Reviews of musical DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
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State Fair (Blu-ray Review) 7 Aug, 2017
As the latest eye-filler from the 20th Century-Fox catalog served up on a high-def golden platter...More>>
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Beauty and the Beast (2017) (Blu-ray Review) 2 Jun, 2017
This new 'Beauty and the Beast' is mostly the animated movie in a live-action form, with a few new...More>>
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You'll Never Get Rich (Blu-ray Review) 22 May, 2017
There aren’t many Fred Astaire movies this side of ‘Yolanda and the Thief’ that one might...More>>
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Young Girls of Rochefort, The (Blu-ray Review) 1 May, 2017
Spirited and sumptuous, yet with an overriding sense of melancholy due in great part to the...More>>
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Bells Are Ringing (Blu-ray Review) 20 Feb, 2017
For such a frequently ingratiating movie, Vincente Minnelli’s ‘Bells Are Ringing’ exudes an...More>>
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Go, Johnny, Go! (DVD Review) 23 Jan, 2017
Of all the rock revue pics made in the 1950s, ‘Go, Johnny, Go!’ definitely carries the most...More>>
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It's Always Fair Weather (Blu-ray Review) 28 Nov, 2016
The decline of the movie musical in the 1950s is the main reason ‘It’s Always Fair Weather’...More>>
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Under the Cherry Moon (Blu-ray Review) 7 Nov, 2016
Prince, in a truly terrible performance, goes full-throttle lounge lizard as a piano-playing gigolo...More>>
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Love Me or Leave Me (Blu-ray Review) 19 Sep, 2016
Doris Day goes fully toe-to-toe with James Cagney in one of the most rewarding of all show biz...More>>
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RKO Varieties Triple Feature — Variety Time, Make Mine Laughs, Footlight Varieties (DVD Review) 4 Apr, 2016
Made up of film clips strung together by an emcee’s patter, these hour-long revues were both a...More>>
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Deep in My Heart (Blu-ray Review) 16 Nov, 2015
A last-ditch effort to rekindle its ’40s commercial successes with all-star composer biopics,...More>>
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1776: Director's Cut (Blu-ray Review) 15 Jun, 2015
The 4K restoration of this somewhat underappreciated flop, an adaptation of the Tony-winning...More>>
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Thank Your Lucky Stars (Blu-ray Review) 1 Jun, 2015
'Thank Your Lucky Stars' came early in the cycle of all-star musicals, and many regard it as best...More>>
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42nd Street (Blu-ray Review) 11 May, 2015
The movie that established Busby Berkeley as a major force is just what one would hope a pioneer...More>>
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Band Wagon, The (Blu-ray Review) 30 Mar, 2015
In a kind of daring move roughly around the two-thirds mark, story considerations get scrapped...More>>
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Stormy Weather (Blu-ray Review) 16 Mar, 2015
A major showcase for Lena Horne, 'Stormy Weather' is kind of back-loaded with some of its best...More>>
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Desert Song, The (DVD Review) 6 Oct, 2014
This isn’t a movie that emboldens one to go to the mat even in a fixed wrestling match, but it is...More>>
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All That Jazz (Blu-ray Review) 8 Sep, 2014
'Jazz' is probably the only musical with graphic footage of open-heart surgery. Protagonist Joe...More>>
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Kismet (Blu-ray Review) 23 Jun, 2014
Time hasn’t been kind to this instantly creaky musical version of 'Kismet' based on the 1953...More>>
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Hit the Deck (Blu-ray Review) 19 May, 2014
Essentially a fantastic soundtrack album looking for keener scripting and direction, this is,...More>>
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