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The breath-taking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.
Matilda Wormwood is a little girl with big curiosity, a sharp mind and a vivid imagination — and the worst parents in the world. On meeting her inspirational teacher, Miss Honey, Matilda is encouraged and begins conjuring her own fantastical tales. Excited to attend Crunchem Hall, Matilda is surprised to find the school is an ominous and oppressive place led by the huge and villainous Miss Trunchbull. As well as kind Miss Honey, the bright lights among the meanness are story-loving librarian, Mrs. Phelps, and Matilda’s newfound school friends. Matilda the Musical is an inspirational musical tale of an extraordinary girl who discovers her superpower and summons the remarkable courage to help others change their stories, and takes charge of her own destiny.
Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress. From director Steven Spielberg comes this reimagining of the beloved musical West Side Story, which tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.
Academy Award nominations for:
A high-spirited musical series that traces the origins of the classic hit movie Grease. Four outcast high school girls — a brainiac student, a scandal-ridden cynic, a tomboy and a fashion maven— join together to form their own “girl gang” and trigger a rock-‘n’-roll revolution at Rydell High. Of course, the adults are in a 1950’s moral panic over the burgeoning new era, but the Pink Ladies are ready to get this party started. Experience all the wild fun and adventure in this 4-disc set including every episode and over 30 minutes of special features.
The creator of “Hamilton” and the director of “Crazy Rich Asians” invite you to a cinematic event, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big. Lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tightknit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life. “In the Heights” fuses Lin‐Manuel Miranda’s kinetic music and lyrics with director Jon M. Chu’s lively and authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience.
Musical drama in which a pair of aspiring musicians with unglamorous day jobs team up in a bid to find success. Nate (Alec Newman) works in the financial services industry during the day, identifying struggling companies in order to bet against them on the stock market and bring home profit. Aware of the job's inherent unpleasantness, he seeks refuge at night playing the piano and in his dreams of life as a professional musician. One night, while playing his music, he hears someone singing along on the street outside. It turns out to be Chloe (Amy Adams), a cloakroom worker from the nearby jazz club who also dreams of a better life. Recognising the beauty of Chloe's voice, Nate suggests that the pair marry their talents and become a musical duo. Will their musical relationship develop into something more?
Classic musical adaptation of the L. Frank Baum novel starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr and Jack Haley. A tornado whisks Dorothy (Garland) and her house from Kansas to Munchkin City, squashing the Wicked Witch of the East upon landing. The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) vows revenge, while Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to see the Wizard of Oz (Frank Morgan), hoping he can tell her how to get home. On the way she makes friends with a scarecrow (Bolger), a tin man (Haley) and a cowardly lion (Lahr) - all of whom have specific reasons for wanting to meet the magical Wizard. With the Wicked Witch out to get her, will Dorothy ever get home again?
Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress. From director Steven Spielberg comes this reimagining of the beloved musical West Side Story, which tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City.
Academy Award nominations for:
Michael Jackson inserts chunks of good-versus-evil fantasy narrative into a series of his own musical numbers, culminating in a sequence in which he stops a gangster turning children into junkies. Joe Pesci and Sean Lennon make cameo appearances.
Seymour, a shy young man working for a tyrannical florist, finds a vehicle for private and public success in the form of a maneating plant from outer space. The carniverous shrub helps him to become a celebrity, gets rid of his boss and clears the way for him to woo the girl of his dreams. However, its cannibalistic eating habits become insatiable and it's up to Seymour to cut it down to size. This comedy musical is based on the stage version of the cult movie, and features a memorable cameo performance from Steve Martin as a sadistic dentist.
Two icons of the American south--the outlaw country legend Willie Nelson and the trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis--bring their own brand of the blues to bear in this powerful Lincoln Center concert. Each musician offers his unique style and perspective to the songs at hand, resulting in a moving blend of jazz and country that reinvigorates standards such as "Georgia On My Mind," "Stardust," and "Don't Get Around Much Anymore."
The American multi-instrumentalist performs live at the Royal Albert Hall in 2004.
Though they began their career practicing an artier, more theatrical variant on the Led Zeppelin hard-rock sound, Queen's 1975 album A NIGHT AT THE OPERA is where they begin to show their own unique brand of eclecticism and compositional facility--not least on the quintessential classic-rock radio staple "Bohemian Rhapsody." This program offers a critical review of the landmark album through archival footage, live performance clips, and interviews with critics, musicologists, and surviving band members.System Requirements:Running Time 99 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE
Seymour, a shy young man working for a tyrannical florist, finds a vehicle for private and public success in the form of a maneating plant from outer space. The carniverous shrub helps him to become a celebrity, gets rid of his boss and clears the way for him to woo the girl of his dreams. However, its cannibalistic eating habits become insatiable and it's up to Seymour to cut it down to size. This comedy musical is based on the stage version of the cult movie, and features a memorable cameo performance from Steve Martin as a sadistic dentist.
