What about STAR?

STAR (Musical Drama)

DURATION: 2016 – Present

NETWORK: FOX

CREATORS:  Lee Daniels, Tom Donaghy.

STARRING: Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O’Grady, Amiyah Scott, Quincy Brown, Benjamin Bratt and Queen Latifah.

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ABOUT: Three talented singers, desperate for a new start and with ambitions of stardom, navigate the cut-throat music business on their road to success.

10 WORDS REVIEW: Catchy music, great story-line but it is way too stereotypical.

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i looked forward to STAR to the way I look forward to New Years Eve – with anticipation and I have to say – I was not impressed.

I mean, it was cool and all – I loved the music (a little) and it had some really strong characters (especially QUEEN LATIFAH) – BUT that was the exactly problem – it should’nt just be some, ALL CHARACTERS SHOULD BE STRONG!

STAR doesn’t start off great, and relies heavily on the highly stereotyped characters. I mean, there’s nothing wrong with a series having diverse characters, but this feels way too forced.

I didn’t want to compare it to Empire, but common, even Empire started off BETTER!

Lets just hope the series finds its purpose before its too late.

RATING – 5.0/10

GRADE: C-

to watch the trailer to the original FOX series, click HERE or simply play the video below;

STRAIGHT OUTTA OZ – by Todrick Hall (REVIEW)

NOTE (BY TODRICK)

This past year has been very rough for me. I lost my Mtv show, struggled with the relationship with my mother, dealing with racism and homophobia in the industry and self image was such a struggle. I put my all into auditioning for NBC’s “The Wiz” and got so close to landing the role of the Scarecrow, but didn’t get it. I want to thank my family, friends and fans for helping me out of this dark place and encouraging me to turn my struggle into art. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has always held a special place in my heart, and I have never been more proud of anything I’ve created. Thank you all for standing by me on this crazy yellow brick road we call life. Enjoy “Straight Outta Oz” and I hope to see you all this summer when we perform it live. Tickets are on sale now at todrickhall.com and I CANNOT wait to share the story of my life and Oz with you every night.

Conceived, Written, Produced & Directed by
Todrick Hall (@todrick)

Executive Produced by
AwesomenessTV
SB Projects

Music Produced by
Jeeve & WiiDope

REVIEW: A star-studded, colorful and highly creative piece of work. its clear it was inspired and a lot of work and passion was put into its creation. The music is too good, the casting is amazing and the messages are crystal clear.

RATING – 9.0/10

GRADE: A

WEEKEND PROFILE – TODRICK HALL! @todrick

Who the frek is he?

Okay well besides being one of the few to make it to semi-finals on season 9 of American Idol, Todrick is also a Broadway and YouTube star.

 

Describe his talents in three words?

Singing, Dancing and Acting (Yeah, I know – Triple Threat. And that’s only because I left out twerking)

What about CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND?

CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND (TV Series)

 

YEAR

2015

 

NETWORK

The CW

 

STATUS

Ongoing

 

CREATORS

Rachel Bloom

Alen Brosh McKenna

 

STORY

In order to be closer to her former teen lover, Rebecca Bunch; a Havard graduate, uproots her life and  moves all the way from New York City to West Covina, California just to be with him. She moves all the way there, only to find out that there are more than enough hindrances to her very creepy plan to get Josh back!

 

100 WORD REVIEW:

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is by far one of the best prime-time musicals on Television today (not that there are that many to chose from); its story-lines may sometime feel and be a bit exaggerated and unbelievable, but this is usually unseen thanks to the loveable characters and their never-ending humour.

The music in the series also comes to play; its a combination of modern, classic and Broadway, so it appeals to almost everyone.

But I’ll say this, if you have no patience for annoying main characters doing equally annoying things on TV, I suggest you steer clear of this show..

 

RATING – 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏9 Applauses (Standing Ovation)

Click HERE for the trailer to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Descendants (Movie Review)

Descendants (TV Movie)

YEAR
2015

DIRECTOR
Kenny Ortega

CREATOR
Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott

STORY:
The son of Belle and Beast is about to be made King, and out of his compassionate heart; he proclaims his first degree – that the sons and daughters of great villains like Jafar, Evil Queen, Cruela and Maleficent be released from exile and allowed to live regular evil-free lives…. His plan is a great one, except for one major flaw…

REVIEW:
Descendants is something new on TV, and very mature – especially for Disney Channel… The cast are unbelievably immense in their role and the music is actually not bad…

RATING – 6.0/10

GRADE: C

Click HERE for the DCOM trailer

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Teen Beach Movie 2 (Movie Review)

TEEN BEACH MOVIE 2

Year – (2015)

Creator – Dan Berendsen, Robert Horn

Story – Lovers; Brady and Mack, now back to reality – discover how different their lives may soon be. Meanwhile, the guys from the ‘westside story’ find their way to Mack and Bradys world.

Score – 6.0/10

Grade: C

10 WORD REVIEW: Although, not as good as the first – it stands out!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b8bdiVmMICg

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