When I read the initial synopses for the movie “Bandslam,” I thought it was just going to be “School of Rock,” but with angsty teens. But I’m glad to say that I was way off and “Bandslam” is a fun ...

Last fall, then-Friday Night Lights star Scott Porter did an absolutely terrific job guest-blogging for us from the Austin City Limits music festival. Now that he’s graduated to the big screen — ...

At Will Burton's new school, the band geeks are not geeks at all. On his first day of classes after moving to New Jersey, he's shocked to see a school-sanctioned live rock band cranking it to 11 ...

An utterly charming work of pure pop exuberance, “Bandslam” is full of unexpected pleasures set to a surprisingly retro soundtrack. One certainly doesn’t go to a contemporary, teen-angst movie ...

In the upcoming movie Bandslam, starring High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens, a group of teens duke it out in a battle of the bands proving that music really does rock your world. What was your ...

Director Todd Graff says Wilco's music-besotted What Light inspired his movie Bandslam, and he's got a soundtrack to back that up. It sounds like it was assembled by a fan, not a marketing department.

Vanessa Hudgens stars in Bandslam and could serve as the film to send her beyond the High School Musical galaxy to the A-list world of universal celebrity. Bandslam opens August 14 and we’ve got some ...

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 ...

CHERTSEY, UK, 25 July, 2005 - Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world's leading interactive entertainment software company has joined forces with Gibson Guitar and Hard Rock International to launch ...

What is it about the sensual onstage twirling in “Dirty Dancing”? What is it about Ferris Bueller doing the twist, with all of Chicago at his feet? Somehow your heart is pushed to bursting with ...

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 ...