Tag: music
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HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY (2026)
STORYLINE: Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. (IMDb) Kevin Bacon found his groove in Footloose (1984). Jennifer Grey had the time of life in Dirty…
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SUMMER TOUR (2025, Documentary)
STORYLINE: Young Jerry and Annie as they chase Dead and Company’s final 2023 tour in a questionable camper van, organizing their lives around the music with intensity. (IMDb) “I’m just travelin’, travelin’, travelin’, I’m just travelin’ on” – Dolly Parton, Travelen’ Thru from the film Transamerica (2005). In 1969 Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper…
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HADESTOWN: THE MUSICAL (2026)
STPRYLINE: A musical juxtaposition of the Orpheus/Eurydice and Hades/Persephone myths that examines the way real life can impact our quest for a perfect world. (imdb) What does Rent, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: The Musical, Hamilton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St, and Waitress – The Musical all have in…
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POWER BALLAD (2026)
STORYLINE: When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny (Nick Jonas) during a gig, the two bond over music and a late-night jam session. But when Danny turns one of Rick’s songs into the hit that reignites his career, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves…
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BILLIE ELLISH HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – THE TOUR LIVE IN 3D (2026)
STORYLINE: An accompanying 3D concert film, documenting the Manchester shows and co-directed by Eilish and James Cameron. (IMDb) Throughout his career James Cameron’s films have had a theatrical flare to them. Aliens (1986), True Lies (1994), Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009): and its subsequent sequels are just a few of his features that exemplify the…
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MICHAEL (2026)
STORYLINE: The story of “King of Pop” Michael Jackson. From his childhood of being the star of the Jackson 5, through times of abuse by his father Joe Jackson. To his hit Thriller, and the purchase of Neverland Valley, into his tragic and unsuspected death on June 25, 2009. (IMDb) Movies and music, it’s…
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Retro Rewind: PINK FLAMINGOS (1972)
STORYLINE: Sleaze queen Divine lives in a caravan with her mad hippie son Crackers and her 250-pound mother Mama Edie, trying to rest quietly on their laurels as ‘the filthiest people alive’. But competition is brewing in the form of Connie and Raymond Marble, who sell heroin to schoolchildren and kidnap and impregnate female hitchhikers,…
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EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT (2026)
STORYLINE: Follows Elvis Presley, featuring never-before-seen footage and recordings. (IMDb) Getting a celebrities insight into their own story has the potential to be a fascinating insight. In the 2025 documentary Janis Ian: Breaking Silence, Janis Ian gave a honest insight into her life. In the Oscar winning documentary, Amy (2015), using archival footage…
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RETRO REWIND: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
STORYLINE: Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is “discovered” by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry’s art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic…
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YOU GOT GOLD: A CELEBRATION OF JOHN PRINE (2025)
STORYLINE: 70+ artists joined family and fans at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium in Oct 2022 for two nights, celebrating John Prine’s life and music. ( IMDb) Concert films have so much more potential, then just being away to hear artists perform their music, from the comfort of the local multiplex. Woodstock (1970) also took…
