-07-08T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2026/07/08/the-blues-brothers</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I have to admit, future killer Landis Senior can direct some batshit insane stunts in the heart of Chicago, with a framing musical around it. Seriously, those final scenes are truly great.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Babylon</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2026/01/16/babylon.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Babylon"/><published>2026-01-16T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-01-16T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2026/01/16/babylon</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Those first 30 minutes are insane, but it cannot sustain it for all the 180 minutes. The soundtrack is bitching, you gotta hand it to these musical fellows.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Last Night at Soho</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/05/26/last-night-at-soho.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Last Night at Soho"/><published>2025-05-26T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2025-05-26T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/05/26/last-night-at-soho</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A nice little musical horror. Falters towards the end, but it does not drown in a pool of its own blood, it only has some scars from deep knife cuts.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Sinners</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/05/05/sinners.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Sinners"/><published>2025-05-05T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2025-05-05T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/05/05/sinners</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Is this… O Brother, Where Art Thou meets Carpenter’s Vampires, with just a dash of The Banshees of Inisherin? A smashing combination, another great bona fide musical.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Do The Time Warp Again</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/04/27/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-do-the-time-warp-again.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Do The Time Warp Again"/><published>2025-04-27T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2025-04-27T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/04/27/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-do-the-time-warp-again</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A PG-13 version of the original. What was edgy and cool, is now banal and mainstream (after Hairspray). Emotionally worse, even thought it’s a mostly faithful remake better in all possible ways: it’s nicer looking, the music is better arranged, the actors sing their own songs.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">The Rocky Horror Picture Show</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/04/27/the-rocky-horror-picture-show.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The Rocky Horror Picture Show"/><published>2025-04-27T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2025-04-27T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/04/27/the-rocky-horror-picture-show</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Ah, this is a musical version of Ed Wood, except weirdly sexual and extremely campy, to the point of parody. I can see why this is such a classic, it’s like the pop song version of musical theatre.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Inside Llewyn Davis</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2024/12/18/inside-llewyn-davis.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Inside Llewyn Davis"/><published>2024-12-18T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2024-12-18T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2024/12/18/inside-llewyn-davis</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:CoenBrothers"/><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A bona fide musical and a Bob Dylan fictional biography at the same time. Top that, future Timotheé Chalamet biopic, I bet it’s going to be worse than this.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Hudson Hawk</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2023/09/17/hudson-hawk.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Hudson Hawk"/><published>2023-09-17T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2023-09-17T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2023/09/17/hudson-hawk</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is an incredible mix of musical, stereotypical James Bond flick, and noir adventure, in that order. Mamma mia!]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2023/07/09/sister-act-2-back-in-habit.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit"/><published>2023-07-09T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2023-07-09T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2023/07/09/sister-act-2-back-in-habit</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="franchise:SisterAct"/><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Back to the convent she goes, this time to teach a group of unruly inner city kids what life is all about: bust your ass for a possibility of an education, while external consultants suck the school money into their pockets, until they close it down and earn passive income from the capitalist leeching.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">O Brother, Where Art Thou</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2022/09/14/o-brother-where-art-thou.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="O Brother, Where Art Thou"/><published>2022-09-14T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2022-09-14T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2022/09/14/o-brother-where-art-thou</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="criterion"/><category term="creator:CoenBrothers"/><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is almost a variety act: singing and dancing is the bulk of it, but there’s also some drama, theatricals, and even space for political points (either more towards philosophy, or straight up politicking).]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Frozen</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2018/08/04/frozen.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Frozen"/><published>2018-08-04T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2018-08-04T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2018/08/04/frozen</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="children"/><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Another competent musical from the Disney assembly line. Professionally Formulaic.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Sister Act</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2018/01/20/sister-act.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Sister Act"/><published>2018-01-20T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2018-01-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2018/01/20/sister-act</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="franchise:SisterAct"/><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hallelujah! Another cool musical. I was nun the wiser they existed.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Guys and Dolls</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/08/19/guys-and-dolls.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Guys and Dolls"/><published>2017-08-19T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2017-08-19T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/08/19/guys-and-dolls</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A filmed Broadway play that makes for a good musical but a not-so-good film.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Footloose</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/07/11/footloose.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Footloose"/><published>2017-07-11T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2017-07-11T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/07/11/footloose</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[For a musical about organising a dance off, there’s less dancing than you would expect. It’s more ugly brawls, sermons and grieving over dead loved ones.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Beauty and the Beast</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/04/17/beauty-and-the-beast.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Beauty and the Beast"/><published>2017-04-17T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2017-04-17T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/04/17/beauty-and-the-beast</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="musical"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Following all Disney properties, this is a completely safe film, all the rough edges sanded out, which turns a supposedly magical story into an anodyne cultural artefact. A mere husk, dead on the inside.]]></summary></entry></feed>