West Side Story (2021)

With Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” he manages to offer up a brilliant, dazzling, and engrossing epic retelling of the original musical. It’s stunning how much Spielberg is able to suck us in using the elements of dance as important and crucial moments of exposition in lieu of endless dialogue. To say that “West Side Story” is a surprise, is an understatement. While Spielberg is a wonderful director, there’s never been any indication he could deliver on a musical. But with his version of “West Side Story” is gives us the classic tale of star crossed lovers, and a race war amidst the back drop of New York. Except what Spielberg does is beautifully recontextualizes the entire tale of the Jets and the Sharks for Modern audiences.

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Celebrating Women in Horror Month 13! [Women In Horror Month 2022]

Welcome! As is now tradition at Cinema Crazed, we will be celebrating Women in Horror Month all month long in this lovely month of March. As we made the move to from February to March last year, this seems like a good thing to keep going and we will do so as long as we can. 

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