Love it or hate it, you can't deny that Xanadu (1980), starring Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly and Michael Beck, is pure 80s ...

Xanadu is based on the 1947 musical-comedy film Down to Earth, in which Rita Hayworth plays a version of Terpsichore who ...

Jay rewinds to the release of Xanadu, Stand by Me, the debut of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, and Disney’s 2017 announcement of ...

Followed up Xanadu with the aerobics-propagandist album Physical (No. 1 hit of 1981). Married Matt Lattanzi, a Xanadu backup dancer, and had a daughter in 1986. Her next film, 1983’s Two of a ...

Xanadu's animation feels like a Golden Films experience, an ersatz calamity. If you wondered what the leads from Xanadu would look like as horny goldfish, this is the part of the film for you.

Following Xanadu, Bluth’s production company made its first feature-length animated movie, The Secret of NIMH. Bluth later directed An American Tale and The Land Before Time as well.

“Xanadu” mixes theater and technology to paint a portrait of community. UCLA’s Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance, also known as REMAP, bridges the gap between ...

As a film, the 1980 Olivia Newton-John roller-disco fable Xanadu was the epic failure to end all epic failures—for a few years, anyway, until Ishtar. It flummoxed the Times reviewer, who ...

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The film Xanadu is infamous for its negative reviews after the release in 1980, but over the years it has earned a 'guilty pleasure' cult classic status. Fast forward to 2007, and Xanadu became a ...