Subgenre Sampler
Musical: 527 Films to Buy & Rent
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013)
- Dir. Will Finn
Feat. Lea Michele, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi…
- A lightweight animated 'sequel' to the original Wizard of Oz film finds Dorothy returning to help her old friends Scarecrow, Lion and Tin Man to…
Romeo and Juliet: A Love Song (2013)
- Dir. Tim van Dammen
Feat. Derya Parlak, Christopher Landon
- The Bard's most iconic play is performed with colloquial gusto in this inventive musical transposing of the tale of star–crossed lovers to an…
Six by Sondheim (2013)
- Dir. James Lapine, Todd Haynes
Feat. Jeremy Jordan, America Ferrera
- Very highly regarded HBO television documentary which explores the back–stories of six timeless Sondheim songs. Featuring a rare musical…
Sunshine on Leith (2013)
- Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Feat. Antonia Thomas, Peter Mullan, Jason Flemyng…
- Bouncing off the solid catalogue of hits from died–in–the–wool Scots popsters The Proclaimers, this jubilant musical inspires with…
Imaginaerum by Nightwish (2012)
- Dir. Stobe Harju
Feat. Marianne Farley, Quinn Lord, Francis X McCarthy
- Based on the album of the same name by Finnish metallers Nightwish. A coma sends an old man into his childhood's sinister fantasy world, where he…
Jesus Christ Superstar (2012)
- Feat. Tim Minchin, Melanie Chisholm, Ben Forster
- The latest stage version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's classic rock–opera, featuring Aussie cult comedian Tim Minchin and former Spice…
Joyful Noise (2012)
- Dir. Todd Graff
Feat. Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, Keke Palmer…
- Bright, uplifting show choir musical from the dir. of CAMP concerns the rivalry between two big–voiced divas (Parton and Latifah) who must work…
Les Miserables (2012)
- Dir. Tom Hooper
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway…
- Victor Hugo's classic novel set during the French revolution receives its latest big screen musical adaptation courtesy of dir. Tom Hooper (THE…
Pitch Perfect (2012)
- Dir. Jason Moore
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Brittany Snow…
- New girl on campus Anna Kendrick joins an all–female a cappella group determined to win the male–dominated national competition in this…
Rock of Ages (2012)
- Dir. Adam Shankman
Feat. Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise…
- Tom Cruise hams it up something shocking ahead of a star musical cast in this big singing, big strutting hair metal revival set to the music of Def…