Steven Soderbergh directs Channing Tatum in Magic Mike’s Last Dance. Tatum, as Mike Lane, takes on the stage again when a deal goes bust, leaving him broke and bartending. Salma Hayek, players a socialite, comes along and finds out about Mike’s dancing skills.
She makes Mike an offer to come to London and put on a show of dancers. She has her own agenda.
With everything coming together, Mike works with a hot new roster of dancers who need professional guidance.
Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Elvis follows Colon Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks. At the beginning of the trailer, Parker says, “There are some who make me out to be a villain.”
With the story by Luhrmman and Jeremy Doner, the screenplay is co-written by Luhrmann, Soner, Craig Pearce and Sam Bromell.
The story follows the life and career of the rock-n-roll legend Elvis Presley, played by Austin Butler. Australian, Olivia DeJonge plays Priscilla Presley.
Directed by Kat Coiro, Marry Me arrives packed with original songs by Jennifer Lopez and global Latin music star Maluma, making his feature-film debut.
Lopez plays musical superstar Kat Valdez who is half of the sexiest celebrity power couple on Earth with hot new music supernova Bastian, played by Maluma. Together they have a hit song called “Marry Me.” It climbs the charts as they are about to wed before an audience of their fans. The ceremony will stream across multiple platforms.
Enter a divorced high-school math teacher, Charlie Gilbert, played by Owen Wilson. He’s dragged to the concert by his daughter Lou, played by Chloe Coleman and his best friend, played by Sarah Silverman.
Kat learns seconds before the ceremony that Bastian has cheated on her with her assistant. She has a meltdown on stage, questioning love, truth and loyalty. Her life seems insubstantial or delicate as it falls away. She locks eyes with Charlie, a stranger — a face in the crowd.
Kat marries Charlie on stage instead. Sure, it’s a moment inspired by insanity.
The love story begins as an impulsive reaction to an unexpected romance. Of course, living in different worlds, forces conspire against them. Can two such different people bridge the gap and build a place together where they both belong?
The rest of the cast includes John Bradley, Michelle Buteau and Utkarsh Ambudkar.
Directed by Joe Wright, Cyrano comes to the movie theaters once again with a different perspective. With Darkest Hour, Anna Karenina, and Pride & Prejudice on his resume promise the new version of a classic story resplendent with songs and dancing will consume audiences.
Wright’s style envelops us in a symphony of emotions with music, beauty and romance. Cyrano reimagines the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. Cyrano de Bergerac, played by Peter Dinklage, a man ahead of his time, dazzles others with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with exceptional swordplay in a duel.
Yet, convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of a devoted friend, the luminous Roxanne, played by Haley Bennett, Cyrano has not declared his feelings for her. And Roxanne has fallen in love with Christian, played by Kelvin Harrison, Jr.
Ben Mendelsohn also stars in this classic story.
Directed by Stephen Chbosky, Dear Evan Hansen follows Evan, played by Ben Platt, who reprises his Tony-winning performance as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.
The show’s Tony winner Steven Levenson wrote for the screen the film with music and lyrics by the show’s Oscar, Grammy and Tony-winning songwriting team of Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, who gave us(La La Land and The Greatest Showman.
If you saw the Tony-winning Broadway hit, you know these Grammy-winning songs. Included is the iconic anthem “You Will Be Found,” “Waving Through a Window,” “For Forever,” and “Words Fail.” The rest of the cast is astounding, including Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani, DeMarius Copes and Danny Pino.
Fortunately, Marc Platt of La La Land, Into the Woods and Mary Poppins Returns is the producer.
Directed by Michael Gracey, P!nk: All I Know So Far, join award-winning musician P!NK as she embarks on her record-breaking 2019 “Beautiful Trauma” world tour. See her welcome audiences to join her chosen family while trying to balance being a mom, a wife, a boss and a performer.
Gracey’s mixing of footage from the road, behind-the-scenes interviews, and personal material gives power to this spectacle. Gracey is best known for The Greatest Showman, which had solid musical numbers.
The audiences get a glimpse behind the curtain of the circus that P!NK calls life.
Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Summer of Soul presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion.
Over six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park — now Marcus Garvey Park.
Never seen footage and largely forgotten — until now. The movie shines a light on the history of our spiritual well-being. It stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present.
The feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more.
Produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, West Side Story follows the original 1961 film version from the original 1957 Broadway musical penned by Arthur Laurents, with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and concept, direction, and choreography by Jerome Robbins.
Tony winner Justin Peck choreographed the musical numbers in the film. The music team includes conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and composer and conductor David Newman arranged the score.
The cast includes Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Ana Isabelle, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Curtiss Cook, and Rita Moreno.
Elgort and Zegler play the lead roles — Tony and Maria, as young lovers of forbidden love and the clash between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
Moreno starred in the 1961 film as Anita. In the current version, she plays Valentina.
Listen to the Director’s Cut interview with Steven Spielberg. He talks about using his iPhone to film the rehearsals. That way, he practiced, practiced and practiced until he felt he go the shot right.
Directed by Jon M. Chu and formerly a Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), In the Heights centers on an eclectic group of characters living in the neighborhood of Washington Heights, on the northern tip of Manhattan.
It’s based on Broadway, in which a bodega owner has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s fortune.
The main character of the story is Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, as the bodega owner who looks after the aging Cuban lady next door, pines for the gorgeous girl working in the neighboring beauty salon, and dreams of winning the lottery and escaping to the shores of his native Dominican Republic.
Meanwhile, Nina, a childhood friend of Usnavi’s, returns from her first year at college with surprising news for her parents, who have spent their life savings building a better life for their daughter. Ultimately, Usnavi and the residents of the close-knit neighborhood get a dose of what it means to be home.
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Directed by Jonathan Butterell, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is a feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England, who wants to be a drag queen.
The movie stars Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, and Richard E. Grant.