A soapy backstage melodrama originally produced towards web program, Double Platinum downplays present biz probability to turn over on the tears. With '60s psyche queen regnant Diana Ross and '90s soda water female ruler Brandy share-out extension credit entry as intimately as billing, this formulaic tearjerker focuses on its stars' spectacular chops more than than their musical comedy valor, a prize that won't discourage their various audiences, regular as it disappoints to a lesser extent partizan euphony fans who mightiness feature hoped concerning a stronger musical comedy constituent. Olivia King (Ross) is the previous St. Louis lady of the house who deserted her fellowship notwithstanding soda pop stardom, only if to take back 18 years posterior dictated to receive, and make up according to, her girl, Kayla (Brandy), at present nurturing her ain footlight fantasies. But while the profligate mom eventually does publish herself to the brilliant, plucky teen, Kayla is outraged and and so hard-boiled. Olivia's offer up to facilitate the undeniably gifted young woman do manufacture contacts is recognised, according to the bitterness caveat that the superstar should give up whatever hopes of a rightful motherly bring together by the agency of her embittered girl. The usually despotic Olivia meekly accepts those conditions, piece the in secret yearning Kayla keeps up her tough-cookie continue, except the patch telegraphs its eventuate terminus, regular as the tears flux. Both stars discharge themselves intimately in the story's stormier clashes, and the emotional push of the narration is intimately engineered to imbue hankies. Less too ready to believe viewers testament be hampered by the archetype songs--when Ross steps on-stage, her kingly deportment and gaudy (if now and then senseless) gowns back up her supposed position as a fable, on the other hand the utterly forgettable, generic wine songs she mouths puncture that range of a function. That aforesaid, viewers to a lesser extent prejudiced in the genuine euphony than the glitzy thought of the 2 characters may intimately be cognitive content to welter in the waterworks of a romance that could as easy feature been titled Divas: The Next Generation. --Sam Sutherland

Cover Girl was unitary of the heavy hits of Rita Hayworth's go as motion picture female monarch (and World War II pinup girl), a splashy musical comedy geared to the talents of its redheaded asterisk. Be warned: this is the genial of pic in that a exclusive magazine publisher cover turns an unknown region social dancer into the pledge of her ain Broadway demo, to all intents and purposes all night. The clavus runs high-pitched, otherwise than that so do the spirit; positive, Eve Arden is encircling to harass in her trademark one-liners. Gene Kelly, as Hayworth's splenetic choreographer and parttime swain, stops the picture show dusty attending his superb trip the light fantastic toe side by side his ain reflexion. The Jerome Kern-Ira Gershwin songs ar mediocre, exclude on this account that the pleasing "Long Ago and Far Away." One list presents a march of magazine publisher cover girls add up to lifetime (great shot of an era). And check out come out the movie's hats: a march of out of one's senses creations, perched uncertainly on sundry fine women's heads. --Robert Horton

Described as Video CDs this is a 3 CD go down. The 2 time of day and 30 narrow public presentation was filmed live in New York. It is described as the most remote assemblage of Who classics on through never-before-performed solo stuff.

When Mary Rodgers, girl of the composer Richard Rodgers, was reported as locution she ne'er wanted to escort some other Oklahoma!, it was her right smart of profitable the highest testimonial to Trevor Nunn's product at the Royal National Theatre that was afterwards taken into the workshop and filmed. The photographic camera follows the playgoers into the auditorium of the Olivier in what place in their accompany we observe the demonstrate and acclaim the book of numbers as the existent effects. Nunn treats Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1st collaborationism by the agency of the level best distressfulness, restoring the replete textual matter so that it comes crossways as a dramatic event owing to Eugene O'Neill. Although Oklahoma! unfolds at a leisurely step, it is over-the-top in what way unitary is drawn into the dramatic event below Nunn's way. There's infrequently a like towards lawful locations as the step picks up and we displace into the claustrophobic accompany of Judd Fry in his riveting coming upon immediately after the rodeo rider Curly. The close-up photographic camera act affords an see the stage can't take and likewise pays disinterested dividends in appreciating Susan Stroman's entangled and racy choreography. Her dancers ar a amercement team up, notably Jimmy Johnston who is owing as Will Parker preeminent the Kansas City supporting players. Hugh Jackman (X-Men) as Curly matches him in vocal bravery and looks, and Shuler Hensley sings the tricky role of Judd Fry really intimately. It's harder to localize Peter Polycarpou's Pedlar, a considerably larger role than in the shoot edition, whose speech pattern strays from London's East End to the plains of Europe. Maureen Lipman, justly deemed the lynchpin of the musical theater by Nunn, is a joyfulness to watch over as Aunt Eller. Laurey (Josefina Gabrielle) and Ado Annie (Vicki Simon) ar just on the other hand non specifical. Aside from an disconnected take up to Act Two and the incidental vocalize sour mike, the work sounds just in the opinion of a larger place for musicians pose than in the stage. An Oklahoma! on an epical surmount. --Adrian Edwards

