Review: Dear Evan Hansen and Foundation

How can one adaptation go so horribly awry and one go so “meh” so far? The musical Dear Evan Hansen makes its way to the big screen and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation hits Apple TV+.

More about Dear Evan Hansen: The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.

Starring: Ben Platt, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani, DeMarius Copes, and Danny Pino.

More about Foundation:

Based on the award-winning novels by Isaac Asimov, “Foundation” chronicles a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

Starring: Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Terence Mann, and Alfred Enoch.