Biography

Michael Jackson’s This Is It to come preloaded free on new Samsung hard drive

Samsung Electronics yesterday announced that the Samsung S2 Portable, a fully transportable external hard drive, will be pre-loaded with the recently released tribute movie Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Timed with the home video release of Michael Jackson’s This Is It, the pre-loaded external HDD will be available at major European retailers beginning on February ….

Win one of two copies of The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After on DVD

The History Channel recently released the compelling documentary The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After on DVD. The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After documents one of our nation’s greatest tragedies from an entirely new perspective. To celebrate the new release, FilmFetish is giving away two copies of the DVD to readers. PLEASE NOTE: To be considered ….

Soul music legend Bill Withers to appear for Q&A on Still Bill

Soul music legend Bill Withers will be appearing in person tonight and tomorrow at the 6:55pm and 8:50pm screenings of Still Bill, the documentary that profiles his life and career. Still Bill is the story of a 33-year-old Navy vet from Slab Fork, WV, who became, almost overnight, a ’70s soul legend, Still Bill is ….

Robert Redford to direct historical crime drama The Conspirator

Robert Redford is developing and will direct a film titled The Conspirator, a historical crime drama about Mary Suratt, according to THR. Suratt was one of the conspirators convicted of plotting President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. James Solomon (The Bronx is Burning) wrote the script. According to official history, widow and boarding house owner Mary Suratt ….

Story of the original ‘American Pimp’ coming to theaters

Entourage executive producer Rob Weiss, along with producers Mitch Davis, Ryan Drexler and Andrew Left, have nabbed feature film rights to Robert “Iceberg Slim” Beck’s autobiography Pimp: The Story of My Life, according to THR. Beck, who was born into poverty, had an I.Q. of 175 and studied at The Tuskegee Institute, before leaving school ….

The Soloist Blu-ray review

The Soloist follows the story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a musically gifted schizophrenic homeless man, and Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), a Los Angeles Times writer who attempted to restore Ayers’ inner-talents and lead him back to a path of personal and musical success. The film transcends its own emotionally draining story-line, with a ….

Will Mesrine be the French Scarface? Watch these clips and decide for yourself

Jacques Mesrine, last of the great French gangsters, was declared France’s Public Enemy Number One during his lifetime. He regularly finished on top among the list of newsmakers in opinion polls. His spectacular death, shot full of holes by police at close range at the center of Paris in 1979, put the crowning touch on ….

Michael Jackson film on the way, based on concert rehearsal footage

Sony Pictures is closing in on a deal to release a feature film on Michael Jackson, working primarily from the 80 hours of rehearsal footage shot for the concerts Jackson was preparing to perform in London, according to Variety. The film will feature at least three videos, including an alternative version of Jackson’s Thriller, which ….