Musicals
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Richard M. Sherman Talks Writing MARY POPPINS Songs In New Academy Originals Episode
Michelle McCue | January 11, 2016In 2013, Disney’s celebrated the 50th anniversary of one of its best loved films – MARY POPPINS. Starring Dick Van Dyke...
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CIRQUE DU SOLEIL WORLDS AWAY 3D – The Review
Jim Batts | December 20, 2012Well, it looks like Hollywood’s marketers are pulling a bit of a fast one this holiday season (not quite...
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LES MISERABLES NYC Screening Met With Standing Ovations; Director Tom Hooper And Cast Cheered
Michelle McCue | November 23, 2012Fellow writer Melissa Thompson declared the Best Picture race over on November 13th when she went out on a...
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WHERE DO WE GO NOW? – The Review
Jim Batts | June 21, 2012It’s always an added pleasure when a film throws you a curve ball and catches you be surprise. I...
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ROCK OF AGES – The Review
Jim Batts | June 14, 2012ROCK OF AGES is the latest stage musical to be adapted for the big screen in the wake of...
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CHICO AND RITA – The Review
Jim Batts | April 5, 2012The following is taken from the film’s review when it was featured as part of the 2011 Stella Artois...
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JOYFUL NOISE – The Review
Jim Batts | January 13, 2012You can bet that the major studios have been looking at the movie career of multimedia mogul Tyler Perry...
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FOOTLOOSE ( 2011 ) – The Review
Jim Batts | October 13, 2011FOOTLOOSE, the movie that made a cinema icon of future trivia game star Kevin Bacon. Since that film’s release...
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MOZART’S SISTER – The Review
Jim Batts | September 29, 2011Successful film biographies often inspire ‘back-story’ sequels. Since many of these movies end at the conclusion of the subject’s...
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Blu Review
Jim Batts | June 29, 20111977. The mention of that year warms the heart of many a film geek. For that was the year...
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S COMPANY – The Review
Jim Batts | June 15, 2011The world of sports has done this for many, many years -the all-star game. The very best players from...
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RIO – The Review
Jim Batts | April 14, 2011Let’s see, we’ve got a couple that meet cute and can’t stand each other, but soon find mutual interests...
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AMPAS Announces “The Making of Great Movie Musicals” Online Series
Michelle McCue | April 12, 2011Who doesn’t love a good musical – or at the very least seen one? Whether voluntarily in a movie theater,...
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Review: TANGLED
Jim Batts | November 24, 2010Hard to believe but in the mid 1980’s the animation department at the Disney Studios was in danger of...
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Top Ten Tuesday: Magnificent Musicals
Movie Geeks | November 23, 2010In honor of the opening of the film BURLESQUE, starring Cher, Christina Aguilera and Stanley Tucci, the Movie Geeks are...
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TANGLED ‘Grounded For Life’ Featurette, Meet Mother Gothel & Flynn Rider
Michelle McCue | November 4, 2010From Yahoo! Movies comes this new featurette from TANGLED. After seeing it at a screening last Saturday, I can’t...
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Restored FUNNY GIRL To Reopen Renovated Academy Theater in NYC
Melissa Thompson | November 4, 2010This is Babs at her best….imagine seeing this scene restored?? Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture...
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A Sneak-Peek At Cher & Aguilera In BURLESQUE
Michelle McCue | July 1, 2010Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today has the first photos from Sony/Screen Gems upcoming BURLESQUE due in theaters November 24, 2010. The musical stars...