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"
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
6.1/10
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams, Danny Pino, Amandla Stenber...
Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder and his journey of s... Read more
Annette (2021)
6.4/10
Director: Leos Carax
Starring: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg
Los Angeles, nowadays. Henry is a stand-up comedian with a fierce humor. Ann, an internationally renowned opera singer. Together, under the spotlight,... Read more
David Byrne's American Utopia (2020)
8.2/10
Director: Spike Lee
Starring: David Byrnes
Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name. Read more
Military Wives (2019)
6.4/10
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas
With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media... Read more
Cats (2019)
2.7/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Judi Dench, Idris Elba, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Taylor Swift, Ian McKellen,...
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Read more
Cats (Blu-ray) (2019)
2.7/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Judi Dench, Idris Elba, James Corden, Rebel Wilson, Taylor Swift, Ian McKellen,...
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Read more
Blinded by the Light (Blu-ray) (2019)
6.9/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Billy Barratt, Bruce Springsteen, Viveik Kalra
Javed is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. He writes poetry as a way to escape... Read more
Blinded by the Light (2019)
6.9/10
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Billy Barratt, Bruce Springsteen, Viveik Kalra
Javed is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. He writes poetry as a way to escape... Read more
UglyDolls (2019)
4.8/10
Director: Kelly Asbury
Starring: Nick Jonas, Janelle Monae, Pitbull , Wanda Sykes, Gabriel Iglesias, Emma Roberts
In the adorably different town of Uglyville, weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than meets the eye. After... Read more
Aladdin (2019)
7.2/10
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Navid Nagahban, Billy Magnussen
DescriptionAladdin is a lovable street urchin who meets Princess Jasmine, the beautiful daughter of the sultan of Agrabah. While visiting her exotic p... Read more