Izolda Trakhtenberg, Storyteller

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Category: review

  • Aladdin on Broadway – Review

    I try to review at least one show, movie, or tv show a week on Review Mondays. Here is this week’s review of Aladdin on Broadway. Aladdin on Broadway, New York, NY  Overall, the production was tons of fun. It was lavish, outlandish, and a treat for the eyes and ears. The sets were lovely:…

  • Spoilery review of "Inside Out."

    I’ll try to do a spoiler-free review of “Inside Out.” But likely it won’t be so fair warning. I wanted to love it. I did. But I didn’t. As colorful as it was, and as cool concept as it was, it was awfully two-dimensional. The Good: The voice acting and casting was superb. Richard Kind…

  • SPOILERY: Conflict? Yeah. Multiple Dimensions? Not so much. My thoughts on Man of Steel

    SPOILERY-ISH (Man of Steel thoughts) Various thoughts. Some spoilery. Read at your own risk, blah blah blah.

Wow, could there *be* any more Christ imagery in that movie?“

I’m 33. I will save all mankind, even, and most especially the ones who fear they can’t be saved. I hold the key to everything inside me. Yes, when…

  • Les Miserables Review – Much to love. Much to be tweaked by

    Saw Les Mis today. I fully expect Ms. Hathaway and Mr. Jackman to stand on stage and accept their Academy Awards (her in support and him for leading actor). They both did a terrific job. Hathaway especially blew me away. She has an expressive face and she used it so well to show us Fantine’s…

  • Skyfall review

    So, Skyfall. [spoilers abound so be warned] It was great in many ways. I enjoy Craig as Bond. I enjoyed Bardem as Silva (I do understand that some might call his performance over the top and I agree to an extent. But he did the split between mad villain and toddler who wants his mommy,…