By Amy Renner Dec. 14, 2023
1 – 6 of 6 movies
In the Heights
Takes place over three days in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, where a bodega owner inherits his late grandmother's lottery winnings and plans to shutter his store and retire on a beach in the Dominican Republic. Trying to say farewell to the characters who live on the block, he realizes that his neighbors are his real family, and he's torn about leaving.
Location: US - New York
Rock of Ages
The story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more.
Tobey Maguire, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston, Adam Shankman, Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige, Chris D'Arienzo, Jennifer Gibgot, Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Russell Brand, Scott Prisand, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver, Dan Shafer, Diego González Boneta
Locations: US - Florida; US - New York
The Color Purple
A musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African-American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.
Steven Spielberg, Taraji P. Henson, Colman Domingo, Danielle Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Carla Gardini, Scott Sanders, Rebecca Walker, Corey Hawkins, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Quincy Jones, Elizabeth Marvel, Halle Bailey, Blitz Bazawule, H.E.R., Fantasia Barrino, Marcus Gardley, Adam Fell, Fantasia Taylor, Terrence J. Smith, Tiffany Elle Burgess, Aba Arthur
December 25, 2023 Nationwide
The Phantom of the Opera
Based on the hit musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the tale tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with the lovely Christine, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera--exerting a strange sense of control over the young soprano as he nurtures her extraordinary talents.
I'll Be There
This is the story of how a washed-up 1980s pop star (Craig Ferguson) gets a chance at a new direction in his life when he discovers that he has a teenage daughter, Olivia (Charlotte Church), in Cardiff, Wales (her real-life hometown) as the result of a weekend affair he had back at the height of his fame, especially when she decides she wants to follow him with a musical career of her own, against the wishes of her mother (Jemma Redgrave).
A Mighty Wind
Formed in the 1960's, the Folksmen (Guest, McKean, Shearer) were a key group in the "Great Folk Music Scare", meeting as freshmen at Ohio Wesleyan College, and touring for 26 months as a folk trio, singing a unique type of "eclectified folk" music. It wasn't meant to last, however, and the three musicians went their separate ways. Now, thirty years later, they've reunited for a comeback tour of sorts, as long as the folk festivals they're playing at are within a day's travel of their homes, all of which leads up to a climactic memorial concert at Carnegie Hall following the death of a legendary folk music promoter, where they reunite with two other folk groups. In the tradition of This is Spinal Tap (an aging heavy metal band), Waiting for Guffman (a small town theater group), and Best in Show (the Westminster Dog Show), this is a mocking look at the world of folk music.