Genre: Romance/ Comedy/ Musical/ Bollywood

Director: Furinder Chadha

Run Time: 122 minutes

Rating: 12A

Actors: Aishwarya Bachchan, Martin Henderson, Daniel Gillies, Naveen Andrews




Plot: Bollywood style of Jane Austen's famous novel. Mrs.Bakshi is looking to find suitable husbands for her 4 unmarried daughters. When a rich American comes to visit India with a friend, the Bakshi's have high hops. But certain things threaten to get in the way of romance.

Comments: Chadha has made Jane Austen's novel into a colourful Indian musical. The musical numbers are very catchy and the choreography is very good. I have not watched many Bollywood movies but this is a great movie. 

Genre: Comedy/ Drama/ Musical

Rating: 12A

Run Time: 123 minutes

Director: Adam Shankman

Actors: Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russel Brand




Plot:Set in 1987 in Los Angeles, Sherrie is a small town girl who wants to face her dreams in the city. She meets a boy and it becomes love at first sight. This film contains many well known songs from 'Don't Stop Believing' to 'I Love Rock n Roll'. A group of religious protesters try to shut down a rock n roll club and they show their anger through music to each other. It shows the lives of a group of people making it in the world of music. 

Comments:This movie contains many famous actors that will surprise you in many ways. The songs and the acting make this movie special and one of the best musicals this year. The songs contribute to the movie and make you want to sing along to great rock n roll songs. This is a new type of movie that creates a new standard for musicals.

Genre: Music/ Comedy/ Romance

Rated: 12A

Runtime:  112 mins

Director: Jason Moore

Actors: Anna Kenrick, Brittany Snow, Ben Platt, Skylar Astin, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson



Plot: Beca (Anna Kenrick) is a freshman in university and joins the Barden Bellas, an all-girl singing group. After miserably failing last year's final, they are forced to re-group and find new people. Beca is independent and has no interest in college life. But after she meets Jesse, from the rival all male a capella group she starts to see a new outlook and finds a way to make the Bellas get back on top.

Comment: This is just great, it has everything from music, drama, comedy, to romance. The cast members have amazing voices and work well together. Each song is catchy and it has every kind of humor and is perfect. Rebel Wilson steals the show being hilarious. I would defiantly recommend it because it's not a chick-flick and is for everybody.

Genre: Musical/ Romance/ Drama

Rated: 12A

Runtime:  158 mins

Director: Tom Hooper

Actors: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen



Plot: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is released from prison but breaks parole to create a new life for himself. For decades he has been hunted by a policeman, Javert (Russell Crowe). In his new life Jean Valjean agrees to take care of a factory workers' daughter, Cosette (Amanda Seyfried). This decisions changes their lives forever. Years later, set in post-revolutionary France Jean Valjean and Cosette live their lives together. But soon comes crashing down when Javert meets Jean Valjean after so many years.

Comment: This movie of Les Miserable is perfect. All the actors fitted perfectly with Russell Crowe with the weakest of voices but still is an outstanding film. All performances done in the movie were done live on the day of shooting which allowed actors to play with the song. It is truly an amazing film which you should go to even if you haven't seen the Broadway show. My only warning is that don't drink too much because it is around 3 hours with adds.

Genre: Musicals/ Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 117 mins

Director: Adam Shankman

Actors: Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah & many more fantastic actors



 
Plot:Set in Baltimore during the 1950/1960’s Tracy Turnblad dreams to be a dancer on the Corny Collins show. When Tracy lands a spot on the Corny Collins show she cannot believe her luck! But other dancers on the show such as Amber are not willing to let Tracy succeed!

Comments:Hairspray is a refreshing realistic  & witty musical! The characters are vibrant and full of personality. Nikki Blonsky did a fantastic job at taking on the role of Tracey. John Travolta was also a very convincing woman! The songs were catchy & the dance moves which accompanied the songs made the audience want to get up and dance along! If you are looking for a feel good movie then this is the movie for you!

Genre: Musical/ Romance

Rating:  12A

Run Time: 110 minutes

Director: Randal Kleiser

Actors: John Travolta, Olivia Newton- John & Stockard Channing




Plot:Set in California in 1959, Danny & Sandy fall in love at the beach, when summer is over they both go back to school only to discover that  Sandy has transferred to Danny’s school. Unfortunately Danny doesn’t act like he did at the beach. Both decide to change to act like the other which has great reactions. 

Comments:The first musical which set the tone for all future musicals. It’s catchy & well- written tunes and choreography are admired by all & by the end of the movie you are bound to be humming one of the tunes! The characters of Danny and Sandy work perfectly together & keep perfectly in tone with the tone of the movie. Overall a classic summer movie- all those who haven’t seen it- go watch it NOW!:D

Genre: Music/ Drama/ Romance

Rating: 12A

Run Time: 113 minutes

Director: Craig Brewer

Actors: Julianne Hough, Kenny Wormald, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Miles Teller





Plot:Ren (Kenny Wormald) moves from the city to a small town, where life is very different from his life. An accident, where 5 teenager were killed after a night out changed the small town's community by banning loud music and dancing. Ren stands up to the ban, during it all he falls in love with the reverend's daughter. His rebellious attitude starts to bring up old memories and changes which changes the community.


Comments:This movie is a remake of 'Footloose 1984'. Many remakes of movies don't go down to well with the public but I think this movie is better than the original. It brings a lot of energy to the plate. This movie has plenty of amazing dance scenes and great music that Juilianne Hough and Kenny Wormald brought. Their chemistry is brought across on camera, especially on the dance floor.