Playing it safe again with Poppins

Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt in Mary Poppins Returns

Cinema

Mary Poppins Returns: Directed by Rob Marshall, Nationwide, G,Rating:***

Roma: Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Selected, 15A,Rating:*****

Over the last decade or so, Hollywood has rekindled its love of big-budget musicals. Neglected and ignored for 40 years, the form has been invigorated by popular and award-winning films, a renaissance that can be traced back to Rob Marshall’s successful adaptation of the Broadway hit Chicago in 2002.

Now Marshall has been given the guardianship ...