Film Musicals

Musical lovers and red-blooded males alike will thrill to gorgeous, gyrating women and fantastic production values (despite luke warm lyrics) in this spectacular film.

Jan 27, 2010 - Georgina Young-Ellis

Daniel Day-Lewis, starring as a 1960s Italian director reminiscent of Fellini, sings his way through a professional and emotional crisis.

Dec 29, 2009 - Iulia Filip

Based on the Broadway play Nine is a big budget star-loaded musical with Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard all vying for Daniel Day-Lewis' affection.

Dec 26, 2009 - Robert Waldman

In both film and television, dance has become a new focus for modern expressions and ideas of talent. But where is this leading?

Oct 6, 2009 - Nicola Jones

As re-makes go, the newest Fame surely won't offer anything new, surprising or different for the modern musical genre. So hope that it doesn't live forever.

Sep 7, 2009 - Nicola Jones

As film adaptions of Broadway musicals become even more in style, one must wonder what direction the modern musical is taking? Will it Survive?

Aug 30, 2009 - Nicola Jones

A rock band competition unites a diverse mix of high schoolers. Among them, music and humor bring Gaelan Connell's shy guy and Vanessa Hudgens' quirky outsider together.

Aug 13, 2009 - Denise Castillón

Cheerseum, cheermare, cheermigrants, cheergasm, cheeriokiller - the lexicon of the mean cheerleader in So Cal.

Aug 10, 2009 - Anne Brodie

The first in a series of movie music articles takes a closer look at one of the all-time classics, Gene Kelly's mesmerising performance of Singin' In The Rain (1952).

Jul 22, 2009 - Stephen Morgan

A stacked cast of Hollywood heavyweights made moving the Tony-nominated musical Chicago to the big screen a sure success.

Jun 26, 2009 - Heather Lin

This movie will appeal to the gay audiences, but it will also be interesting and fun to anyone who likes a good musical, or some Shakespeare.

Jun 14, 2009 - Nikola Stepic

High School Musical has become big enough to elicit HSM dolls, T-shirts, backpacks, posters etc. What do these movies teach our kids and what makes them so popular?

May 7, 2009 - Michelle Pannecoucke

Tim Burton's best film brings Stephen Sondheim's infamously bloody musical to life.

Feb 5, 2009 - Mike Lippert

Mamma Mia was a smash on the stage, but just how well does it translate to the screen?

Dec 19, 2008 - Mike Lippert

High School Musical is one of the most popular made-for-TV series of all time, but does it have what it takes to make the leap to the big screen for the third installment

Dec 10, 2008 - Mike Lippert

High School Musical fans unite. There is a new movie coming out this fall in the theaters. Get ready for the best singing and dancing ever, all on the big screen.

Oct 1, 2008 - Denise Oliveri

People claim that the movie musical is a dead genre, yet some of the most vibrant, innovative film musicals have been produced in the past thirty years.

Aug 30, 2008 - Robert Berg

Some of the most vibrant, innovative film musicals have been produced in the past thirty years despite the notion that it is a style whose time has passed.

Aug 22, 2008 - Robert Berg

People claim that the movie musical is a dead genre, yet some of the most vibrant, innovative film musicals have been produced in the past thirty years.

Aug 15, 2008 - Robert Berg

Cabaret will break your heart. It's got that classic romance vibe you find in His Girl Friday or Casablanca, offset by a '70s attitude towards sexual exploration.

Jul 30, 2008 - Nicholas Michael Grant

Cabaret will break your heart. It's got that classic romance vibe you find in His Girl Friday or Casablanca, offset by a '70s attitude towards sexual exploration.

Jul 30, 2008 - Nicholas Michael Grant

Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan and Stellan Skarsgård make a hilarious supporting cast; also stars Dominic Cooper as Sophie's fiancé Sky

Jul 28, 2008 - Lynette S.K. Webster