Category Archives: Musical

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

Genre Crime, Drama, Musical

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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.

The Lion King

Release 1994

Genre Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Musical

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Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff
Writers: Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton, Brenda Chapman, Burny Mattinson, Barry Johnson, Lorna Cook, Thom Enriquez, Andy Gaskill, Gary Trousdale, Jim Capobianco, Kevin Harkey, Jorgen Klubien, Chris Sanders, Tom Sito, Larry Leker, Joe Ranft, Rick Maki, Ed Gombert, Francis Glebas, Mark Kausler, J.T. Allen, George Scribner, Miguel Tejada-Flores, Jenny Tripp, Bob Tzudiker, Christopher Vogler, Kirk Wise, Noni White
Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110357/

Lion cub and future king Simba searches for his identity. His eagerness to please others and penchant for testing his boundaries sometimes gets him into trouble.

Les Misérables

Release 2012

Genre Drama, Musical, Romance

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Director: Tom Hooper
Writers: William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Victor Hugo
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives for ever.

The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Release 2013

Genre Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance

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Director: Stéphane Berla, Mathias Malzieu, Stéphane Berla
Writers: Mathias Malzieu
Stars: Mathias Malzieu, Olivia Ruiz, Grand Corps Malade, Jean Rochefort, Rossy de Palma
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181840/

A 19th-century drama about a man whose heart was replaced with a clock when he was born. The situation dictates that he should avoid feeling strong emotions -- love, most of all -- but he just can't keep his feelings under wraps.

Muppets Most Wanted

Release 2014

Genre Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical

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Director: James Bobin
Writers: James Bobin, Nicholas Stoller, Jim Henson
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2281587/

While on a grand world tour,

The Reef 2: High Tide

Release 2012

Genre Animation, Family, Musical

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Director: Mark A.Z. Dippé, Taedong Park
Writers: Chris Denk, Johnny Hartmann
Stars: Drake Bell, Andy Dick, Frankie Jonas, Jamie Kennedy, Donal Logue
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1978567/

Trained in the skills of sea power, Pi the fish can fight a shark, sink a squid or batter any random...