Sentences with phrase «rousing musical»

What feels at first like a rousing musical call - to - arms devolves into a maddening metronome that would make Peter Griffin's Surfin» Bird record blush.

It is warm and witty, with terrific performances; Stephen Beresford's script is fast and funny and there's a rousing musical score from Chris Nightingale.

As a final note on the soundtrack, I can't forget about rousing musical themes written by John Williams.

Red River remains an American film masterpiece with beautiful cinematography, a rousing musical score, and one of John Wayne's most iconic performances with Howard Hawks» masterful eye at the helm.

Red River is an American film masterpiece with beautiful cinematography, a rousing musical score, and edited to perfection with Howard Hawks» masterful eye.

For fans of the earlier movies, not all is lost: Sie's background as a music video director and «Step Up» series helmer is readily apparent, and what «Pitch Perfect 3» lacks in catchy tunes, it more than makes up for in genuinely creative and rousing musical sequences.

The rock and roll tale is highlighted by some rousing musical numbers and nice period detail.

The screenplay leans towards the dogmatic at times, but the actors are sincere and the rousing musical score by Marc Blitztein (and old hand at this sort of agit - prop entertainment) is first - rate.

After a rousing musical number from the Mambo Legends, the politicians proclaimed their supposedly unified record of moving the state in a more liberal direction.

Not exact matches

I've often thought that some clubs lift their teams and the fans seconds in advance of the game with adopted rousing upbeat musical classics, city, Stoke, Liverpool etc etc and AFC should do the same.

This is an exhilarating musical — but it's dragged into Thumbs Down territory by a dreadful story that creaks along between the rousing gospel numbers.

Find out in this fantastic, rousing film - but remove all fears of the typical teen - pop covered high school musicals from your minds, as the songs in this film are from legendary artists like David Bowie, The Beach Boys, ELO, and The Byrds.

There are moments in Les Misérables, the movie musical adaptation from The King's Speech director Tom Hooper, that are so rumbling and rousing and righteous that certain people might be immediately transported back into the theater seat where they, smaller of body but probably bigger of heart, first fell in love with the sweep and swoon of musical theater.

The Oscar - nominated movie stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway in a rousing adaptation of the popular Broadway musical.

A rousing, eye - filling, song - and - dance period musical spectacular that - despite a certain inability to decide whether it wants to be a kids» movie or «Les Miserables» - is a surprisingly enjoyable and entertaining throwback to the great movie musical style of the»40s and»50s.

If you're a fan of Berkeley this is a must own, and anyone who enjoys a much rousing, escapist musical should pick this up without pausing to give thought.

Newsies is a revisiting of the Old Hollywood backlot musical, complete with rousing and utterly interchangeable songs and several athletically choreographed dance sequences.

features two classic - in - the - making musical numbers: an aquatic spectacle featuring Scarlett Johansson and a rousing tap dance from Channing Tatum.

Where all this goes is nowhere very interesting, but there are just about enough decent jokes to keep things ticking over, and some of the musical arrangements are rousing.

The three do inevitably form a triangle, but the visually stylish and briskly efficient manner in which Advani and writer - producer Karan Johar introduce the characters in the opening minutes foreshadows how skillfully and intelligently the standard trappings are deployed here — which becomes fully clear once the first full - blown musical number takes place, when Aman's first glimpse of Naina's sad face prompts him to break into a rousing Hindi - language, Bhangra - inflected cover of... «Pretty Woman.»

A few years back, a musical about a pot - smoking, rabble - rousing Nigerian political activist somehow became one of the most unexpected successes that the Broadway musical scene's ever witnessed.

Sure, it delivers on spectacle with rousing big moments teamed with the swelling of the now iconic musical score and songs.

by Walter Chaw The three or four times that Larry Charles's Masked and Anonymous features musical performances by its star Bob Dylan (particularly a rousing rendition of «Dixie»), the picture manages to be something just north of unbearable.

Turns out it was his first film in the United States, the story of a teenager «taking off» to live with her hippie friends and leaving her parents to search for her plays out in a combination of wistful musical numbers (by such up and comers as Carly Simon and Kathy Bates; Ike and Tina Turner show up for a more rousing tune) and dryly absurd scenarios involving the parents.

The performance of an autobiographical high - school musical that Tiny writes, directs, and stars in makes a rousing and suitably theatrical finale for a tale populated with young people engaged in figuring out what's important and shot through with strong feelings, smart - mouthed dialogue, and uncommon insight.

Dante's Inferno's musical score is a fantastic example of drawing a player into a game with a rousing score that felt perfect for the game and always suited the feel and look of the locations.

Award - winning broadcast journalist Dana King was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening's events, which included rousing speeches, inspiring videos and an exhilarating musical and dance performance from the Alayo Dance Group.