Ken Hill's "Phantom of the Opera" began its life in 1976, ten years before the famous Lloyd Webber musical opened on the West End. It was a stage adaptation which played at a seaside pier theatre, and was then forgotten until eight years later, when Hi...

I liked Emmy Rossum, was amazed by Raoul, liked the way they did most things, loved a few; was disappointed by Butler's singing, thought his acting was pretty good overall, at times excellent, too many times not good enough (my husband liked him more than I did); and will never forgive Andrew Lloyd Webber or Joel Schumacher for the dumb moronic offensive awful changes they made to Erik's background and character.

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Author and fan Suzy McKee Charnas' review of the Phantom movie is now online.Charnas is a professional writer who has written a number of Phantom pieces, and was also one of the most thought-provoking and interesting posters on Usenet, and the POTO mai...