Music at the Movies: Best Use of Music in Films of 2014

Dominic West isn’t an actor I typically associate with song and dance numbers, but he certainly is convincing when he’s given the opportunity to let loose. Pride is about as feel good as you can get with movies about miners strikes and LGBTQ rights and it starts to really hit it’s crescendo when West’s character Jonathan takes to the dance floor at a community mixer to try and liven up the towns downtrodden spirits and it succeeds in spades. His old school charm mixed with his energetic dancing to “Shame Shame Shame” allows for the film to pick up momentum and bring the two opposing groups together.