Tagged Mamma Mia!

Yesterday, which opens in the UK this week, imagines a world where Sergeant Pepper, Eleanor Rigby, and a yellow submarine live only in the mind of Jack Malik – a street musician whose life changes when he is...

Whether Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again reads like a cheer or a threat depends entirely on how much you enjoyed the first film. Let’s be honest, you know exactly what you’re getting here. Nominally a Mamma...

Much like her spiritual predecessor Keira Knightley, at this point it’s difficult not to picture Lily James in a corset. From Downton Abbey, Disney’s Cinderella, Tolstoy’s Natasha Rostova and even...

The faults of Mamma Mia! are well known; the singing is bad, the choreography is simple, and the plot is weak. Its strengths, on the other hand, are barely mentioned – strange for a film that made...

It is hard to name a more quintessentially British actor than Colin Firth. Playing almost exclusively (extremely) English characters and featuring heavily in historical pieces, the actor epitomises the class...

1. Money, Money, Money begets Mo’ Money, Money, Money Mamma Mia! is getting! a sequel! And while nobody really called for it, excepting ABBA’s accountants, we’d be lying if we said we weren’t game....

As we saw in Music of the Movies: John Hughes, music is never just background noise in ‘80s films; it’s also integral to story and character. And while the surprise dance scene of The Breakfast Club is an...