Movie Review: Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack (2008)

Plot Details: This opinion reveals no details about the movie’s plot. I’m not very familiar with ABBA, or their music.  To be fair, the Swedish pop group were at the top of the charts in the late 70’s/early 80’s, before I was even born.  I…

Album Review: Tangled: Original Soundtrack (2010)

I haven’t actively followed most of the Disney movies since I was a kid.  Part of the reason was that as I turned eleven or twelve, it was really uncool to be watching cartoon musical movies, and I didn’t want my friends to make of…

Movie Review: High School Musical (2006)

The Disney Channel has released a plethora of made-for-TV movies, but most recently High School Musical has made way as one of the most popular. Though the movie originally aired in January of 2006, it was later released on DVD in May, and both the…

Album Review: Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann’s Film (2001)

The idea of reworking old Nirvana, Madonna, The Police and Elton John songs and placing them in a musical sounds pretty horrible, but somehow Moulin Rouge! makes it work. Baz Luhrmann’s lavish musical (released in 2001) tells the story of a poor British poet, Christian…

Album Review: Avenue Q (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (2003)

Note: This review reveals minor details of the musical’s plot. Who’d have thought that a musical about puppets would make it onto Broadway and win a Tony Award for Best Musical? I suppose writers Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez, believed that Avenue Q, a show…

Album Review: Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (1996)

Note: This review reveals minor details of the musical/movie’s plot. The Broadway Musical, Rent, has gotten a lot of buzz recently due to it’s theatrical release last year, but it’s been on the stage since 1996. Jonathan Larson (who unfortunately died before the show made…

Album Review: The Phantom Of The Opera Soundtrack (2004)

So, I feel kind of bad, because I’ve never seen the stage production of The Phantom Of The Opera. Actually, I don’t feel bad, I just feel deprived. According to several friends that have seen it on BROADWAY, I’m really missing out.