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Mar 25, 2022 · In the Heights. Encanto Movie. Subscribe. Here are Lin-Manuel Miranda's best projects, from Broadway play Hamilton and movies like Encanto and Moana to TV shows like His Dark Materials.
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- Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift
- Annapolis
- Fast & Furious
- Shopping For Fangs
- Finishing The Game
- F9
- Better Luck Tomorrow
- Warrior
- Star Trek: Beyond
- Fast & Furious 6
2006’s Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift was Lin’s first contribution to the franchise, not that anyone would know from its pedestrian action. Despite moving the action across continents, Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift is otherwise a by-the-numbers addition to the series that adds little not found in its pair of predecessors. The Fast & Furious movies succe...
Starring James Franco as a forgettable hero who hopes to join the Navy, Annapolis is a dull drama with little to recommend in its padded runtime. Self-serious and earnest military action is far from Lin’s strong suit, as proven by the critical mauling Annapoliswas met with upon release. Unfortunately, most of the ire was earned by this bland and pr...
There is objectively not a lot wrong with 2009’s Fast & Furious, save for the fact that it isn’t Fast Five. The fourth movie in the franchise will forever pale in comparison to its followup, which allowed Lin to reboot the series as a larger-than-life, surreally silly chase series. With Justin Lin’s trademark sense of fun held back, Fast & Furiousi...
It is hard to fault the 1997 indie comedyShopping For Fangs for ambition. A rom-com/thriller/sort-of horror, Shopping For Fangstells the bizarre intersecting stories of a man becoming a werewolf, a frustrated housewife, and an LGBT affair. As the above synopsis implies, it’s a messy affair, but Lin’s debut has energy and style to spare and John Cho...
Savaged by critics upon release, 2007’s Finishing the Game is evidently a passion project for Lin and one where the director’s enthusiasm for the subject matter shines through its admittedly patchy elements. A mockumentary about Bruce Lee’s final unfinished movie, Finishing the Gameis mostly Lin’s chance to take Hollywood and the movie industry to ...
F9’s flaws aside, the long-awaited Fast & Furious sequel is an undeniably fun romp. Charlize Theron’s villain Cypher is wasted in the franchise outing, but there are a string of inventive action sequences to cover up that fact and the cast is as game as ever. F9is unlikely to be any fan’s favorite installment of the series but, divorced from the hy...
Comfortably Lin’s darkest effort to date, Better Luck Tomorrow is a stylish teen thriller. The familiar plot of a good kid getting in with a bad crowd has been before and better, but Better Luck Tomorrow is more believable than Brick and less unwatchable-y harsh than the comparable Bully. It is not as gripping as the superficially similar Alpha Dog...
HBO Max’s Warrior is Lin’s most ambitiously dark effort since Better Luck Tomorrow, and fortunately, it is even better than that early outing. Set in 1870s San Francisco, Warrior tells the tale of a martial arts fighter who comes to America in search of his sister and finds far more. Unfortunately for protagonist Ah Sahm, “far more” here translates...
While not as fun as Tarantino’s proposed “Star Trek gangster movie,” Star Trek: Beyond is a more than serviceable addition to the long-running franchise. Lin’s ambitious sequel manages to outdo earlier Star Trek reboots with its focus on fun, although a sprawling cast makes the focus of Star Trek: Beyond a touch too all over the place. Still, as a ...
After the critical success of Fast & Furious 6 in 2013, Lin graciously stepped aside for his frequent collaboratorJames Wan (master of the jump scare and car chase alike) to direct Paul Walker’s franchise swan song. The emotional impact of Furious 7 often overshadows its immediate predecessor, but Fast & Furious 6 is a wild, cartoony romp that dese...
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From his humble beginnings in bit roles on prime-time serials to massive theatrical events, Miranda has always been a standout no matter what he stars in. Here are but a few shows, films, and series featuring the acting talents of the Hamilton creator. Please vote up the roles that made you take notice.
Mar 15, 2020 · Lin-Manuel Miranda has appeared in a number of popular films and TV shows over the years. Here are some of the gigs he took while working on musicals.
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- Hamilton (2020) It shouldn’t be surprising to anyone to find Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton at the very top of this list. Hamilton took the world by storm, and even viewers who previously couldn’t name a single song from a Broadway musical were singing along to Hamilton.
- Moana (2016) Moana (2016) centers around a Disney princess and is well-known for Miranda’s amazing soundtrack. Miranda received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for the films’ most popular song “How Far I’ll Go,” and many viewers were upset when it lost.
- tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) (2021) stars Andrew Garfield as a theater composer named Jon who is about to reach his 30th birthday. The film which Miranda directed, takes place in 1990 and follows the true story of Jonathan Larson as he works as a server at the Moondance Diner in SoHo.
- Encanto (2021) Encanto (2021) is Miranda’s most recent musical movie. The film, which is still in theaters, tells the story of the Madrigals, a family who lives in the mountains of Colombia.
Jan 16, 2022 · Lin-Manuel Miranda has something in common with the titular character of his musical Hamilton: He writes like he's running out of time. The 43-year-old's latest work is Encanto, the buzzy animated ...
Highest Rated: 99% Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) Lowest Rated: 36% The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) Birthday: Jan 16, 1980. Birthplace: New...
