"In the Heights" Review
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical translates beautifully to the screen.

Plant one green city boy among a bumper crop of hard and healthy ranch hands. Add a sexually mature foreman, and you've got one hell of a spread where anything will grow! And when the plantin' & plowin' is over, then it's harvest time for these dudes to start pullin' the fruits of their labor at Dude Ranch.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical translates beautifully to the screen.
On top of the phenomenal acting, and great dialogue between the two characters, the cinematography was ravishing! The sound was outstanding! The production design was simple, yet intrinsic. The minimalistic approach in the Malibu beach house represented how little they really have going on in their relationship. The storyline may have been much simpler than "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf," but all the more insightful, and much more animalistic at its core.
The Invite is witty, dramatic, funny, and probably the best comedy released this year so far.
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.
With so many Disney remakes out and about in the world and loosed upon Hollywood cinema, there is one Disney film that truly needs to be seen and witnessed on the big screen: Princess and the Frog.