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"
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
4.4/10
Director: Mel Stuart
Starring: Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Gene Wilder, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole
One of the most memorably strange children's films ever made, equally influenced by the dark underpinnings of Roald Dahl's original book ("Charlie and... Read more
The Wizard of Oz ( Blu-ray ) (1939)
8/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Frank Morgan, Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamil...
Follow Dorothy over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road, along with the Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, Cowardly Lion and Toto, too, for fun and adven... Read more
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohe...
Stephen Sondheim's award-winning musical thriller stars Johnny Depp in the title role as a man unjustly sent to prison. The previously mild-mannered b... Read more
The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
6.5/10
Director: Frank Tashlin
Starring: Doris Day, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver, Rod Taylor, Dom DeLuise, Paul Lynde, Er...
A lively mix of comedy and romance, this wacky Bond spoof has Doris Day as a public relations specialist for NASA who inadvertantly meets her boss (Ro... Read more
Pal Joey / They Came to Cordura (1957)
Director: George Sidney, Robert Rossen
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, Gary Cooper, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter
A Rita Hayworth double feature. "Pal Joey" (1957) - Frank Sinatra is the womanising nightclub singer caught between his attraction to chorus girl Kim... Read more
Doris Day Collection: The Pajama Game (1957) / Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) / The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) / Love Me Or Leave Me (1955) / Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962) / Young Man With A Horn (1950)
Director: Charles Vidor, Charles Walters, Frank Tashlin, George Abbott, Michael Curtiz
Starring: Doris Day, David Niven, Rod Taylor, Kirk Douglas, James Cagney, Jimmy Durante, L...
This collection of classics featuring America's sweetheart Doris Day includes: 'Please Don't Eat The Daisies' - Doris in a house of 4 boys and drama-c... Read more
Nine (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Sophia...
Unable to come up with an idea for the epic movie he is scheduled to helm, a renowned Italian director (Daniel Day-Lewis) flees from the set in search... Read more
Frozen ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
7.5/10
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Starring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff
Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey - teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and his loy... Read more
Cold War (Blu-Ray) (2018)
7.7/10
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Agata Kulesza, Jeanne Balibar, Cedric Kahn
A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Se... Read more
Gypsy (1962)
7.2/10
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Starring: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden
Smash musical about the life of Gypsy Rose Lee. Natalie Wood plays the vaudeville singer-turned-burlesque star, with Rosalind Russell as her abrasive... Read more