When Mario Matthews goes to a nightclub and an ABBA song is playing, he knows all the words. That’s because he’s been employed in a touring show of Mamma Mia! on and off since 2007. Matthews is part of the handsome male ensemble and is an understudy to Sky, the romantic lead. “ABBA has been [...]
Reel Thoughts Interview: Mamma's Boy
Reel Thoughts: Love Under the Big Top
Circus movies are a tough thing to pull off. The Greatest Show on Earth was widely considered the worst Best Picture Oscar-winner of all time (at least until Crash crushed Brokeback Mountain). Tod Browning’s Freaks was so disturbing for its time that it was banned for thirty years in England. Joan Crawford’s Berserk! was disturbing [...]
Reel Thoughts Interview: Carter Country
Lynda Carter may live outside of our nation’s capitol, but Arizona is never far from her heart. The Arcadia High School alum grew up in Globe and Phoenix, and started her career as a singer. Touring the state in a band before she was fifteen, the statuesque beauty gained national attention when she was crowned [...]
Reel Thoughts: Not a Scream But a Whimper
Did you ever have a dish with all the right ingredients that still came out tasting awful? It’s either a bad recipe or a bad cook that’s responsible, and the same maladies bring down Scream 4. Director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson have every cast member who lived through Screams 1 through 3, the [...]
Reel Thoughts: Show Me How You Burlesque
Leslie Zemeckis, wife of director Robert Zemeckis of Back to the Future and Forrest Gump fame, clearly has a love for the ladies of burlesque. Behind the Burly Q, available on DVD tomorrow, is a valentine to women like Sally Rand, Lili St. Cyr, Blaze Starr and numerous other fascinating women who fill the fascinating [...]