Byline: R.D. Heldenfels
About 15 minutes into the new DVD of "Stomp the Yard," I could guess pretty much everything that would happen. And I still ended up watching it all the way to end.
Like the similarly designed movies "Drumline" and "Bring It On" -- not to mention the ancestral Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movies _ "Stomp the Yard" depends on style and movement more than plot and character.
And in focusing on collegiate step competitions -- a combination of dance, close-order drill and cheerleading moves -- it offers a refreshing and energizing form of entertainment. While the step sequences are sometimes shot too fancily for their own good, "Stomp the Yard" is still dramatic enough to keep …
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