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 ...

Mop-top actor Gaelan Connell has come a long way from his days playing with his band, Exist, in his parents' Silver Spring basement. Suddenly, he is the star of the movie "Bandslam," which opens ...

Two incompatible movies duke it out in "Bandslam." Although it's the wimpy teen musical that prevails, it's the misfit coming-of-age story that leaves an impression. The misfit is a high school ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Two incompatible movies duke it out in "Bandslam." Although it's the wimpy teen musical that prevails, it's the misfit coming-of-age story that leaves an impression. Dan King played like the other two ...