Remember Disney’s 2006 High School Musical telemovie, which, before Glee, spawned a series of sequels and, among youngsters, a minor phenomenon? Be prepared for a repeat experience – and, if you have kids, for them to repeat this new made-for-TV musical many, many times. Maia Mitchell and Ross Lynch star, in a movie that cleverly borrows the plot from the movie Pleasantville, and magically sends two modern teens into a more innocent pop-culture universe. In this case, it’s an Annette-style beach party musical. And as ideas go for a teen TV musical, golly, that’s swell.

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