Tag: Cats

  • Can ‘Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker’ Rise to the Heights of Its Predecessors?

    Can ‘Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker’ Rise to the Heights of Its Predecessors?

    The year will soon be coming to a close, but not before Disney and Star Wars have their say as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker debuts this weekend, sights set on a strong debut, though it does have some high quality competition in the family sector with Jumanji: The Next Level entering its second…

  • ‘Cats’ Review: There is No Good or Bad, There is Only ‘Cats’

    ‘Cats’ Review: There is No Good or Bad, There is Only ‘Cats’

    There is a thin line between idiocy and genius, and Cats pukes a hairball on it and rubs its ass all over it. This is a movie where a cat version of Rebel Wilson wears a halter top underneath a fur skinsuit that she takes off with a zipper, before leading an army of cockroaches…

  • ‘Cats’ Review: Tom Hooper’s Feline Musical Is an Absurd and Exuberant Mess

    ‘Cats’ Review: Tom Hooper’s Feline Musical Is an Absurd and Exuberant Mess

    Tom Hooper’s 2019 adaptation of “Cats” unfolds as an absurd and frequently nonsensical array of light and color, with actors bathed in ill-conceived CGI fur against a similarly invented London backdrop. Fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway blockbuster, and anyone familiar with the movie’s viral trailer that stoked excitement and horror in equal measures, will…

  • An orgy of throbbing tails: is Cats the kinkiest film to earn a U certificate?

    An orgy of throbbing tails: is Cats the kinkiest film to earn a U certificate?

    Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is festive fun for all the family, according to the cinema ratings boards. So why are early audiences averting their eyes?Cats review – a purr-fectly dreadful hairball of woeIt was hard to anticipate audience reaction to the first screenings of Cats, Tom Hooper’s version of the…

  • Watching ‘Cats’ Is Like a Descent into Madness | Review

    Watching ‘Cats’ Is Like a Descent into Madness | Review

    If you saw the first trailer for Cats, you’ve probably been bracing yourself for a cinematic disaster of epic proportions. That preparation will serve you well if you choose to see the finished film, a boondoggle of terrible source material mixed with direction so poor the Academy should repossess Tom Hooper’s Best Director Oscar. Watching…

  • ‘Cats’ Reviews: What the Critics Are Saying

    ‘Cats’ Reviews: What the Critics Are Saying

    After its official trailer debuted in November, many were equal parts horrified and enraged by the litany of humanoid cats preparing for the Jellicle ball and Jellicle sacrifice in “Cats.” Based on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of the same name, said outrage came to no one’s surprise.Unfortunately for director Tom Hopper and team, the rage…

  • ‘Cats’: Tom Hooper’s Adaptation Of A Broadway Classic Is A CGI Nightmare [Review]

    ‘Cats’: Tom Hooper’s Adaptation Of A Broadway Classic Is A CGI Nightmare [Review]

    December 2019 will go down in history as the fateful month when theater was found bludgeoned to death, its shimmery innards spilling out in streams of gold. The killer, authorities discovered promptly, was one Tom Hooper, a lackey for Universal Studios. The victim’s bloodstains spelled one word — “Cats.” It was a thorough massacre, plotted…

  • Feline confident? Cats’ last-minute dash to the cinema

    Feline confident? Cats’ last-minute dash to the cinema

    Tom Hooper finished off his musical just 36 hours before its premiere. Will this, a turn-off trailer, awards snubs and an impurrfect gestation stop it being Christmas catnip?For film critics, London press screening schedules are devised like a military operation: timetabled, negotiated and cross-referenced by an army of distributors and publicists, with a view generally…

  • Taylor Swift’s ‘Cats’ Video Diary Goes Behind the Scenes of the Feline Fun, Features a Hairless Cat

    Taylor Swift’s ‘Cats’ Video Diary Goes Behind the Scenes of the Feline Fun, Features a Hairless Cat

    Millions will venture out this weekend to see how Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sends off the primary saga storyline in the sci-fi adventure franchise. Meanwhile, an entirely different group of people will see if they’re immune to nightmares by checking out Tom Hooper‘s big screen adaptation of the award-winning, long-running stage musical Cats.…

  • Cats: can the CGI nightmare movie actually land on its feet?

    Cats: can the CGI nightmare movie actually land on its feet?

    The much-hated trailer suggests Tom Hooper’s musical will be a failure, but people said the same thing about Titanic and Snow WhiteMeow! The claws have been out for Cats since the first trailer dropped in July, prompting some 8m YouTube hate-watches and a deluge of online snark and awe. Cats with breasts! Taylor Swift with…