In a summer without a fresh installment of the “High School Musical” series, here comes “Bandslam,” which shares the school setting and Vanessa Hudgens. Yet this sprightly spawn has enough ...

Director Todd Graff makes movies with music, as opposed to movie musicals. Note the distinction -- rather than allowing his characters to spontaneously break into song, Graff tells stories in which ...

The film's plot line is highly fictitious as it begins with Will Burton (Gaelan Connell) being the loser in his Cincinnati school. He then moves to New Jersey and becomes one of the popular kids. At ...

"I really love supporting parts," says actress Lisa Kudrow. "You don't have the burden of doing all this exposition. And you don't have the burden of playing a character who -- especially in a big ...

Nobody swears in “Bandslam.” Can you believe it? Here it is, a movie about teenagers gearing up for a high school battle of the bands, with a cast of characters that runs the usual gamut from nerd to ...

Comedy. Starring Vanessa Hudgens and Gaelan Connell. Directed by Todd Graff. (PG. 111 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Nobody swears in "Bandslam." Here it is, a movie about teenagers gearing up for a ...

Gaelan Connell rocks out in 'Bandslam.' By Stephen Whitty Newhouse News Service Some things are just contradictions in terms. Like "gourmet popcorn." Or "political courage." Or "good, wholesome rock ...

Bucks County native Charlie Saxton only spent a couple of days in Allentown shooting the 2005 baseball flick “Rounding First,” but his memories are tasty ones. Cast as a bully who terrorizes the three ...

Some things are just contradictions in terms, like "gourmet popcorn" or "political courage" or "good, wholesome rock movie." Sure, Disney has made millions with its "High School Musical" franchise.

An energetic, if overlong, music-driven comedy set against the backdrop of a high school battle of the bands competition, the film manages to come up with a fresh backbeat for the familiar alienated ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Life has been a roller-coaster ride for Hollywood starlet Vanessa Hudgens but the 20-year-old actress-singer-dancer is enjoying the ups ...