“A remake of the 1980s musical centered on the teachers and students at the prestigious New York City High School of Performing Arts.”

• Director: Kevin Tancharoen
• Release Date: 25 September 2009 (USA)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Family , Musical , Romance
• MPAA: Rated PG for thematic material including teen drinking, a sexual situation and language.

Tagline: I’m Gonna Learn How to Fly

“Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities…until they discover that out of struggle come strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on. Written by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment”

• Director: Tata Amaral
• Release Date: 21 September 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: 90 min | Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
• Country: Brazil
• Genre: Drama , Musical
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some thematic material, language and brief violence.

Tagline: All It Takes Is Everything You Have.

“Four ambitious and beautiful young women. From four very different corners of Mexico. Just like hundreds of others, they are caught up in the frenzy that sweeps the nation when Alejandro Mateos (Julio Bracho), one of the country’s most powerful producers, dreams up a nationwide talent search to cast the lead in his next big movie. But all this is news to Alejandro’s on-again, off-again lover, Eva Gallardo (Patricia Llaca) , a diva of epic proportions, who expected to get the part. While Eva schemes to nail down the role, our four leads begin their own journey on the road to fame. Written by Sony Pictures Entertainment”

• Director: Issa Lpez
• Release Date: 11 April 2008 (Mexico)
• Run Time: Argentina:107 min (DVD version)
• Country: Mexico
• Genre: Comedy , Musical
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for mature sexual content, language and thematic material.

“A dock worker Jude travels to America in the 1960s to find his estranged father. There he falls in love with sheltered American teenager Lucy. When her brother Max is drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, they become involved in peace activism. The film title and main characters are named after various songs by The Beatles. Written by MIB6116″

• Director: Julie Taymor
• Release Date: 12 October 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: 133 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Drama , Musical , Romance
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some drug content, nudity, sexuality, violence and language.

Tagline: All you need is love.

Trivia: During the number “With a Little Help From My Friends,” a prominent poster of actress Brigitte Bardot is a reference to John Lennon’s life-long obsession with her.

Goofs: Anachronisms: When Jude returns to Liverpool and is conversing with his old girlfriend, a SmartCar passes by in the background.

“An animated fairy tale meets modern, live-action comedy. The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn’t operate on a “happily ever after” basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid -- even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home -- she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world? Written by Orange”

• Director: Kevin Lima
• Release Date: 21 November 2007 (USA)
• Run Time: 107 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Comedy , Family , Fantasy , Musical , Romance
• MPAA: Rated PG for some scary images and mild innuendo.

Tagline: The real world and the animated world collide.

Trivia: Idina Menzel plays Nancy Tremaine, slated to become Morgan’s stepmother by marrying Robert. Lady Tremaine was the name of Cinderella (1950)’s stepmother in the original Walt Disney movie.

Goofs: Factual errors: During Giselle’s tidy of the apartment, the flies arrive in the fireplace down an open flue, yet the external shot of the apartment building shows no chimneys.

“Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artiste in Bollywood, who is infatuated with actress Shantipriya, and hopes to marry her someday. His hopes come to reality when he rescues her from a fire and they go on a date. Shortly thereafter he finds out that she is married to a film producer, Mukesh Mehra, and is expecting his child. He then watches in horror as Mukesh, after luring her in an abandoned studio, sets it afire. Om attempts to rescue her in vain, and he eventually is killed. 30 years later, Om is reborn as the only son of yesteryear Bollywood actor, Rajesh Kapoor, and is himself an actor. His memories start to return when he meets with his widowed mother, Bela, from his previous birth. He also meets with Mukesh and together they decide to make a movie ‘Om Shanti Om’. Om then hires a look-alike of Shantipriya, and hopes to force a confession out of Mukesh -- but things go awry and Om finds his life endangered once again. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)”

• Director: Farah Khan
• Release Date: 7 November 2007 (Belgium)
• Run Time: 162 min
• Country: India
• Genre: Action , Comedy , Drama , Musical , Romance , Thriller

Tagline: He was a junior artiste. She was a star. For some dreams, one lifetime is not enough.

Trivia: Composer A.R. Rahman was meant to compose the songs for this film, but declined due to disagreement on song composing royalty writes. So the producers looked for another music director, and finally the music duo Vishal-Shekhar got the part.

Goofs: Crew or equipment visible: In the scene where Om and his mother are looking at the moon through the window, the camera starts rising. In the background, you can see a crew member standing behind Khan and Kher, stepping back to avoid getting into the field.

