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Nijinsky *** (1980, Alan Bates, George De La Pena, Leslie Browne) – Classic Movie Review 6027

Director Herbert Ross follows his hit 1977 dance movie The Turning Point with this sumptuously realised, passionately told, involvingly acted 1980 film version of the true-life gay love story of the tragic obsession of the choreographer […]

Sep, 15

Step Up *** (2006, Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan, Alyson Stoner, Rachel Griffiths, Josh Henderson, Drew Sidora) – Classic Movie Review 4640

Director Anne Fletcher’s corny but ingratiating hit 2006 American romantic dance film stars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan. The story takes place in Baltimore, Maryland, and follows the characters and fates of the sulky, surly, […]

Nov, 12

Step Up 2: The Streets ** (2008, Adam G Sevani, Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Cassie Ventura, Danielle Polanco, Will Kemp) – Classic Movie Review 4639

Director Jon M Chu’s 2010 largely unrelated Step Up dance movie sequel, ‘based on characters’ from the surprise 2006 dance film hit, is bright and sexy enough, reasonably entertaining and overall just about OK. It stars Adam G Sevani […]

Nov, 12

Step Up 3D * (2010, Rick Malambri, Adam G Sevani, Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, Kathy Najimy) – Classic Movie Review 4638

Hey, guys, is this really the best you can do? Returning director Jon M Chu’s 2010 more or less totally unrelated Step Up second sequel, ‘based on characters’ from the 2006 and 2008 dance film hits, is […]

Nov, 12

Save the Last Dance *** (2001, Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1564

Director Thomas Carter’s 2001 romantic drama stars Julia Stiles as Sara, a troubled US Midwestern white teenager who moves to Chicago after the death of her mother. Saramoves in with her estranged father, who lives in […]

Aug, 18

The Red Shoes ***** (1948, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine, Ludmilla Tcherina, Frederick Ashton) – Classic Movie Review 337

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s double Oscar-winning 1948 masterwork film The Red Shoes maintains its reputation as the best and most beloved of all dance movies. The 22-year-0ld Moira Shearer is a marvel.  Writer-producer-directors Michael […]

Oct, 28

Dirty Dancing **** (1987, Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach) – Classic Movie Review 60

‘Nobody puts Baby in the corner.’ Patrick Swayze (1952-2009) stars in one of his two most famous roles (the other is 1990’s Ghost) as alluring tempter and one hell of a dirty dancer Johnny Castle, […]

Jul, 17

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