Well, after finally watching the first film and making enough time, I was able to get myself to the theater and see Wicked: For Good. I think it’s safe to say that it pretty much lived up to my expectations, meaning that, similar to the stage version, I didn’t like nearly as much as the first part. Don’t get me wrong, I had fun and there were some emotional moments for this deadpan critic, but that’s something I’ve always felt with this story. And I think it’s like that for a lot of people,...

When I was a kid, I saw the original stage version of Wicked with Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth in London. I also saw it a second time but I can’t remember when that was but I’m very familiar with the story, despite never actually being a huge fan of it. The story might have always been floating around in my head the way my brain loves to keep familiar things on an endless special-interest loop but it was always more in a “Yeah, I know this,” not in a “This is my personality now” kind of...

I'm a huge fan of Guillermo Del Toro and his use of practical effects and makeup in his movies. The way he brings his worlds to life is like nothing I've seen from other movies and the man doesn't usually disappoint. He still hasn't after having just watched his version of Frankenstein. I’m thankful to say that I just saw this at the nearest theater to me that was playing it rather than wait for it to come to Netflix. I’d say that was a pretty good decision because it probably wouldn’t have...