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"
Hunky Dory (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Marc Evans
Starring: Minnie Driver, Robert Pugh, Haydn Gwynne
It's the long hot British summer of 1976 and Viv (Minnie Driver) has left London, and her thespian aspirations, to work as a drama teacher in the loca... Read more
Happy Feet Two (2011)
5.9/10
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Brad Pitt, Elijah Wood, Hank Azaria, Hugo Weaving, Magda Szuba...
Toe-tapping follow-up to the animated hit returns to the Antarctic, where penguin protagonist Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) has grown up to be a dad.... Read more
The Muppets (2011)
7.1/10
Director: James Bobin
Starring: Chris Cooper, Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones
With the famed puppet troupe's heyday behind them, it's up to young Muppet Walter, his human brother Gary (Jason Segel, who also co-wrote), and Gary's... Read more
Glee: Season 2 (2011)
7.7/10
Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig, Chris Colfer, Jayma Mays, Mark Salling, Cory Monteith, Amber Ri...
Bring home the complete second season of TV's most exhilarating series! Despite their loss at the Regionals, the kids in New Directions are more mo... Read more
First Night (2010)
5.3/10
Director: Christopher Menaul
Starring: Richard E Grant, Sarah Brightman, Oliver Dimsdale, Susannah Fielding, Nigel Lind...
Adam is a rich industrialist, who aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he is little more than a city suit living the cap... Read more
Chico and Rita (2010)
Director: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando
Starring: Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Ona
Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba ("Belle Epoque") and Spain's legendary artist Javier Mariscal celebrate the music and culture of Cuba with an e... Read more
Burlesque (2010)
6.4/10
Director: Steven Antin
Starring: Alan Cumming, Cher , Peter Gallagher, Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell, Christina Agu...
In this spectacular showbiz fable, pop star-turned-thespian Christina Aguilera plays Ali, an Iowa girl waiting tables at a struggling Los Angeles burl... Read more
Moonlight Serenade (2009)
4.8/10
Director: Giancarlo Tallarico
Starring: Alec Newman, Amy Adams, Harriet Sansom Harris
Nate (Alec Newman) is a successful financial manager by day and a closet musician by night. One evening he hears a beautiful voice outside his apartme... Read more
Glee: Season 1, Volume 2 - Road to Regionals (2009)
6.7/10
Starring: Jessalyn Gilsig, Chris Colfer, Jayma Mays, Mark Salling, Cory Monteith, Amber Ri...
As the club prepares for the Regionals, Kurt and Finn share family problems, Rachel experiences simultaneous joy and sorrow, Will's relationship turns... Read more
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
7.1/10
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: John Goodman, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey, Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Terrenc...
Discover what really happened after the princess kissed the frog in an inspired twist on the world's most famous kiss. In early 1900s New Orleans, Pri... Read more