In Old Chicago DVD

Advantages: Wholesome fun and great songs
Disadvantages: A couple of cringe moments

...Ten or so years ago the name Shania Twain was always said in the same breath as country music.I was never a fan of country music but when she decided to broaden her horizons and take music to a new level with a mixture of what i can only describe as 'country leanings with a pop music edge i was totally blown away by what this lady has achieved. After hearing a couple of her songs in the charts i was never going to say "That dont impress me much" (excuse the pun) because she did impress me with a few songs that were fresh and clean.A far cry from todays mad world of music where everyone wants to pop a cap in your arse. So,on that note i decided to buy the concert dvd and see what sort of performer she was on the live stage. Now i would like to point out that not all of us are shania fans but if you want to feel good and foot tap your... Read review

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Advantages: great acting, wonderful songs, the costumes
Disadvantages: not for children, songs missed out from the original score

...Musicals. They are a genre of films that make some people break out in a cold sweat as their thoughts turn to cutesy precocious stage school brats, dodgy Cockney accents and sweeter than sugar nannies and governesses. However the musical has progressed and reinvented itself with Chicago the multiple Oscar winning Bob Fossey musical that stars Renée Zellweger. Catherine Zeta Jones and Richard Gere. The sexy, seductive feel to Chicago makes it one of my favourite musicals having seen the film, stage production, bought the soundtrack album and the DVD. Yes I like it that much. So why do I like it?? Chicago is set surprisingly enough in Chicago Illinois in the late 1920s. The era is one of gangsters, beautiful women in Flapper dresses, furs and elegant bobs dancing the Charleston to jazz tunes. Ladies and gentlemen the Jazz Era is in... Read review

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Advantages: Quick, fun and great music
Disadvantages: None that I could see

...be happy with the DvD so I can watch the film over and over again. What was it about the film that had me gripped? Set in Chicago, Illinois in the 1920s - an era full of beautiful women in flapper dresses dancing to the Charleston and equally dapper gangsters, this musical has everything you could wish for - great music, amazing dance routines, fantastic costumes and a plot which keeps you seated until the very end. The movie starts off with Catherine Zeta Jones as Velma Kelly being arrested for the murder of her husband and sister after catching them together. Watching is married Roxie Hart an ex chorus line dancer who seeks fame and she starts an affair with a furniture saleman whom she believes will start her career in show business. When Roxie discovers this not to be the case she shoots him. Roxie meets Velma... Read review

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