Tag: Freddie Mercury
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Robert Tanitch reviews Oedipus at Old Vic, London
There is a climate crisis in Thebes. There is a lack of water, and the Oracle says the drought will continue until the murderer of the late king is found. […]
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Baz Luhrmann gets caught in a trap in his glitzy, ambitious but shallow biopic.
Joyce Glasser reviews Elvis (June 24, 2022) Cert 12A, 160 mins. After the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody and the Elton John biopic, Rocketman, comes Elvis, Baz Luhrmann’s (The Great […]
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The sensational Andra Day was destined to play Lady Day, in an otherwise lacklustre biopic.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (from February 27, 2021 on Sky Cinema) Cert. 15, 130 mins. With Black Lives Matter sparking a re-evaluation of our cultural history, it is […]
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An unsatisfying but entertaining story about Queen
Joyce Glasser reviews Bohemian Rhapsody (October 24, 2018), Cert. 12A, 134 min. The long awaited story (from 1970-1985) of British rock band Queen is finally here, appropriately entitled Bohemian Rhapsody after […]