Approaching the blues with the enthusiasm of an overcaffeinated brass band, helmer Darnell Martin nonetheless makes some kind of music with the percolating '50s biopic "Cadillac Records" -- mostly ...

Robinson is a freelance writer. Fans of musical dramas may experience some deja vu while watching “Cadillac Records”; the story is remarkably similar to one told in the middle of 2006’s “Dreamgirls,” ...

Cadillac Records (R) TriStar (109 min.) Directed by Darnell Martin. With Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyonce Knowles. Opens Friday at theaters in New Jersey. TWO AND A HALF STARS No other popular ...

Sex had a sound? Danger had a rhythm? I'm asking these questions because I'm not sure if I believe them. The full trailer for Sony's Cadillac Records has finally debuted and it doesn't seem that ...

The story of the roots of pop music, from rock 'n' roll to hip-hop, fuels "Cadillac Records." First on the list of its notable performances: Beyonce Knowles, as soul songstress Etta James. Knowles ...

Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright in 'Cadillac Records.' Darnell Martin could have made an entire movie about Muddy Waters. Or Etta James. Or Chuck Berry. Instead, the writer-director has made a movie ...

Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters and Columbus Short as Little Walter. By Eric Liebowitz/Sony BMG Films.In my feature about the making of *Cadillac Records,* director and screenwriter Darnell Martin’s ...

On Nov. 18, Beyonce released a double CD called "I Am ... Sasha Fierce." Now, she is following it up, less than a month later, with "I Am ... Etta James." Okay, that's not what this soundtrack for the ...

That’s the way it goes with the blues, the music’s historical chapters filled with myths and half-truths, stories getting written down only after being handed down from one generation to another. The ...

Darnell Martin’s Cadillac Records tells the story of Chicago’s Chess Records and the seminal blues artists it launched, among them Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry, and Etta ...

Good, bad, or somewhere in between, ‘Cadillac Records’ would be an enjoyable experience for someone not even watching the screen. A film about the rise of Chess Records, which recorded ...