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 ...

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 ...

The perky, hollow “Bandslam” is the latest in a long line of movies that steal liberally from the John Hughes playbook of high-school comedies but lack the heart and insight Hughes invested in his ...

It’s no minor compliment that “Bandslam” gets a stamp of approval from David Bowie, who plays a small but pivotal role. Given that it’s aimed at “High School Musical” fans, Todd Graff‘s romantic ...

WASHINGTON — Mop-top actor Gaelan Connell has come a long way from his days playing with his band, Exist, in his parents’ Silver Spring, Md., basement. Suddenly, he is the star of the movie “Bandslam, ...

The first thing you notice about Will Burton, the ingratiating music-freak hero of Bandslam, is that he doesn't quite fit the teen-movie nerd archetype defined by Anthony Michael Hall and any number ...

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 — ...

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