{"id":13200,"date":"2016-09-10T15:02:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T22:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=13200"},"modified":"2016-10-22T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T22:15:26","slug":"review-centerstage-onpointe-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/09\/review-centerstage-onpointe-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Center Stage: On Pointe DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/09\/review-centerstage-onpointe-dvd\/#more-13200\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Center Stage: On Pointe DVD Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/2016\/centerstage-onpointe-sm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong><em>Center Stage: On Pointe<\/em><\/strong> is the fourth in the series and is no different than so many of these contemporary dance movies (a la <em>Step Up<\/em>) with a pretty cast with so-so acting talent, though it is nice seeing Peter Gallagher reprise his role.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Center Stage: On Pointe<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(2016)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Music<br \/>\nSony | PG \u2013 92 min. \u2013 $19.99 | September 6, 2016<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 09\/10\/2016<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01I9WR68Y\/moviemsguidet-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 3px solid blue;\" title=\"Buy Center Stage: On Pointe on DVD from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2016\/centerstage-onpointe-dvd.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B01I9WR68Y\/moviemsguidet-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid blue;\" title=\"Buy Center Stage: On Pointe on DVD from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Director X<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Nisha Ganatra (written by)<br \/>\n<strong>Cast: <\/strong>Nicole Munoz, Kenny Wormald, Chloe Lukasiak, Peter Gallagher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurette<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>DVD<br \/>\n<strong>Number of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, English, Spanish<br \/>\n<strong>Region(s): <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px solid #c0c0c0;\" title=\"Center Stage: On Pointe\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2w2zmk5.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>PLOT SYNOPSIS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jonathan Reeves (PETER GALLAGHER) is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Charlie (SASCHA RADETSKY), Cooper (ETHAN STIEFEL) and Tommy (KENNY WOODWARD) to recruit dancers to compete at a camp where the winners will be selected to join the Academy. Bella Parker (NICOLE MU\u00d1OZ), who has always lived in the shadow of her hugely successful sister, Kate (RACHELE BROOKE SMITH), finally gets her chance to step into the limelight as one of the dancers recruited for the camp.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2014 1.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Dance Tutorial with Chloe (10:37)<\/u><\/strong> finds the dancer\/actress breaking down a dance routine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2014 4.0\/5, AUDIO \u2014 4.5\/5<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Center Stage: On Pointe<\/em><\/strong> comes to DVD from Sony presented with an anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio; colors were bright and detail for standard-def was decent. The Dolby Digital 5.1 track is fairly robust especially during the dance sequences.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, <strong><em>Center Stage: On Pointe<\/em><\/strong> is the fourth in the series and is no different than so many of these contemporary dance movies (a la <em>Step Up<\/em>) with a pretty cast with so-so acting talent, though it is nice seeing Peter Gallagher reprise his role. I suppose tweens might enjoy this entry, but others might as well skip it. The DVD released by Sony offers good video and audio transfers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Center Stage: On Pointe is the fourth in the series and is no different than so many of these contemporary dance movies (a la Step Up) with a pretty cast with so-so acting talent, though it is nice seeing Peter Gallagher reprise his role. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[4887,4888,1379,2689,3939],"class_list":["post-13200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-center-stage","tag-chloe-lukasiak","tag-kenny-wormald","tag-nicole-munoz","tag-peter-gallagher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13200"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13202,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13200\/revisions\/13202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}