Category Archives: Musical
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Release 2020
Genre Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: David E. Talbert
Writer: David E. Talbert
Stars: Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose, Madalen Mills
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7736496/
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
Hamilton
Release 2020
Genre Biography, Drama, Musical
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Director: Thomas Kail
Writers: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ron Chernow
Stars: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr. ,Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Chris Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8503618/
The real life of one of America's foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Filmed live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers Theatre with the original Broadway cast.
Valley Girl
Release 2020
Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance
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Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Writers: Amy Talkington, Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford
Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Chloe Bennet, Mae Whitman, Judy Greer, Peyton List
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1266036/
Set to a new wave '80s soundtrack, a pair of young lovers from different backgrounds defy their parents and friends to stay together. A musical adaptation of the 1983 film.
Yesterday
Release 2019
Genre Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Danny Boyle
Writers: Jack Barth, Richard Curtis
Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8079248/
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline where they never existed.
Descendants 3
Release 2019
Genre Adventure, Family, Musical
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Director: Kenny Ortega
Writers: Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott
Stars: Cameron Boyce, Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8022928/
The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.
Fisherman's Friends
Release 2019
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Director: Chris Foggin
Writers: Piers Ashworth, Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft
Stars: Tuppence Middleton, James Purefoy, Daniel Mays
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1648186/
Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties.
Mary Poppins Returns
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Rob Marshall
Writers: David Magee, Rob Marshall, John DeLuca, P.L. Travers
Stars: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5028340/
Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Release 2018
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Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Stars: Liam Neeson, James Franco, Zoe Kazan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452/
An anthology film comprised of six stories, each dealing with a different aspect of life in the Old West.
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Release 2018
Genre Action, Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
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Director: Aaron Horvath, Peter Rida Michail
Writers: Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, Arnold Drake, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, William Moulton Marston
Stars: Greg Cipes, Scott Menville, Khary Payton
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7424200/
A villain's maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom.