Movie of the Week: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Title: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Director: Jim Sharman

Release year: 1975

Notable cast: Tim Curry, Richard O’Brien, Susan Sarandon, Patricia Quinn, Little Nell, & Barry Bostwick

Genre: Musical comedy

Recommended for: if you want to have a good time!

Rating: 4/5

Description: I watched this to get the awful remake off my mind and I still love it! It’s not perfect, but it’s not meant to be; it’s meant to be rough around the edges, something which the remake completely missed. It’s got a great balance of crazy, comedy and shock-horror and fun, which makes it enjoyable every time!

Plot Summary: A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a visit to a castle of a mad alien scientist which leads them on a strange journey.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s do the Time Warp Again

Title: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s do the Time Warp Again

Director: Kenny Ortega

Release year: 2016

Notable cast: Victoria Justice, Laverne Cox, Ryan McCartan, Reeve Carney, Christina Milan and Annaleigh Ashford

Genre: Musical something?

Recommended for: if you want to cry

Rating: 1/5

Description: This is was just awful. It was an abomination. I actually cried twice because it was so bad. I can’t think of anything good to say except that Annaleigh Ashford as Columbia was ok – that’s genuinely the best I can do. This production completely missed the essence of Rocky Horror – what made the film what it is. Rocky Horror is inspired by B grade horror films and the accidental comedy in them – it is meant to be a grubby looking low budget production, not a huge flashy show with no comedy, instead just very serious actors trying to look sexy; the whole film just completely missed the point. I was also very confused about how I was supposed to be watching the film. At the start they showed a movie theatre and people watching it on the screen but then the film was like a live stage show – am I meant to watch it like a film or stage show? I was also confused about the music, sometimes they stayed pretty much true to the original song and sometimes they made songs or part of them like a rock song like they were trying to revamp a song – just pick one, the original or a new version of the song! The acting was pretty atrocious, it seems that none of the actors understood their characters. Anyway, I have many more criticisms and things to say but I’ll leave it here for now and this will be like a thesis paper.

Plot Summary: A straitlaced, square couple, seeking shelter from a storm, find themselves in the castle of a transsexual alien mad scientist who has just built a buff man.

 

Movie of the Week: Frozen

Title: Frozen

Director:

Release year: 2013

Notable cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel

Genre: adventure, comedy, family

Recommended for: everyone!!

Rating:  5/5

Description: This film was amazing!! Everything about it was great!! I loved the songs, the story, the characters, and there was even a twist I didn’t really expect, besides that the rest was pretty typical.

Plot Summary: Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna’s sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.

Favourite quote: I don’t even know, I just loved everything about this film!

One Direction: This is Us

Title: One Direction: This is Us

Director: Morgan Spurlock

Release year: 2013

Notable cast: Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Simon Cowell

Genre: Documentary, music

Recommended for: Directioners

Rating: 4/5

Description: I genuinely enjoyed this film, and it was nice to see how despite being big pop stars they boys are refreshingly humble and grounded. It was really fun to watch and made me want to get up and dance, yet it almost moved you to pathos when seeing their families who miss them.

Plot Summary: A look at Niall, Zayn, Liam, Louis, and Harry’s meteoric rise to fame, from their humble hometown beginnings and competing on the X-Factor, to conquering the world and performing at London’s famed O2 Arena.

Favourite quote: ???? Who knows what their saying, I just like listening to their accents!

Katy Perry: Part Of Me

Title: Katy Perry: Part Of Me

Director: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz

Release year: 2012

Noteable cast: Katy Perry

Genre: documentary, music

Recommended for: probably katy perry fans, also if you wanna have fun!

Rating: 5/5

Description: PURE AWESOMENESS! LOVED IT! I JUST WANTED TO GET UP AND DANCE AND SING (WELL, ACTUALLY I DID DO THAT! EVEN SHED A FEW TEARS OF SADNESS AND JOY!!

Blurb: A documentary that chronicles Katy Perry’s life on and off-stage

Favourite quote: ” I don’t wanna be the next anybody, I just wanna be the first Katy Perry” -Katy Perry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clc8eDWAtMU

‘What A Glorious Feeling’ to watch this film!

Title: Singin’ in the rain

Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

Release year: 1952

Noteable cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds

Genre: comedy, musical, romance

Recommended for: classic film +musical fans

Rating: 5/5

Description: love-this-movie, dancing is sooo amazing, sweet & charming plot and characters, bright, happy, joy

Blurb: A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Favourite quote: “Lina. She can’t act, she can’t sing, she can’t dance. A triple threat.” -Cosmo Brown

The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio

Title: The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio

Director: Richard Curtis

Release year: 2009

Main cast: Tom Sturridge, Bill Nighy, Phillip Seymour-Hoffman

Genre: comedy, drama, music

Recommended for: brit comedy film fans, rock n roll fans

Rating: 4/5

Description: colourful, comic, fun, rock n roll, exuberant

Blurb: A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s.

Favourite quote: “You see, that’s the whole point of being the government. If you don’t like something you simply make up a new law that makes it illegal.” -Minister Dormandy

Rock of Ages

Title: Rock of Ages

Director: Adam Shankman

Release year: 2012

Main cast: Alec Baldwin, Russel Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Cruise

Genre: comedy, drama, musical

Recommended for: I don’t know, I mean I’m a huge musical fan but I didn’t really like this

Date watched: Jan 2013

Rating: 3/5

Description: I’ve decided to write a few sentences over just words for this one becuase theres a bit I want to say!

– Alec Baldwin + Russel Brand = loved them!!

– Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones were also fantastic- I was actually surprised at how good they were!

– The 2 leads (Julianne Hough & Diego Boneta), were very weak, and very annoying characters! They destroyed the film for me and Hough’s singing voice sounded like she just sucked on a helium balloon! It was such a shame becuase there was some great songs but unfortunately bad voices to accompany them!

-The stage musical was sooooooooooo much better!!

Blurb: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

Cabaret

Title: Cabaret

Director: Bob Fosse

Release year: 1972

Main cast: Liza Minelli, Michael York, Joel Gray

Genre: musical, drama

Recommended for: looking for something a bit out there

Date watched: a lot of times-studied this in a class as well!

Rating: 4/5

Description: political, has meaning, charming, fun, serious

Blurb: A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.

* Just a little comment, the first time you watch this film it’s like ‘What the hell just happened?’, but after watching it a few times , it gets better. Actually, the more you study it the better it gets (although I doubt you’ll do that!).

It was certainly perfect!

Title: Pitch Perfect

Director: Jason Moore

Release Year: 2012

Main Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow

Genre: musical comedy

Recommended for: everyone!!!!

Date watched: Nov 2012

Rating: 5/5

Description: SO FRIGGIN FUNNY! REBEL WILSON! AWESOME MUSIC!

Blurb: Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school’s all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition