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‘Encanto’ review: Magic isn’t the true magic of Disney’s family musical comedy
Adonis Gonzalez December 31, 2021

Disney and magic go hand in hand. It’s like peanut better and jelly. Ben and Jerry’s. Soda and popcorn. I skipped lunch today. Disney’s Encanto is full of enough magic to power three more Frozen seque…

Adonis Gonzalez December 31, 2021
Tick, Tick…Boom!
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‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ review: Not as uplifting a tune as you may think
Chelsie Derman November 20, 2021

Maybe it’s an unpopular opinion, but Tick Tick…Boom! isn’t a blast. From the official trailer, the filmed musical adaptation of the late Jonathan Larson’s most personal story gives the imp…

Chelsie Derman November 20, 2021
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Movie News
‘Vivo’ Q&A with Lin-Manuel Miranda
Ron Lyons Jr August 4, 2021

The new Netflix animated musical, Vivo, was recently screened by the Hispanic Federation and Netflix in New York with Lin-Manuel Miranda, voice of Vivo himself, in attendance. Set to stream on Netflix…

Ron Lyons Jr August 4, 2021
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Movie News
First teaser trailer for ‘Encanto’ reveals a ‘powerless’ Disney princess in a new, enchanting place
Chelsie Derman July 8, 2021

“Maybe your gift is being in denial.” – Encanto Bursting with color and energy, Walt Disney Animation Studios released the teaser trailer for their upcoming kid-friendly (and animate…

Chelsie Derman July 8, 2021
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‘In the Heights’ review: a magical tribute to what the American Dream should be
Jon Negroni June 12, 2021

Once upon a time, Lin-Manuel Miranda set his prodigious sights on Broadway with an inaugural, autobiographical musical that quickly set him up for New York exposure and (eventually) worldwide attentio…

Jon Negroni June 12, 2021
Movie Features
The best moments of Hamilton on Disney Plus
Ashley Bulayo July 31, 2020

By now, most of us have at least three Hamilton songs stuck in our heads. We don’t blame you. It’s inevitable. The pop culture phenomenon Hamilton has once again taken …

Ashley Bulayo July 31, 2020
Best of the 2010s
The Young Folks’ Top 50 Albums of the 2010s
TYF Staff November 5, 2019

In a decade that saw the rise of streaming, the album came out of the 2010s alive and well. The LP rose again, dwarfing the dying compact disc by the end of the decade, and some of the biggest artists…

TYF Staff November 5, 2019

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