Musicals & Music Films > 1963 Musicals & Music Films

We're all going on a - oh! you know the rest!

Advantages: A good happy go lucky musical film
Disadvantages: By it's nature it's very lightweight

...we all went to see Summer Holiday. I am guessing that this is the best known of all Cliff's films and if you were to ask a random member of the general population to name a film starring Cliff Richard this is the one that would be named most often. To be fair, of his musical films, this is the arguably the one with the best music. As I say I first saw the film at the cinema in 1963 when I was just 8 years old. I have since watched it a few times ...
...of course the title song, Summer Holiday! Incidentally I use the term 'dance' in its loosest sense where Cliff is concerned! Whatever you might think of his singing I think we can agree that he is definitely not a dancer! The Shadows also appear here and there in the film to play a few tunes and to accompany Cliff. Their most notable instrumental from the film is Foot Tapper. There are a few incidents which seem to bear no relation to the plot ...

SusanLesley 20.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Summer Holiday (DVD)

Viva Elvis

Advantages: Fun, great music, easy to watch,great stars, good singing and dancing
Disadvantages: Ridiculous plot

...to sit down and watch Viva Las Vegas last week. I was never much of an Elvis fan when I was younger. As a teenager of the 1960's I was just a little out of his fan base's age group . For me he was too clean cut. Well it shows you how wrong you can be. However with age I find I can appreciate just how good his voice was and just how beautiful in appearance he was, at some stages of his life. I have seen Viva Las Vegas many years ago but nothing ...
...seem quite so dated. In Viva Las Vegas that was not the case and everything was dated. I suppose at the time it was filmed it was already a little out of fashion, apart from with die hard Elvis fans but it is one of his better movies. Here is what I liked: Some of the tracks are Elvis Classics. Apart from Viva Las Vegas there were a few I remembered .Among the songs are:"Come On, Everybody", "What'd I Say", "Appreciation", "The Lady Loves Me", ...

grafter123 10.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Viva Las Vegas (DVD)

Moulin rouge is a musical admirers dream

Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film .
Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome

In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out . The ...

pepsi27 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

I'll watch this some more!

Advantages: great family film
Disadvantages: none

...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ...
...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...

kingfisher111 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Oliver! (DVD)

Bring the music to life with VH1 Storytellers

Advantages: It's raw, it's real and it provides great insight into the band
Disadvantages: Grainy dvd, short running time.

...was a dvd of the matchbox 20 session on VH1 storytellers. My boyfriend got me this for my christmas because he knows how much I love this band - I'd go as far as to say that it's in my top ten favourite bands along with the likes of Counting crows and the goo goo dolls. What is VH1 Storytellers Basically VH1 storytellers is a music series produced by VH1 which started back in 1996 with Ray Davies during his "storyteller" tour which is where ...
...VH1 storytellers shows the band matchbox 20 back in 2001 at a studio in chelsea piers in New york City several months after the realease of their 2nd Album "mad season" and so the performances feature several songs from the album including; * Bent * Mad Season * Black and White People * Push * If you're gone * Crutch * You won't be Mine * Rest stop Along with these album tracks the band also get involved in a question and answer session ...

stillclueless 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Matchbox Twenty - Storytellers (DVD)