Posted in Movies, Musicals on Jul 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Funny, upbeat musical about a young, plus-sized teenager who tries out for a local TV dance show only to learn about the segregation and racial issues facing her generation.
Rating: ***
tags:***, john travolta, michelle pfeiffer, musical, romance, USA
Posted in Movies, Musicals on Apr 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Lots of blood and gore. It was directed by Tim Burton, but I got tired of watching the blood spurting from the necks of Sweeney’s customers. Good soundtrack, though.
Rating: **
tags:**, alan rickman, helena bonham carter, johnny depp, musical, tim burton, USA
Posted in Movies, Musicals on Mar 5th, 2008 No Comments »
This was a fantastic modern-day musical/love story about two people whose lives intersect for only a short time. An unnamed man and unnamed woman meet on the street where the man is playing his guitar and singing for money. They quickly share that they are both interested in music. During the days that follow, the […]
Posted in Movies, Musicals on Feb 17th, 2008 1 Comment »
Great movie, musical, and love story that incorporates The Beatles music. Jude, a shipbuilder from Liverpool, travels to the United States in search of his father. There, he meets Lucy and the two fall in love. Their world is shaken by Lucy’s brother being drafted to fight in Vietnam and they become anti-war activists.
Rating: ****
tags:****, […]
Posted in Musicals on Jul 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
Even though this musical has been on Broadway for 12 years, we just got around to seeing it. It’s been on our list, and we love the movie and the soundtrack. The musical and movie don’t deviate much from each other, but the musical has so much energy, that I enjoyed the live performance more.
tags:broadway, […]
Posted in Movies, Musicals on May 8th, 2006 No Comments »
While I haven’t seen the musical, I did enjoy this movie very much. The music is good, and even though I didn’t like every song, I enjoyed the majority of them. This film documents the lives of several friends living the East Village in Lower Manhattan. The characters deal with life, love, and other issues […]