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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: November 2, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Magnolia, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adventure, Animation, Classics, Family, Musicals, Period, Remakes, Science Fiction, Sequels, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,

Toy Story 3Here are some of the options available this week:

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai: Blu-ray
  • Centurion: DVD, Blu-ray
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: DVD/Blu-ray combo
  • The Goonies (25th Anniversary Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
  • Highlander: Blu-ray
  • Highlander 2: Blu-ray
  • Once Fallen: DVD, Blu-ray
  • The Sound of Music (45th Anniversary Edition): DVD/Blu-ray combo
  • Toy Story 3: DVD/Blu-ray combo
  • White Christmas: DVD, Blu-ray
  • The Wiz: Blu-ray

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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Cinema Scene: Newsies Heading to Broadway, August: Osage County Heading to Theaters

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Family, Musicals, Casting, Filmmaking, Scripts, Upcoming Releases,

Julia Roberts-Oscar winners Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep may team up for August: Osage County, a big screen version of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Playwright Tracy Letts would adapt his own story for the Weinsten production.

-Meanwhile, a Broadway version of Newsies, a 1992 Disney musical starring Christian Bale, is being written by Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast), Harvey Fierstein and Jack Feldman.

-Speaking of musicals, the cast of The Sound of Music will reunite later this month for the first time in 45 years. Christopher Plummer, Julie Andrews and the kids will all appear October 29 on Oprah.

-Brenda Chapman has just been named the first female director in Pixar history. Brave, a movie she will also write, will be released in June 2012. Reese Witherspoon, Emma Thompson, and Julie Walters will all voice characters in the project.


Musical Movies That Made Us Sing

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Adaptation, Classics, Family, Music, Musicals,

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The is out, Disney’s Camp Rock enjoyed a successful debut, and musical movies are becoming Hollywood mainstream again. But this is by no means a new or cutting-edge movie genre.

The Hollywood musical celebrated its heyday in the 1960s, when all the biggest stars were singing and dancing as well as acting. But as years passed, they began to fall by the wayside, cropping up irregularly in-between standard comedies and dramas. New projects, like the remake of My Fair Lady that I’ve already summarily rejected, are in the till…and there’s no doubt more new musical movies to come.

But before we accept these newcomers, let’s take the time to give a bow to the old. What are the Best 5 Musical Movies of all time, in one humble blogger’s opinion? I’m so glad you asked, because it just so happens I’ve prepared a list.

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