Based on the start of Chess Records in Chicago, Cadillac Records is coming out this week, Dec. 5. Since posting on this movie last year, I’d forgotten about it, so good to see it coming so soon.
No clue how good the story will be, but I’m going for the sake of the soundtrack and the [...]
30 Nov 2008 boolz 2 comments
It’s got a plot that’s rolling paper thin, but in some ways, that works in its favor. The boy meets girl story of “Across the Universe” is just a stringing device to link every 60’s cultural and political touchstone imaginable. But the (generally) well-done Beatles covers and whacked-out staging save it from being just [...]
23 Nov 2007 what 10 comments
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Don’t know what the movie will be like, but the soundtrack ought to kill: Sony BMG is doing a feature film on the guys behind Chess Records, with Matt Dillon set to play Leonard Chess. This label launched people like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Chuck Berry, to name [...]
19 Nov 2007 what 4 comments