“Orphaned and homeless Ranbir Raj re-locates to a small town and orders a glass of milk in the RK Bar. He befriends a prostitute by the name of Gulabji, who invites him to spend the night with her, and when he refuses, she re-directs him to Lillian who rents out rooms. Ranbir meets with Lillian, who has been living alone for 37 years after her son, Vincent, left to join the army and did not return, charms her, and rents a room from her. He gets a job as a singer in a local restaurant. On the occasion of Eid, while returning home, he comes across a woman standing on the bridge. He finds her very attractive, befriends her, walks her home, finds out her name is Sakina, who is a carpet weaver and lives with her aunt and blind grandma. Just when Ranbir is about to confess his love, she tells him that she has already given her heart to Imaan, a former tenant of her grandmother’s. Imaan had left, promising to return on Eid, but has not done so. She finds out that he may be staying at the Momim Lodge and asks Ranbir to deliver a letter to him. A crestfallen Ranbir destroys the letter, but does go to Momim Lodge, and this is where he finds that no one by the name of Imaan had ever lived there. Encouraged by this news, he returns back and attempts to win Sakina’s heart. The question remains will he succeed or will Sakina spend the rest of her life waiting for Imaan’s return? Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)”

• Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
• Release Date: 8 November 2007 (Australia)
• Run Time: 142 min
• Country: India
• Genre: Drama , Musical , Romance
• MPAA: Rated PG for thematic elements, brief nudity, some language and incidental smoking.

Tagline: When he first fell in love…

Trivia: The film was shot in tones of green, blue and black to give it a surreal, dream-like atmosphere.

“Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. Written by jojo.acapulco@gmail.com”

• Director: Phyllida Lloyd
• Release Date: 18 July 2008 (USA)
• Run Time: USA:108 min | Argentina:108 min
• Country: UK , USA , Germany
• Genre: Comedy , Musical , Romance
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some sex-related comments.

Tagline: Take a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget

Trivia: At the end of ‘Our Last Summer’ Donna (Meryl Streep) is holding a collection of photos, the baby picture is an actual baby picture of Amanda Seyfried.

Goofs: Continuity: When Donna is repairing the dolphin mosaic with the caulking gun, the tip breaks off of the tube. In subsequent shots, the tip is unbroken.

“Troy and the gang of East High School are going through their senior year, facing graduating and going their separate ways. Coming to terms with the reality of it all, Troy wants to attend the nearby University of New Mexico next year on a basketball scholarship, but Gabriella wants to attend Julliard School of Arts in New York to set her sights on becoming an artist. Meanwhile, Sharpay, the school’s shallow and spoiled rich girl, plots to go all out planning the school’s final musical show with the idea to add music to her hopes and fears about the future. While Sharpay takes an up-and-coming British exchange student under her wing, her flamboyant fraternal twin brother, Ryan, has his sights set on something different after school. In addition, Troy’s best friend and basketball teammate Chad, and Garbiella’s best friend Taylor, all have their sights set on their plans after high school and come to terms with the reality of the real world. Written by Anonymous”

• Director: Kenny Ortega
• Release Date: 24 October 2008 (USA)
• Run Time: 112 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Family , Musical , Romance

Tagline: high school graduation

Trivia: With $42 million, holds the record the best opening ever for a movie musical. The former record holder was Mamma Mia! (2008).

Goofs: Continuity: In the yearbook room, Troy is wearing Converse sneakers. In the next scene, at lunch, he is wearing Vans.

“In the year 2056 -- the not so distant future -- an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants, for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by villainous Repo Men. In a world where surgery addicts are hooked on painkilling drugs and murder is sanctioned by law, a sheltered young girl searches for the cure to her own rare disease as well as information about her family’s mysterious history. After being sucked into the haunting world of GeneCo, she is unable to turn back, as all of her questions will be answered at the wildly anticipated spectacular event: The Genetic Opera. Written by Lionsgate”

• Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
• Release Date: 20 November 2008 (Czech Republic)
• Run Time: 98 min | USA:150 min (original cut)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Horror , Musical , Sci-Fi
• MPAA: Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, language, some drug and sexual content.

Tagline: Not Your Parent’s Opera

Trivia: Some of Amber Sweet (Paris Hilton)’s costumes actually belonged to Paris Hilton.

Goofs: Continuity: During the number ‘Mark it Up’ in one shot a Gentern has her hand on Pavi’s crotch but on the close up her hand is on his chest.