The Mr. Bongo label has celebrated Brazilian music with their Brazilian Beats series--albums containing some of the best music the country has ever produced. Now they bring the format into the visual realm with this selection of music videos, live performances, and a documentary on many of the artists who have been featured on the albums.
50 years after a terrible accident turned half the population of Seabrook into zombies, zombie students start going to the human high school and mixing with the general population. Despite a difficult first meeting, zombie Zed (Milo Manheim) gets to know human cheerleader Addison (Meg Donnelly) and the pair soon fall in love. With the rest of the students unhappy with their relationship, Zed and Addison do their best to prove zombies and humans can get along.
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony for this performance of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, which was originally broadcast by the American television channel PBS in 2009 as part of the 'Keeping Score' classical music series.
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
An American in Paris (1951)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
On the Town (1949)
Audrey Hepburn stars in this 1960s musical drama based on George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion'. Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), an expert in phonetics, accepts the challenge of transforming lowly cockney flower girl Eliza Dolittle (Hepburn) into an upper-class lady through elocution lessons.
Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Julianne Hough star in this rock musical comedy based on the Broadway stage show of the same name. When seedy 1980s LA rock dive the Bourbon Rooms comes under threat from property developers, owner Dennis Dupree (Alec Baldwin) enlists the assistance of weathered rock legend Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) to keep the good times rolling. Meanwhile, young lovers Drew (Diego Boneta) and Sherrie (Hough) fight to keep their love on track as they chase their dreams in the big city. The film features music by 1980s rock acts including Def Leppard, Foreigner, Journey and Poison.
Classic musical adaptation of the L. Frank Baum novel starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr and Jack Haley. A tornado whisks Dorothy (Garland) and her house from Kansas to Munchkin City, squashing the Wicked Witch of the East upon landing. The Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) vows revenge, while Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to see the Wizard of Oz (Frank Morgan), hoping he can tell her how to get home. On the way she makes friends with a scarecrow (Bolger), a tin man (Haley) and a cowardly lion (Lahr) - all of whom have specific reasons for wanting to meet the magical Wizard. With the Wicked Witch out to get her, will Dorothy ever get home again?
Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta Jones star in this Oscar-winning big screen adaptation of the popular Broadway show. In 1920s Chicago nightclub singer Velma Kelly (Zeta Jones) and aspiring starlet Roxie Hart (Zellweger) are both arrested on the same night for committing two different murders. Placed in jail together, both women accept the advice of lawyer Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) and soon begin using their present circumstances to further their quest for wealth and fame.
Judy Garland stars in Vincente Minnelli's classic musical following the middle-class Smith family in the lead up to the 1904 World's Fair hosted in St Louis. Esther (Garland), the second eldest daughter of Alonzo (Leon Ames) and Anna Smith (Mary Astor), falls for her new next door neighbour, John Truitt (Tom Drake), and initially has difficulty winning his affections. When their romance begins to blossom, however, Esther learns that Alonzo's employer is transferring him to New York where he plans to move the family. It soon becomes clear how much the move will affect his four daughters and son, Lon Jr. (Hank Daniels), and, what's more, it means they will miss the World's Fair. The film includes the songs 'Meet Me in St. Louis', 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' and 'The Trolley Song'.
The music, the dancing, the romance, the leg warmers... Oh, what a feeling! Get ready to re-experience all the drama as Alex bravely fights her way out of the welding gear, off the stripper pole and onto the dance-school floor. Flashdance, the pop-culture phenomenon of the'80s, is back and flashier than ever with brand-new featurettes exploring the history, the look, the music and much more! Academy Award-winner for Best Song, "Flashdance-What A Feeling," it's the hit film that inspired a generation.
Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby) and Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire) are a successful song and dance double act until Jim decides to retire and become a gentleman farmer following Ted's seduction of his girlfriend. Jim fails as a farmer, but decides to convert his property to an inn that is only open on public holidays. He also finds happiness with the lovely Linda Mason (Marjorie Reynolds) - that is, until Ted shows up! Packed with Irving Berlin songs, including 'Let's Say It With Firecrackers' and 'Easter Parade'. This is also the film which introduced 'White Christmas', a song that won an Oscar and spawned the movie with the same title in 1954. |
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