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  Upright, season 2, review: Tim Minchin and Milly Alcock's oddball road trip is irresistible

  The first series of Upright (Sky Comedy/NOW), an Australian comedy-drama created by the polymath muso-comedian Tim Minchin, began with a car crash. I remember at the time (2019) thinking that any writer so desperate to bring two characters into each other’s orbit that he literally crashes them into one another could do with some new plot ideas. (The Tourist then did the same thing a year later.)

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  ‘Matilda the Musical’ Review: This Flattened Adaptation Is Strictly for Theater Fans

  Roald Dahl's unique heroine and her spiky world don't belong in this (still occasionally sweet) theater-to-screen universe.

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  London Film Festival Review: Matthew Warchus’ Opening-Night Movie ‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical’

  There are stories so good they can withstand any amount of retelling. Matilda began life as Roald Dahl’s rollicking tale of an outrageously spirited, clever little girl who defeats the bullying headmistress whose vocation is to make children miserable. The Royal Shakespeare Company turned it into a Christmas musical that burst the banks of the […]

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  Emma Thompson gives Matilda The Musical a deranged villain to remember

  In keeping with its well-read young heroine, Roald Dahl’s novel Matilda felt like a library squeezed into one bulging volume.

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  'Matilda' leads celebrity-filled lineup at London film fest

  After a pared down, pandemic-affected edition in 2021, the BFI London Film Festival is back in full swing this year. Based on the story by Roald Dahl and featuring the songs of Tim Minchin, newcomer Alisha Weir takes the lead role with support from stars Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch and Stephen Graham. All are expected to walk the red carpet at the Royal Festival Hall on opening night.

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  ‘Matilda the Musical’ to Open BFI London Film Festival

  The world premiere of “Matilda the Musical” will open the 66th BFI London Film Festival. The Netflix and TriStar Pictures adaptation stars Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Sindhu Vee and introduces Alisha Weir as Matilda. Screenwriter Dennis Kelly adapted the Tony and Olivier award-winning Royal Shakespeare Company theater production for the […]

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  Everything We Know About The Matilda the Musical Movie

  The reimagining of Roald Dahl's classic book is based on the 2010 West End musical.

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  Cosmo

  We have the first trailer for Netflix's Matilda remake and wow

  Everything you need to know about Netflix's Matilda remake including trailer, release date and cast.

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  Consequence of Sound

  Emma Thompson Tosses Insults and Students in Teaser Trailer for Matilda the Musical: Watch

  Coming to Netflix this Winter. Emma Thompson Tosses Insults and Students in Teaser Trailer for Matilda the Musical: Watch Wren Graves

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  ‘Matilda the Musical’ Teaser Reveals Emma Thompson’s Terrifying Trunchbull

  One of Roald Dahl’s most beloved characters is heading back to film. Netflix has released the first teaser for “Matilda the Musical,” set to debut on the streamer this December. “Matilda the Musical” is based on the stage musical from Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly, which premiered on the West End in London in 2011 […]

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