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RIP: A Remix Manifesto DVD review

Aside from the enlightenment I experienced watching the documentary RIP: A Remix Manifesto, I realized how tragic it is that I don’t have the opportunity to review more independently produced films. Viewing movies that are shaped from the sheer passion of their subject, created by talented artists motivated more by the desire to get their ….

Scorsese to direct Frank Sinatra biopic

The life and times of Frank Sinatra are coming to the big screen, in a long overdue biopic, to be directed by fellow Italian-American Martin Scorsese, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Universal has purchased a script by Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams) that’s aptly titled Sinatra. The deal comes after years of negotiations with ….

Saturday Night Fever 30th Anniversary Special Collector’s Edition Blu-ray review

The classic disco street epic Saturday Night Fever captured the essence of 1970’s Brooklyn, New York, like no other film before or since, thanks in no small part to the grounded and uncompromising direction of John Badham, who has a knack for bringing a gritty realism to solid action and comedy films like Stakeout, WarGames, ….

Grease Rockin’ Rydell Edition Blu-ray review

The hit Broadway musical Grease, became a hit film in 1978, featuring rising star John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Frankie Avalon and Stockard Channing. The movie firmly established Travolta as a versatile superstar actor and performer, and professional singer Newton-John grounded the project as a stylized musical powerhouse. While Grease may not compare with some of ….

The Soloist film review

Here’s a review of the new Jamie Foxx/Robert Downey Jr. film The Soloist, by long-time contributor Sir Charles Maye. Ok, so this is pretty tricky. This review is kinda like Lindsay Lohan – it goes both ways, so bear with me. The Soloist is about homeless, Julliard-trained cellist/violinist Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx) who’s suffering from ….

David Newman to receive Richard Kirk Award during BMI Film & TV Awards

Prolific composer David Newman will receive the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at BMI’s annual Film & Television Awards on Wednesday, May 20 in Los Angeles. Staged at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie, invitation-only dinner will also honor the composers of the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and ….

Yojiro Takita’s Departures trailer online

The trailer for Yojiro Takita’s new film Departures has premiered on Apple’s trailer site. Departures centers on Daigo (Masahiro Motoki), a cellist who becomes jobless when his symphony orchestra in Tokyo disbands. Giving up his dream of being a performer, Daigo moves back to his close-knit home town with wife Mika (Ryoko Hirosue) to reevaluate ….

New Line Records rolls out soundtrack for Seth Rogen’s Observe and Report

New Line Records will release the official soundtrack to Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ release “Observe and Report” on Tuesday, April 7. The diverse and exciting lineup features 12 songs from the film, which will be released nationwide on Friday, April 10. Writer/Director Jody Hill did not have a traditional music supervisor on the ….

New Fame movie gets a trailer

MGM has released the first trailer for the new version of Fame. The new film hits theaters on September 25th, 2009, and stars Asher Book, Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton, Kay Panabaker, Kherington Payne, Collins Pennie, Walter Perez, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Debbie Allen, Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally ….

Slumdog Millionaire Blu-ray review

Slumdog Millionaire is loosely based on the fictional novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup, which tracks the life of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who never received a formal education. After losing his mother to fanatical religious violence, Jamal (played as a teen by Dev Patel) and his ….

Win one of five copies of the live concert DVD Nickelback Live at Sturgis 2006

On March 24th, 2009, E1 Entertainment, Coming Home Media and Blue Rider Pictures will release Nickelback Live At Sturgis 2006, a hard-rockin’ set of twelve completely uncensored greatest hits recorded at the world-famous Rockin’ The Rally show in Sturgis, South Dakota. FilmFetish.com is getting our hands on five copies of this exciting live concert DVD ….

Flashdance I Love the 80’s Edition DVD review

Paramount Home Entertainment and VH1 celebrate the best films of that unforgettable decade in the second wave of the I Love the 80’s Collection. Thirty of the most memorable motion pictures released by the studio between 1980 and 1989 were released on DVD yesterday, February 3rd—all accompanied by a special bonus CD containing songs by ….

Run-DMC biopic to be penned by Notorious scribe

Cheo Hodari Coker, who wrote the script for Notorious, and has been contracted to pen the urban autos tale Lowriders, is attached to adapt Bill Adler’s book Tougher Than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC for production company DJ Classicz, which is part of Davis Entertainment. This, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The biopic will explore ….

Win a limited edition copy of My Chemical Romance cover of Bob Dylan song from Watchmen

I posted last week that Warner Records is releasing a 12” vinyl picture disc of My Chemical Romance’s powerful cover of Bob Dylan’s Desolation Row, recorded exclusively for the upcoming feature film Watchmen, tomorrow, on January 27th. Well I placed orders immediately for three copies, and I’ve decided to give away one of these ultra-cool ….

Funny Face: The Centennial Collection DVD review

One of Hollywood’s (and one of my) all-time favorite leading ladies, Audrey Hepburn, is featured in another of her most spirited and enjoyable performances in Funny Face, which returned in a brand new DVD edition on January 13th, from Paramount Home Entertainment. The majestic star headlines this newest release from the Paramount Centennial Collection, which ….