Musicals
As soon as sound was introduced to the movies, the movie musical was born. The musical was one of the most popular movie entertainments from the 1930s through to the 50s, before falling out of favour at the end of the 60s for audiences now being weened on Vietnam, race riots, political assassinations, flower power and psychedelia. The musical still continued onwards, albeit in a different form, with various efforts such as "Cabaret", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Grease", "Hair", "All That Jazz" and "The Blues Brothers" appearing over the next decade. More recently, "Moulin Rouge" and particularly "Chicago" hark back to the glory days of the musical.
Right: Liza Minnelli does "Cabaret"
Road To Singapore / Road To Zanzibar / Road To Morocco / Road To Utopia (1946)
Director: David Butler, Hal Walker, Victor Schertzinger
Starring: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
A deluxe box set featuring four of the best 'Road To...' films starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. "Road To Singapore" (1940) The firs... Read more
Roberta (1935)
7.1/10
Director: William A Seiter
Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Irene Dunne, Lucille Ball, Randolph Scott
The lively dancing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers highlights this Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach musical, set in 1920s Paris and featuring Irene Dunne an... Read more
Robin And The 7 Hoods (1964)
6.5/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Peter Falk, Sammy Davis Jr
The last of the "Rat Pack " films is set in Roaring Twenties Chicago, and Sinatra and crew play garrulous gangsters who rob from the rich and give to... Read more
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
6.8/10
Director: Allan Arkush
Starring: P J Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young, Mary Woronov, Paul Barte...
"Hey, ho, let's go" with free-spirited Vince Lombardi High student P.J. Soles, as she literally blows the roof off the school and overthrows tyrannica... Read more
Rock Around the Clock (1956)
6.1/10
Director: Fred F Sears
Starring: Bill Haley, The Platters, Tony Martinez, Freddie Bell, Alan Freed, etc ...
The first, and quintessential, rock 'n' roll movie features Bill Haley and the Comets as 'the next big thing', discovered swinging their new beat in a... Read more
Rock of Ages (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Adam Shankman
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Malin Akerman, Ru...
From choreographer-turned-director Adam Shankman (A Walk to Remember, Hairspray) comes the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who mee... Read more
Rocketman (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard
An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years. Read more
Rocketman (Blu-Ray) (2019)
7.6/10
Director: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard
An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years. Read more
Romance and Cigarettes (2005)
Director: John Turturro
Starring: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Mary-Louise Parke...
Writer/director John Turturro sets his ambitious musical in Queens, New York, where the marriage of working-class couple Nick Murder (James Gandolfini... Read more
Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song (2013)
5.6/10
Director: Tim van Dammen
Starring: Anton Tennet, Christopher Landon, Derya Parlak, Dan Veint, Sarah Houbolt, Todd E...
Sometimes, even when you know you shouldn't, you just fall in love. Set against the backdrop of high summer in Verona Campground, two hot kids from fe... Read more