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True Blood & Get On Up actor Nelsan Ellis has passed away at 39

Actor Nelsan Ellis – known for his roles on the hit HBO show TRUE BLOOD and movies like GET ON UP – has passed at the young age of 39. The result of the star's shocking passing was due to...

Posted 9 years ago

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Review: Get On Up

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: The life and times of James Brown (Chadwick Boseman) – from his painful childhood to his rise to the top of the charts. Along the way, Brown has trouble with the law as well as his own band, all...

New trailer and first poster for Get On Up starring Chadwick Boseman

Posted 12 years ago

Director Tate Taylor’s (THE HELP) James Brown biopic GET ON UP has a new trailer for you to check out. 42 star Chadwick Boseman is the Godfather of Soul in the movie that will cover the famed performers life from...

Review: Fading Gigolo

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Fioravante is a down-on-his luck, part-time florist and recently laid off clerk at a closed bookstore. With a little nudge from his ex-boss Murray, the middle-aged man finds himself entertaining wealthy women for money. REVIEW: There are a handful...

Chadwick Boseman is James Brown in the trailer for Get On Up

Posted 12 years ago

Man, it feels like yesterday when I was talking about Chadwick Boseman being cast as James Brown in GET ON UP. Now we have a trailer of the actor in action, and he looks like he’s going to own this...

Woody Allen pimps out John Turturro to Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara in the trailer for Fading Gigolo

Posted 12 years ago

John Turturro may not be the prettiest guy around but apparently he delivers. I mean, really delivers. You may already know the tale: an older man pimps out his friend in order to make some extra cash. What they didn’t...

Dan Aykroyd and Jill Scott join the James Brown biopic starring Chadwick Boseman

Posted 12 years ago

The elusive Dan Aykroyd and singer Jill Scott have joined the cast of the upcoming James Brown biopic GET ON UP, which is being produced by Mick Jagger's Jagger FIlms banner. The Tate Taylor-directed pic also stars Viola Davis, Octavia...

Woody Allen is a pimp (seriously!) in this trailer for John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo

Posted 13 years ago

Besides being a fantastic actor, John Turturro is also a decent director. He hasn't helmed that many films (his last movie was 2010's PASSIONE), but he's got a solid cast for his latest project, FADING GIGOLO. Turturro wrote the script...