Musicals & Music Films > 1977 Musicals & Music Films

Take a Liberty with big band music

Advantages: Liza Minnelli lovely singing voice
Disadvantages: Not everyone likes musicals

~~ NEW YORK, NEW YORK ~~ Another movie from my musical collection and believe it or not before this viewing I had never seen it before, so I had no idea what to expect. I was also quiet surprised that it was a relatively young film, compared to a lot of good musicals, it opened in America in 1977. I knew the song New York, New York by Frank Sinatra, but I had never heard of the film. ~~ The Film ~~ The movie tells the complicated love story of ...
...~~ You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me: This is the first song that shows the sparks of love between Francine and Jimmy as well as their musical talents. This song was originally song by Maurice Chevalier in the 1930 film The Big Pond and was written by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal. You Are My Lucky Star: A lovely production number with Francine singing with Frankie Harte's band, it is truly a lovely melody. The song was previous performed by Gene ...

arnoldhenryrufus 11.06.2008 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of New York, New York (Special Edition) (DVD)

Grease is the word

Advantages: Excellent film, John Travolta
Disadvantages: None

...it on DVD since then. Grease is an excellent film and i liked the acting of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The songs on the film are great they get you singing along so easily and the words are easy to sing. The film is about Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John), who is on holiday, fall in love Sandy has to say goodbye as she has to go back home to Australia but doesn't realise she's staying. Sandy starts Rydell ...
...Caesar My Opinion Grease is an excellent film and is still enjoyed by people today. The cast in grease are great John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were a great choice to play the leading parts. John Travolta was quite good looking in this film and played Danny Zuko brilliantly. This is one of the best films around and i recommend people to watch this if they have never seen this before. ...

giantpanda21 02.05.2007 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Grease (DVD)

Classics!

Advantages: Two absolute Classics!
Disadvantages: Not a single one!

...Everybody knows the story of Grease - Sandy (Olivia Newton John) and Danny (John Travolta) have a summer romance that ends with them expecting to never see each other again. However, Sandy ends up starting at Rydall High where Danny goes to school. Initially Sandy cramps Danny's style as she's not quite as cool as he is and so she begins to date the school 'jock'. Danny gets amazingly jealous and eventually changes his image to suit Sandy but at ...
...Danny (a right little sex kitten!). The film is full of fantastic songs such as 'You're the One that I want', 'sandy' and 'Hopelessly Devoted to You'. It's a must for all lovers of films about the 50s, of musicals, of JOhn Travolta....... great performances by Travolta and Newton John, as well as by Stockard Channing who plays Danny's ex girlfriend Rizzo. In SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Travolta plays 19 year oldTony Manero who loves dancing at the club ...

sarahbooke 26.04.2005 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful
Review of Grease / Saturday Night Fever (Double Pack) (DVD)

"She's so swishy in her satin and tat"

Advantages: Fascinating insight into Bowie's work
Disadvantages: Probably not for newcomers to Bowie

...has consistently impressed me is David Bowie. Called a 'chameleon' for many because of the various characters that he has portrayed, his range of music is impressive. My favourite Bowie era is the early seventies, and thankfully, this is exactly the period that this double DVD and book set cover. Called a 'critical review', a number of people connected to Bowie and the music world are interviewed during the course of the DVDs. Two of those interviewed ...
...any kind of interview with David Bowie himself, except for the odd flash of an early seventies interview that he gave. I was initially quite disappointed to not have his input; however, in hindsight, this is supposed to be a 'critical review', so it makes sense not to have an interview with Bowie himself. And some of the interviews are really quite critical - Pin-Ups, a cover version album that Bowie released, is more or less panned by all of those ...

sunmeilan 27.12.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful
Review of David Bowie - Inside David Bowie 1969 To 1974 (Limited Edition) (+Book) (DVD)

Fantastic film anyone would have to enjoy it!!

Advantages: Everything, sheer masterpiece!
Disadvantages: Non apart from the fact it made me cry!

In my opinion this film is fantastic. It is a classic tearjerker with lots of fun and exciting elements to it. I feel this film can appeal to absolutley anyone as the story is fantastic and the actors are vibrant and gorgeous (for both the men and the women!). All in all from my point of view this film is worth purchasing it will definatley take your breath away! The songs featured in the film in my opinion are absolutley fabulous, ranging from ...

Racercaz 25.12.2009 · Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful
Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)