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HOWL Directors’ Next Biopic Tackles Linda Lovelace

January 25, 2010 Rich Drees

Even while their debut feature Howl, a biopic of beat poet Allen Ginsberg, is unspooling at the Sundance Film Festival this week, directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have already lined up their next project [click for more]

Julian Temple Working On Kinks BioPic

December 3, 2009 Rich Drees

The seminal British rock band The Kinks are about to become celluloid heroes. Director Julien Temple, who has earned his rock and roll film cred by helming The Great Rock N’ Roll Swindle and the [click for more]

Friday Flashback: Ritchie Valens In GO, JOHNNY, GO!

January 30, 2009 Rich Drees

Next Tuesday, February 3, marks the 50th Anniversary of the first tragic deaths to occur in the burgeoning rock and roll genre. A small plane took off from a Fargo, North Dakota airport. Aboard it [click for more]

Weekend Releases: January 16

January 15, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

Defiance (Paramount Vantage, 1,789 theaters, 137 minutes, Rated R): Expanding from its NY, LA new year’s eve opening, this film gets a wider release this week. And thank goodness for it, because it adds a [click for more]

Steve McQueen BioPic In The Works

January 14, 2009 Rich Drees

Steve McQueen may be coming back to the big screen in the form of a biopic that will chronicle the iconic star’s Hollywood career. Variety is reporting that Producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters have [click for more]

A WONDERFUL WORLD For Forest Whitaker

October 8, 2008 Rich Drees

Forest Whitaker will be directing and starring in What A Wonderful World, a biopic of jazz pioneering trumpet player Louis Armstrong. Although Armstrong has appeared as himself in a handful of films – noteably High [click for more]

New Trailer For W

September 28, 2008 Rich Drees

If all the hubbub leading up to this past Friday’s first Presidental Debate was not enough to whet your political whistle, this weekend sees the release from Lionsgate of the final trailer for Oliver Stone’s George [click for more]