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 ...

“Bandslam,” Summit Entertainment’s “High School Musical/Camp Rock” clone, is a movie about music and high school and guilt and fitting in. It’s surprisingly not awful for something this over-familiar.

"Bandslam," a clone of "High School Musical" and "Camp Rock," is a movie about music and high school and guilt and fitting in. It's surprisingly not awful for something this over-familiar. Gaelan ...

Deep into this latest ride on the High School Musical bandwagon, the death of a main character’s father is treated as less devastating than the social-clique intel it uncovers. Besides that bit of OMG ...

Kids! They’re into stupid things, they can’t get through the opening credits of a film without busting out The Twitter, and they wouldn’t sit still long enough to watch a truly good movie if it ...

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 ...