Author: Jamie Lee
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As a fan of horror, comedy, musicals, and any combination thereof…is it any surprise to anyone that I love Scooby-Doo? The answer should be as obvious as my orange shirt as I interview Neil Fanning: the actor, writer, producer, stunt performer, stunt safety supervisor, voice actor, and more who starred in Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo…
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie holds an important place in Looney Tunes history in multiple ways. It’s the first-ever theatrical, fully animated, feature-length Looney Tunes film (Past theatrical outings have been shorts, animation-live action hybrids, or feature-length compilations of (mostly) existing shorts). It’s a rare 2D-animated film, which is especially…
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Yes, Wicked, the Broadway smash hit that has productions around the world and is always touring, all to packed audiences, has finally flown onto the big screen (pun intended). The script, music, lyrics, visuals, choreography, and performances immediately immerse you and sweep you up for a magical ride through Oz that will make you wonder…
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“Daylight come and me want to go”…see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)! Another recommendation: see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with as little prior knowledge as possible. You’ll spill your guts laughing. Underneath the film’s skin of laughs and the muscles of macabre, there’s a beating heart. Like the first film (the fact that I can even say, “first film,”…
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Death Becomes Her is the latest in the trend of non-musical films singing and dancing their way from celluloid to the stage. Even with the recent uptick in such adaptations, it’s certainly not a new idea: it’s been done many times, and it’s been done to great success. When I discovered the film by complete…
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I’ve written quite extensively on horror comedy musicals. In fact, I’ve written a horror comedy musical, Brides! (You can get an album of select songs from the show, Brides (World Premiere Sneak Peek), wherever you stream or buy music online!) Whether you like musicals or not, whether you like horror or not, The Guy Who…
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As a horror fan, whenever I mention enjoying any specific monster movie, I’ve grown used to having another horror fan pop out jump scare-style to say, “I like slasher movies because they’re realistic. It’s something that could really happen!” If you “just don’t relate” to people facing monsters, films like Renfield (2023) (screenplay by Ryan…