Category Archives: Musical
The Nightmare
Release 2015
Genre Animation, Documentary, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Rodney Ascher
Writers:
Stars: Yatoya Toy, Siegfried Peters, Steven Yvette, Age Wilson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/
A look at a frightening condition that plagues thousands; sleep paralysis.
Strange Magic
Release 2015
Genre Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Gary Rydstrom
Writers: Irene Mecchi, Gary Rydstrom, George Lucas, David Berenbaum
Stars: Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Elijah Kelley, Meredith Anne Bull, Sam Palladio
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4191054/
Goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and their misadventures sparked by the battle over a powerful potion.
Cinderella(2015)
Release 2015
Genre Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
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Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Chris Weitz
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Richard Madden, Helena Bonham Carter, Nonso Anozie
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1661199/
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.
The Last 5 Years
Release 2014
Genre Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
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Director: Richard LaGravenese
Writers: Jason Robert Brown, Richard LaGravenese
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Meg Hudson, Jeremy Jordan, Natalie Knepp, Sherie Rene Scott
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2474024/
Based on the musical, a struggling actress and her novelist lover each illustrate the struggle and deconstruction of their love affair.
Into the Woods
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Rob Marshall
Writers: James Lapine
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Huttlestone, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Christine Baranski
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2180411/
A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.
Annie
Release 2014
Genre Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
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Director: Will Gluck
Writers: Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna, Thomas Meehan, Harold Gray
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1823664/
Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
Hercules
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
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Director: Brett Ratner
Writers: Ryan Condal, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Steve Moore
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, John Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Aksel Hennie
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1267297/
Having endured his legendary twelve labors, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord.
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Release 2013
Genre Animation, Family, Musical
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Director: Will Finn, Dan St. Pierre
Writers: Adam Balsam, Randi Barnes, Roger S. Baum
Stars: Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, Kelsey Grammer, Lea Michele, Tacey Adams
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884726/
Dorothy wakes up in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow...
Hustle & Flow
Release 2005
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Director: Craig Brewer
Writers: Craig Brewer
Stars: Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Anthony Anderson |
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410097/
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride
Release 1998
Genre Adventure, Animation, Family, Musical, Romance
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Director: Darrell Rooney, Rob LaDuca
Writers: Flip Kobler, Cindy Marcus, Jenny Wingfield, Linda Voorhees, Gregory Poirier, Bill Motz, Bob Roth, Mark McCorkle, Robert Schooley, Jonathan Cuba, Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton
Stars: Matthew Broderick, Neve Campbell, Andy Dick, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120131/
Simba's daughter is the key to a resolution of a bitter feud between Simba's pride and the outcast pride led by the mate of Scar.