Category: Musical

‘The Muppets’ return on Netflix

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Comedy, DVD, family friendly, Musical, Netflix, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 09/17/202009/17/2020 Sean Axmaker

The Muppets (2011) brings the felt comedy stars back to the big screen for a new comedy that asks the eternal questions: What becomes a Muppet in the days of CGI and motion capture animation? Can their brand of innocent whimsy and madcap nonsense hold the attentions of a new generation of fans? And does […]

The glory of Astaire and Rogers in ‘Swing Time’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Classic, Comedy, Criterion, DVD, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, music, Musical, National Film Registry, SVOD 09/08/202009/08/2020 Sean Axmaker

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were the most elegant of Hollywood’s dance teams in the golden age of American musicals and Swing Time (1936) is the peak of their ten-film output. The plot is as absurd as anything from the era: Astaire is a dancer and gambler who is set to marry his hometown sweetheart […]