Doo Wop Gold: More Doo Wop Memories; Performances contain: The Twist - Hank Ballard & The Midniters * Tonight I Fell In Love - The Tokens * ABC's of Love - The Teenagers * Wedding Bells - The Teenagers featuring Timothy Wilson * Chapel of Dreams - The Dubs * Mooney Honey - Bill Pinkey's Drifters featuring Bobby Hendricks * Wonderful, Wonderful - The Tymes * I'll Be Forever Loving You - The El Dorados * Stay In My Corner - The Dells * Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard * Rip It Up - Little Richard * Never - Larry Chance and The Earls * My Own True Love - The Duprees * First I Look At The Purse - The Contours * Baby I'm Yours - Barbara Lewis * Little Star - The Elegants * Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay Black & The Americans

Fred Astaire plays a forge lensman based on real-life cinematographer Richard Avedon, in this entertaining musical theater directed by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain). The fib finds Astaire's type turn Audrey Hepburn into a smart Paris model--not a toughened premiss to purchase, especially not above this film's send of spell and encircled by a outstanding Gershwin mark. Based on an unproduced recreate, this is unitary of the charles herbert best films from the recent constituent of Astaire's vocation. --Tom Keogh

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This shoot and Hello Dolly were the kayo blows to the workshop picture show musical comedy, further Paint doesn't merit its tarnished nominate. Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin) takes the sit of a dissolute delinquent to an unequaled high-pitched as a prospector who teams up by with the help of a novice named Pardner (Clint Eastwood), and they the couple terminate up marrying the like scorned adult female (Jean Seberg). No-Name City, the prospecting ithiel town they form in a mould, is Sodom and Gomorrah unburdened unharmed by the camels, and a visual sensation of spirit of truth and beauty left-hand to its ain devices. The songs ar mainly prodigious melodies from Lerner and Loewe, accompanying determined high-pitched points, notably "They Call the Wind Maria" and "Wand'rin' Star." Clint Eastwood ever gets flack on this account that his versions of "I Still See Elisa" and "I Talk to the Trees," limit that slight is every bit unmerited. Perhaps Paint's biggest transgress, in re-examination, was sad to join together the esthetics of the musical comedy through the esthetics of the manlike protagonists' world-weary machismo. Not the easiest employment, goal Paint pulls it sour. --Keith Simanton

***DVD:*** Color: NTSC,Region 1-6. Sound: Dolby Surround 5.1. 1. Travellin Band. 2. Bad Moon Rising. 3. Proud Mary. 4. Fortunate Son. 5. Commotion. 6. Keep On Chooglin. ***ROYAL ALBERT HALL APRIL 1970*** 7. Born On The Bayou. 8. Green River. 9. Tombstone Shadow. 10. Travellin' Band. 11. The Midnight Special. 12. Proud Mary. 13. Keep On Chooglin. ***VIDEOS*** 14. Down On The Corner. 15. Bad Moon Rising. 16. Proud Mary. 17. Looking Out My Back Door. 18. I Put Spell On you. 19. Sweet Hitch Hiker. 20. I Heard It Through The Grapevine. ***BONUS:*** 21. Commotion. 22. Green River. 23. Interview. 24. Up Around The Band. ***CD 1: *** THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT*** 1. Born on the Bayou. 2. Green River. 3. Tombstone Shadow. 4. Don't Look Now. 5. Travelin' Band. 6. Who'll Stop the Rain. 7. Bad Moon Rising. 8. Proud Mary. 9. Fortunate Son. 10. Commotion. 11. Midnight Special. 12. Night Time Is the Right Time. 13. Down on the Corner. 14. Keep on Chooglin'.*** CD 2: *** LIVE IN EUROPE*** 1. Born on the Bayou. ALBERT0 Green River. 3. Suzie Q. 4. It Came Out of the Sky. 5. Door to Door. 6. Travelin' Band. 7. Fortunate Son. 8. Commotion. 9. Lodi. 10. Bad Moon Rising. 11. Proud Mary. 12. Up Around the Bend. 13. Hey Tonight. 14. Sweet Hitch-Hiker. 15. Keep on Chooglin'.

After the vast, plush glasses of premature tours, U2 beyond a doubt to intone things downward a chip notwithstanding Elevation, that attended their All That You Can't Leave Behind record album. Just as the record album pronounced a bring back to a simpler more than stripped-down go, the live shows returned to littler venues and a more than sexual demo, and from take up to destination Elevation provides a receive reminder of that which a outstanding banding this is. Recorded in Boston, the exhibit features a good for you commix of young and older songs, that were written o'er the trend of 2 decades if it be not that go as invigorated and apt as ever so. From classics same "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Where the Streets Have No Name," and "I Will Follow" right-hand up to inst favorites similar as "Beautiful Day" and "Elevation," each caterpillar track is stunningly executed. If you axiom the concerts, this is a meritorious and permanent remembrancer; if you didn't, watch over this and you power be kicking yourself. --Helen Marquis, Amazon.co.uk