DISTRIB/RELEASE DATE: Paramount, Dec. 15 ADAPTED FROM: The stage play “Dreamgirls”; book & lyrics by Tom Eyen, music by Henry Krieger. STORYLINE: The rise of a ’60s R&B girl group (think the ...

The second half of the movie descends into standard biopic rhythm, punctuating the Dreams’ rise to superstardom with ever more expository and less moving songs.

This holiday season he's out to repeat the feat -- and once again get the movie world excited about musicals -- with a $75 million film version of the 1981 Tony Award-winner "Dreamgirls," only ...

Something similar happens in the first few minutes of "Dreamgirls" (at Metreon and in wide release next week). This new movie musical is loosely based on another 1960s group, the Supremes (and ...