Beauty and the Beast (2017) Movie Reviews

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

An adaptation of the Disney fairy tale about a monstrous-looking prince and a young woman who fall in love.

Moana (2016) Movie Reviews

Moana (2016)

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana’s island, she answers the Ocean’s call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.

London Road (2015) Movie Reviews

London Road (2015)

When five prostitutes are found dead in their community, residents of London Road in Ipswich, Suffolk come together to process the events and revitalize the community.

The Last Five Years (2014) Movie Reviews

The Last Five Years (2014)

A struggling actress and her novelist lover each illustrate the struggle and deconstruction of their love affair.

God Help the Girl (2014) Movie Reviews

God Help the Girl (2014)

As Eve begins writing songs as a way to sort through some emotional problems, she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own.

Stage Fright (2014) Movie Reviews

Stage Fright (2014)

A snobby musical theater camp is terrorized by a blood-thirsty killer who hates musical theater.

Les Misérables (2012) Movie Reviews

Les Misérables (2012)

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker’s daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.

Rock of Ages (2012) Movie Reviews

Rock of Ages (2012)

A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Burlesque (2010) Movie Reviews

Burlesque (2010)

A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.

Nine (2009) Movie Reviews

Nine (2009)

Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.

Fame (2009) Movie Reviews

Fame (2009)

An updated version of the musical Fame (1980), which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.

Paris 36 (2008) Movie Reviews

Paris 36 (2008)

A man is charged with murder. He is Pigoil, the aging stage manager at Chansonia, a music hall in a Paris faubourg. His confession is a long flashback to New Year’s Eve, 1935, when he…

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) Movie Reviews

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.

Mamma Mia! (2008) Movie Reviews

Mamma Mia! (2008)

The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular ’70s group ABBA.

Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) Movie Reviews

Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)

Romantic sparks occur between two dance students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.

Romance & Cigarettes (2005) Movie Reviews

Romance & Cigarettes (2005)

A down-and-dirty musical set in the world of working-class New York, tells a story of a husband’s journey into infidelity and redemption when he must choose between his seductive mistress and his beleaguered wife.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) Movie Reviews

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, AKA Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Across the Universe (2007) Movie Reviews

Across the Universe (2007)

The music of the Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.