Movie Info:
Writer: Terrance Zdunich, Darren Smith
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Cast: Paris Hilton, Alexa Vega, Sarah Brightman, Paul Sorvino, Bill Moseley, Anthony Stewart Head, Ogre, Terrance Zdunich
Rating: R
Studio: Lions Gate
Release Info:
Theatrical Release: 2008
DVD Release Date: January 20, 2009
Online Availability: Amazon for $13.99
“Zydrate comes in a little glass vial…”
I’m the musicals expert in my household. I spent [...]

TV Show Info:
Writer: Catherine Johnson
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Cast: Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Dominic Cooper
Rating: PG-13
Studio: Universal Studios
Release Info:
Theatrical Release Date: July 18, 2008
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008
Online Availability: Amazon for $22.99
Long has the time passed since musicals were made on a regular basis. In the [...]

Movie Info:
Writer: John Logan, Stephen Sondheim
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly, Jayne Wisener
Rating: R
Studio: Dreamworks
Release Info:
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
Online Availability: Amazon for $27.95
I don’t tend to watch many musicals, though the ones that I do find interest in [...]

Movie Info:
Writers: Tim Burton, Michael McDowell, Caroline Thompson
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page, Edward Ivory, Susan McBride, Debi Durst
Rating: PG
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release Info:
Theatrical Release: October 29, 1993
DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
Online Availability: Amazon for $22.99
I know this may sound weird, but [...]

Writers: Various
Directors: Various
Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers, Buddy Epsen, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Jack Benny, George Murphy, Binnie Barnes, Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon, Ann Miller, Russ Tamblyn, José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Doe Avedon, Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, [...]

Writer: Gill Dennis
Director: James Mangold
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick,
Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: March 25, 2008
20th Century Fox must know a money maker when they see it because this is the third release of the movie about the man in black. I did not catch this movie prior to the [...]

Writer: John Logan, Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter
Rating: R
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Release Date: April 1, 2008
I love movie musicals when they are well written, entertaining, and engaging. I should like movie musicals considering how many musicals I’ve been in and how many classes I took, in college, concerning musicals both [...]