Cadillac Records movie trailer

Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Chess Records and the legendary recording artists that made up its stable of performers. In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, the movie follows the exciting and turbulent lives of some of America’s musical icons, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, ….

Clint Eastwood brings Dirty Harry to the suburbs in Gran Torino

Below is the trailer for Clint Eastwood’s first acting role since his Oscar-winning turn in Million Dollar Baby. The film is called Gran Torino, and it revolves around a veteran who must face a changing world as he tries to reform his neighbor’s teenaged son, who attempted to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino. He ….

Variety continues LA and NYC screening series

Variety recently started its sixth annual Los Angeles Screening Series and the first-ever New York Screening Series. The L.A. Screening Series kicked off with a showing of Sony Pictures Classics Rachel Getting Married, followed by a Q&A with stars Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie Dewitt as well as writer Jenny Lumet. The New York Screening Series opened ….

The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration Blu-ray review

Paramount Pictures recently released a meticulous restoration of director Francis Ford Coppola’s Academy Award-winning classic films The Godfather Parts I through III, which was overseen by Coppola himself. The first two films have been fully restored, along with a newly remastered version of The Godfather Part III. All three films are currently available individually or in a five-DVD collection, as ….

CSI Season Eight on DVD this week

This tuesday, October 14th, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment will release the eighth season of the hit series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on DVD. The fast-paced drama is about a passionate team of forensic investigators trained to solve crimes the old-fashioned way – by examining the evidence. To celebrate the release of the ….

Forest Whitaker to direct and star in Louis Armstrong biopic

Variety reports that Forest Whitaker will direct and star in the film What a Wonderful World, a biopic on musician Louis Armstrong. Paris-based Legende, the company behind La Vie en rose, is producing the film, alongside Edward R. Pressman, and Oscar Cohen, executive of the Armstrong estate and the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. Ron Bass ….

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street coming on Blu-ray

On October 21st, Paramount Home Entertainment will release the Golden Globe winning cinematic masterpiece from Director Tim Burton Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on Blu-ray. Re-imagined by legendary director Tim Burton and starring Golden Globe winner (and Academy Award nominated) actor Johnny Depp, Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning Broadway hit never looked and ….

TV drama Crash first episode online for free in advance of premiere date

Starz new original series based on the Oscar-winning film Crash, premieres on October 17, 2008. In advance of the upcoming premiere, producers of the TV drama have posted the entire first episode online, at the show’s official website. Not an extended trailer, the entire premiere episode. Crash is a provocative new 13-episode drama series premiering ….

Swedish vampire horror Let the Right One In trailer and film details

This is the same film that Cloverfield director Matt Reeves is possibly remaking, with J.J. Abrams producing. The original festival hit is being released in the U.S. by Magnet Releasing, on October 24, 2008. Genre: horror drama Country: Sweden aka: Lat den ratte komma in Director: Tomas Alfredson Cast: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, ….