‘Maria’ is a borderline insulting waste of time
By Isaac Steward
This review contains spoilers for “Maria”
“Maria” is a 2024 biographical psychological drama, following the final week of Maria Callas, widely considered to be the greatest female opera singer of the 20th century, Maria Callas, before her death at the age of 53 in 1977.
By this time in Maria’s life, she has long been retired from the stage, inflicted by a mysterious illness that has diminished her once legendary voice. Despite this, she still longs to sing, ...
‘Wicked: Part 1’ defies expectations
By Sophia Monastra
As I researched this movie, two thoughts ran through my mind: “This movie is how long?” and “What do you mean this is part 1?”
Full disclosure, I’ve never seen the musical “Wicked” due to limited finances, (or “Wizard of Oz” due to generational trauma from flying monkeys but that’s another matter), but research shows that the musical is around three hours long.
The movie is two and a half hours for Part 1. Surely the filmmakers had to be adding ...
