Topic: Leonard Chess
There are some fundamental problems with the movie Cadillac Records, which has been sold to audiences as a biopic about Etta James only because of the appearance of Beyonce Knowles of which this movie most definitely is not a biopic about Etta ...
One of the world's great inventions wasthe VCR player and, of course, the video cassette to play. I had to gvie it a try, I mean when you havea movie that features the music of Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, LittleWalter, Chuck ...
Home to musical performers such as Chuck Berry, Etta James, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, and known world wide for some of the most memorable songs in the genres of Blues, R& B, and Rock and Roll, Chess Records is known as ...
Even if you can miraculously avoid comparing this take on rock & roll record maker Leonard Chess (Nivola) to 2008's similar Cadillac Records, Jerry Zaks's lukewarm biopic still won't get your fingers snapping; it'd be a runt in any litter. Granted, this life-and-times adaptation doesn't rely on celebrity stunt-casting, but it also lacks any of the heat, heart or soul associated with ...
Four Christmases,' a holiday comedy starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, led the North American box office for a second weekend on Sunday, while the spotlight shifted to a handful of Oscar hopefuls playing in limited release. Former chart-topper 'Twilight' moved up ...
Music biopic `Cadillac Records' plays song you've heard countless times beforeDarnell Martin could have made an entire movie about Muddy Waters. Or Chuck Berry.Instead, the writer-director has made a movie about all of them with "Cadillac Records," cramming their complicated ...
