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Wicked Stepmother is a 1989 American black comedy fantasy film written, produced, and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Bette Davis and Barbara Carrera.. It is best known for being the last film of Bette Davis, who withdrew from the project after filming began, citing major problems with the script, Cohen's direction, and the way she was being photographed. [1]
The Broadway sensation Wicked has finally made it to the big screen, earning mostly positive reviews and the best-ever opening week for a film based on a Broadway musical. Wicked is not merely ...
For those of you who weren't theater kids in the 2000s, Act I of Wicked, and therefore Wicked: Part I, follows the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West, with her given name, Elphaba Thropp ...
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In the Kingdom of Sesame, there is a little red monster named CinderElmo who lives with his wicked Stepmother, his Stepbrothers Telly Monster and Baby Bear, Zoe and the household dog and mice. His stepfamily has received invitations to the Princess' Ball, which leaves CinderElmo to do all the house chores.
However, fewer than half the princesses accept the invitation, so the local nobility, including Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters, are invited. Because of the lack of dresses at the dressmakers, the stepmother and stepsisters demand that Cinderella sew all three of them elegant gowns for the ball from the fabric of their old dresses.
The film has received positive reviews. Television critic Kevin McDonough described the film as "a smashing new adaptation of Cinderella ," in which he praised Kathleen Turner's performance as "wickedly good" and concluded, " Cinderella features stunning cinematography, fabulous costumes, and the best role for Ms. Turner in years."
When “Wicked” debuted on Broadway in 2003, Variety’s skeptical theater critic described composer Stephen Schwartz’s revisionist take on the iconic villain as “strenuous,” “lumbering ...