Get On Up GET ON UP (2014) Starring Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Jill Scott, Craig Robinson, Keith Robinson, Octavia Spencer, Brandon Smith, Lennie James, Fred Melamed, Josh Hopkins, Tika Sumpter, Aunjanue Ellis, Tariq Trotter, Aloe Blacc, Nick Eversman, J.D. Evermore, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, John Benjamin Hickey and Allison Janney. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. Directed by Tate Taylor. Distributed by Universal Picture

Chadwick Boseman and Octavia Spencer at the New York Press Conference for “Get On Up.” Photo by Brad Balfour copyright 2014. Chadwick Boseman, Octavia Spencer, Nelsan Ellis, Jill Scott, Dan Aykroyd, Mick Jagger, Tate Taylor and Brian Grazer In This Cinematic Telling Soul Godfather James Brown Taught Us How to Get On Up by Brad Balfour Though by no means a perfect film or conventional biopic, the recently released Get On Up wrangles with the complicated life of one of pop musi

Fading Gigolo FADING GIGOLO (2014) Starring John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara, Bob Balaban, Jill Scott, Max Casella, Aida Turturro, Michael Badalucco, Eugenia Kuzmina, David Margulies, Katherine Borowitz and Loan Chabanol. Screenplay by John Turturro. Directed by John Turturro. Distributed by Millennium Entertainment. 90 minutes. Rated R. It’s not very often that you find a movie which explores both male prostitution and

Baggage Claim BAGGAGE CLAIM (2013) Starring Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Taye Diggs, Jill Scott, Adam Brody, Jenifer Lewis, Djimon Hounsou, Boris Kodjoe, Tremaine Neverson, Ned Beatty, La Anthony, Christina Milian, Lauren London, Rickey Smiley, Thomas Miles and Tia Mowry. Screenplay by David E. Talbert. Directed by David E. Talbert. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 93 minutes. Rated PG-13. It is so rare to find a really good romantic comedy these days that you want to fo