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Happy 25th birthday Romeo + Juliet! Is this the best Shakespeare adaptation?
Music, rich visuals, Leo DiCaprio smiling at Claire Danes through the glass of a fish tank….what’s not to like?


The 10 best family movie musicals on Disney+
From Hamilton, to High School Musical, to the unforgettable animated musicals you wore out as a kid.


Australian trailer and release date for Music, Sia’s debut movie musical
Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr, and Maddie Ziegler star in this inspiring musical directed by Sia herself.


Australian trailer and release date: High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special
Yet another colon has been added to the unwieldy but hilarious High School Musical reboot series.


The Prom is both campy and cheesy — and that’s an overpowering combination
Expect gaudy lights, blindingly colourful clothes and Meryl Streep and James Corden singing up a storm.


Dave Franco will star in a Vanilla Ice biopic titled To The Extreme, because why not
Based on a highly sought-after Blacklist script, the film hasn’t yet started production, but could be cool as ice.


Valley Girl is a bubbly and glamorous musical remake of an 80s teen classic
This charming film looks at 80s neon-drenched whimsy with a knowing eye.


The inspiring Helen Reddy biopic I Am Woman is coming to Stan
Based on the life of a revolutionary Aussie songstress, the film will be available from August 28.


The magnificent Hamilton is the streaming event of the year
At last, some good news! Hamilton has arrived and it is magnificent.


Scarlett Johansson and Taron Egerton could star in the Little Shop Of Horrors remake
Both have singing chops, but are they believable as a pair of unlikely lovers/potential plant food?


Purrfect cinema: the 9 best movie cats of all time
Purr-sonally, I feel we can do better than the disastrous cast of ‘Cats’.


Cats, Sonic, Star Wars and the wild new era of the ‘never finished’ film
Welcome to a new and very weird era of films, where nothing is ever finished.


The weirdest thing about Cats isn’t the costume design or special effects
The strangest thing about this badly botched adaptation isn’t what you expect.


The Bee Gees are next in line to get a musical biopic treatment
A disco-tastic retelling is being eyed by the makers of Bohemian Rhapsody.


Aussie Olivia DeJonge is Priscilla Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic
The Visit actress will star opposite Austin Butler as The King.


Jennifer Hudson announced as Aretha in the Franklin-approved biopic Respect
The Queen of Soul hand-selected Hudson to depict her in the story of her life


Frozen was our most important feminist film. Will the sequel have the same impact?
Frozen might well be the most influential feminist film ever made.


The best and worst musical biopics, from Walk the Line to Jersey Boys
Rocketman is the latest in a long line of films exploring famous musicians.


Rocketman is a fabulous, glitter glue-bound musical biopic
Elton John’s musical biopic is bold, personal and fabulously entertaining.


The exhilarating spectacle of Beyoncé’s Homecoming
This dazzling documentary is destined to be the concert movie of the year, if not the decade.


5 scary movies to stream that you might have missed at the cinema
Nothing says ‘weekend viewing’ like a bunch of top tier scary movies.


Queen fans can do the fandango in special Bohemian Rhapsody Sing-Along screenings
Get your Scaramouch game on and do the fandango

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