Mamma Mia

"Mamma Mia" Still Dominates Overseas Box Office

Variety | Posted 10.06.2008 | Entertainment


Foreign sensation "Mamma Mia!" stayed unstoppable at international multiplexes, racking up its fifth consecutive weekend victory with $14.1 million at...

What Bat? "Mamma Mia!" Breaks Musical Box Office Record

USA Today | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment


There was another record-breaker at theaters this weekend, and it didn't involve men in bat suits. Mamma Mia!, the ABBA-inspired film starring Meryl ...

America's Two Faces

Hugh Hamilton | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment


Hugh Hamilton

The two images will dominate the American media this weekend are for once not Obama and McCain, but rather the competing movies at the box office, the images of which dare I say it, can be seen to represent the dichotomy of the American landscape.

Mamma Mia: America's First Great Bollywood Musical

Michael Melcher | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Melcher

Last night I saw Mamma Mia, the ABBA movie musical. Mamma Mia is basically a Bollywood musical, only with themes, actors and cultural mores that are highly accessible to Americans. I offer my own experience.

Mamma Mia!: Feminist Creative Power on Film

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment


Melissa Silverstein

The irony is that this fun musical about a wedding bucks every Hollywood convention, making Mamma Mia one of the most feminist movies of the year -- way more so than SATC.

Mamma Mia!: A Cheat Sheet for Those Who Don't Quite Love ABBA

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment


Jesse Kornbluth

I want to have something to say when others talk about Mamma Mia!, so I did some remedial reading about its history. Let what I learned about ABBA serve as a primer.

ABBA Star's Devastating Memory Loss: Remembers Little Of His Fame

This is London | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment


As a new generation of fans discover Abba thanks to the phenomenal success of the hit film Mamma Mia, one of the foursome has revealed he is suffering...

"Mamma Mia" The Queen Of Foreign Box Office

Variety | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment


Universal's "Mamma Mia!" came out singing overseas ahead of its domestic launch, dominating in English-speaking markets with $24 million on just 1,368...

Meryl Streep On The Joys Of "Mamma Mia!"

Telegraph | Posted 07.04.2008 | Entertainment


Meryl Streep has written only one fan letter in her life, but it landed her what she calls her "dream role". The Oscar-winning actress was moved to wr...

"Mamma Mia!" Rave: "Most Fun To Be Had" Basically Ever, Plus Premiere Pics

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.30.2008 | Entertainment


No matter how many blockbusters there are, Universal Pictures' screen version of the global hit stage musical "Mamma Mia!" is the most fun to be had a...

Meryl Streep At 58: Singing And Doing Splits In Anticipated "Mamma Mia"

Daily Mail | Posted 06.13.2008 | Entertainment


Filmed last summer in Pinewood Studios and on location on the picturesque island of Skopelos in Greece, the movie version is a glorious and deeply si...