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Movies Seen Recently: Once Upon a Mattress, Godzilla: Final Wars, The Dinosaur Project
Once Upon a Mattress (2005) – When stage plays are translated to cinema, especially comedy musicals, I think they are often best served by simply filming a “stagey” version such as this, rather than trying to un-stage it. Seeing Tracy Ulman prance around the set as the delightfully un-delicate Princess Winnifred is a joy which would be…
Movies Seen Recently: The Phantom of the Opera, Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs, Ant-Man
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) – This is the big-screen adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, not the Lon Chaney silent shocker. Or the 1943 version starring Claude Rains that I absolutely hate. Or the 1962 Hammer version which I haven’t seen, or the ill-conceived 1989 Robert Englund version with time travel and…