The world's most successful musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera", hits the silver screen under the direction of Joel Schumacher. And does it ever hit the screen. The visuals of the film are incredible with grandiose sets, costumes and anything else you would like to look at. Phantom is not only full of great scenery, but of story and feeling. This is a fantastic adaptation of the musical and should delight anyone who has ever liked a musical.

Opera Populaire in Paris is the setting for Phantom and within its walls ing((eacute))nue Christine (Rossum) is set to star in the latest show when diva La Carlotta (Driver) abruptly quits. Christine's mysterious benefactor the Phantom (Butler), a ghostly figure haunting the wooden crevices and dankly lit underbelly of the opera house, is very pleased with this, as is Raoul (Wilson), the Populaire's patron. But as Christine and Raoul become close, the Phantom drifts further into madness as his love is taken away. Where this leads, you'll have to find out, but the ending is certainly breathtaking.