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In the Heights First Reactions: The Perfect Movie for the Summer Season Critics on social media say John M. Chu's adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical is a fun, joyful, moving celebration of family, community, and diversity. We’re still awaiting the results of this year’s Oscars, but here’s some buzz on next year’s awards: In the Heights will be a major contender. We expected as much, but now the critics are making it official. The first reactions from the movie experts have arrived, and they’re almost unanimously positive. Based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway sho...

In the Heights Takes the 1 Train to Tribeca Festival for Its World Premiere Vulture.com 1 hr ago © Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures It’s been too long since we’ve seen a big, crowded choreographed dance number, but you only have to white-knuckle it for a little while longer. Pushed nearly a full year from its initial theatrical release, director John M. Chu’s In the Heights is now set to kick off summer in New York and the Tribeca Festival. The musical drama, based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning Broadway play and adapted for the screen by the show’s lyricist ...

Lights up on Washington Heights, as Twitter lit up with glowing reactions to  In the Heights, director Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s acclaimed Broadway musical. Some critics got the chance to see  In the Heights last year before theaters shut down amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and it seems like others had the chance to see it virtually more recently. But last night’s reactions still seemed to arrive early, considering the film isn’t set to debut in theaters and HBO Max until June. But shortly after the  In the Heights early buzz hit the internet — with many praising the film to...

There are hit Broadway shows, and there's Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda's story about America's founding became a worldwide sensation, and won countless awards. But prior to being in the room where it happened, Miranda brought his first musical In the Heights to the stage. A film adaptation will arrive this summer, directed by Crazy Rich Asians' Jon M. Chu. Although it turns out there was pushback regarding In the Heights' cast. Like the stage musical before it, In the Heights is populated by an ensemble cast of mostly Latin actors. While the movie has familiar faces like Jimmy Smits, ther...

L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz is getting yet another film adaptation more than a century on. The latest incarnation comes more than eight decades after The Wizard Of Oz, the legendary MGM movie from 1939 starring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale. Nicole Kassell, who has directed on such TV shows as Watchmen and Vinyl, will be at the helm of the new film according to Variety. Remember when: The latest incarnation comes more than eight decades after The Wizard Of Oz, the legendary MGM movie from 1939 starring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale New Line Cinema are behind the 'fres...