Musicals & Music Films > Easy Listening Musicals & Music Films > up to 5 GBP

Advantages: Beauty in scenery and song.
Disadvantages: Quality of some footage is grainy in places.

...Hands up who remembers John Denver? (The original 'Milky Bar Kid meets Kermit') I do! I remember hearing 'Annie's Song' on my radio in the 70's. and the song 'Sunshine on my Shoulders' was featured heavily in a TV film I saw at around the same period. After his death, the movie 'Take Me Home - The John Denver Story', was released based on Denver's memoirs. I really enjoyed this although it was obviously an actor playing the character of John, I felt ...
...HISTORY OF THE MAN: John Denver was born on December 31, 1943 as Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., He was an American Country/ folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the biggest selling artists of the 1970s. He wrote many of his own songs, and took inspiration from the beauty of the natural world and his own experiences. He was named the Poet Laureate of his home state of Colorado in 1977. Around this time he also became somewhat ... Read review

Advantages: Makes a rather nice coaster
Disadvantages: Bad sound, grainy black and white ancient film clips

...from shows (no audience), some Dean and a kid. It is just a mishmash of different clips, nothing to tie them together, all taken from completely different places, so anyone expecting an actual concert, or even performances from different concerts, or patter in between, will be very disappointed. There are 19 tracks, including well known Dean Martin tracks like "That's Amore" and "Memories are made of this", plus some less well known songs like "Would ...
...white, of very very early Dean Martin performances, given the age of the clips they are incredibly grainy, and the sound is very poor too. And Deano's wondertful personality and sense of humour are just not showcased at all. This is a compilation that shows no care or effort in it's compilation at all, no love of Deano, and also misleading title and cover. If they wanted to release a compilation, there are mountains of good quality stuff out there, ... Read review

Advantages: fantastic feel good film
Disadvantages: none

Just a note before I start to say that this is a film only review due to the fact that as far as I know the DVD has not yet been released! I had a fabulous evening out at the cinema yesterday watching what must be the ultimate feel good film of the year! I had heard a lot about it and I was not disappointed - in fact I don't think I have smiled and laughed so much at a film for a long time! If you have not seen it it is well worth going to see! ...
...- the music of Abba (definitely a blast from my past!), a fun story line, an excellent line up (including the gorgeous Colin Firth and the fabulous Julie Walters) and all this against the beautiful backdrop of a Greek island! What more could I ask for! So what's it all about then? Well first of we meet young Sophie Sheridan who is soon to be married. She lives on a beautiful Greek island with her mum, Donna, but she has never known her dad. After ... Read review

Advantages: Stunning musical love story.
Disadvantages: Possibly too sloppy/ slushy- but i love it.

...beautifully put together, with interactive features such as: Behing the red velvet curtain, with lets you glimpse a historical, technical, and artistic view of the Moulin Rouge! This really is a beautiful film and perfect top watch over and over again. Visually Stunning, Baz Luhrmann has created a master piece. ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant songs
Disadvantages: NONE

...the start. For me therefore Annie Get Your Gun is the perfect musical as it certainly ticks all of these boxes as well as many, many more. Annie get your gun was released in 1950 and stars Betty Hutton and Howard Keel in a sharp shooting adventure based on the fantastic Broadway performance. Annie Get Your Gun is in short a boy-meets-girl story but the musical score and acting performances as well as the extremely well written script make it so ...
...Buffalo Bills Show and when Annie meets him she is instantaneously gob-smacked. Despite her initial attempts however Butler is under no impression that how Annie behaves is "How the girl that I marry" should. Annie however is not going to give up quite so easily and is certain that anything he can do she can do better and goes hell-for-leather to prove it too him. In her own right Annie becomes extremely successful and well sought after but she still ... Read review