Hollywood Song And Dance - The Musical Years DVD

Advantages: Fun flim filled with danceing!
Disadvantages: Very 80's!

...to this story than meets the eye, we discover that 5 years ago a group of kids headed out of town to watch a Rock and Roll band. On their way back into town after a night of music, dancing and liquor they had a car accident and died. One of those who died was the Son of the town’s Revered Saw Moore (John Lithgow) and Aerial’s brother. Ever since that day dancing in the town has been made illegal, and Ariel had to pay the price for her brother’s death by her mother (Dianne West) and father becoming over protective. Ariel and Ren together with the help of best friends Rusty (Sarah Jessica Parker), hold a town meeting to get permission for the dance. Ariel helps Ren use the bible against her father quoting things such as “David danced before the lord with all his might, leaping & dancing” FACT: Based on a true story in 1979, the town of Elsemore... Read review

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Advantages: Sing & Dance Alongs, Remixes of songs
Disadvantages: None

...remixed versions of Breaking Free and We're All In This Together and has three new videos you can watch. I tend to find when I want to play these, they stick, so end up having to watch them on my computer. I have tried playing them on two different DVD players incase there was a problem with mine but they both showed the same problem. I personally think that the original versions of these remixed versions of Breaking Free and We're All In This Together are much better. A fantastic feature I thought the DVD extras could have included was all the songs from the show. The Bonus Features on this DVD include: 2 versions of the movie - Original and Sing Along; Dance Alongs; Remixes of the songs Breaking Free and We're All In This Together; "Eres Tu" Music Video; A High School Reunion; A Hollywood Premiere; Bring It All Together; Learning The Moves... Read review

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Advantages: Funny, Feel Good Story, Uplifting Soundtrack
Disadvantages: Could have been funnier, Very sterotypical, plot is only so so with dodgy ending

...For too long, Hollywood has neglected the good old musical apart from a few efforts in the last few years. Bollywood films on the other hand, are more or less purely musical. Some executive producer thought, “hey, lets bring Bollywood to Hollywood!” and thought he or she would jump on the current interest of Bollywood films and make a western version. So The Guru was born. The story revolves around Indian dance teacher Ramu, who leaves his country to pursue the good old American dream wanting to be a big movie star. Upon arriving in New York, Ramu faces reality and instead of becoming a movie star, he accidentally (after an hilarious audition with a rendition of Tom Cruise’s famous scene from Risky Business) gets cast as the lead star in a porno film. His onscreen partner, is the beautiful Sharonna (Heather Graham) but after... Read review

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