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Shall We Dance film review

In Shall We Dance?, Richard Gere plays a man in the throes of a mid-life crisis. This is new territory for the 55-year-old actor who’s always found himself opposite considerably younger leading ladies. Here, he actually plays a man his age, and is married to someone a bit more believable. Has Gere finally grown up? ….

Hollywood film releases 2005

Originally Published: February 23, 2005 Here are highlights of the remainder of Hollywood’s major film studios 2005 rosters. I am not as excited this year about Summer and more excited about Spring and Fall movies. Many films do not yet have specific release dates, some remain untitled and studio schedules are subject to change. For ….

Here is a complete Grammy Music Award winners’ list for 2008

Here is a complete list of Grammy Winners for 2008: RECORD OF THE YEAR Rehab – Amy Winehouse; Mark Ronson, producer; Tom Elmhirst, engineer/mixer; Track from: “Back To Black” [Universal Republic Records] ALBUM OF THE YEAR “River: The Joni Letters” – Herbie Hancock; Leonard Cohen, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Corinne Bailey Rae, Luciana Souza & ….

Tom Petty film to premiere at New York Film Festival

On October 14, the hotly anticipated Warner Bros. Records film “Runnin’ Down A Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” will have its first public screening. Directed by cinema legend Peter Bogdanovich (“The Last Picture Show”), “Runnin’ Down A Dream” has been selected to close the 2007 New York Film Festival. “Runnin’ Down A Dream” tells ….

IMAX to release of Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light

IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment and Concert Productions announced that the highly anticipated Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese, will be released to IMAX(R) theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on September 21, 2007. Shine A Light will be digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image ….

Caribbean Heritage Organization pays tribute to Suzanne de Passe

In its first Tribute to Hollywood and the Arts, the Caribbean Heritage Organization (CHO), commemorating Caribbean-American Heritage Month, honored legendary television and film producer, Suzanne de Passe, Saturday, June 23, at the Museum of History in Los Angeles. CHO presented de Passe the Legacy Award. In her speech to a crowd of approximately 200 friends, family, and ….

Jordan to helm rock horror

According to Variety, filmmaker Neil Jordan (Breakfast on Pluto, The Good Thief, Mona Lisa, The Crying Game) will adapt and direct the thriller Heart-Shaped Box for Warner Bros. Akiva Goldsman is producing the adaptation. Heart-Shaped Box is based on the book of the same name by Joe Hill, who is the son of horror icon ….

Unscripted with the stars of Black Snake Moan

Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci get even closer than in the film, during an ‘Unscripted’ interview with each other. Black Snake Moan hits theaters today. It revolves around a God-fearing bluesman (Jackson), who takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks for love, but never finds it. See the video ….

Bono’s Across the Universe trailer online

Sony has posted the trailer for the upcoming exotic musical Across the Universe, which stars Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Eddie Izzard and musician Bono. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, Revolution Studios’ Across the Universe is an original movie musical springing from the imagination of renowned director Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus, and the ….

New Clip from Dreamgirls

There’s a great new exclusive clip from Dreamgirls online. The film will be in theaters on December 15, 2006, in limited release, then go wide on Christmas Day. Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Sharon Leal and Hinton Battle star in the star studded holiday film. Take a look at the new ….