In Cadillac Records, writer/director Darnell Martin’s ambitious attempt to capture Chess Records’ iconic era in American Music, the flaws present themselves almost as soon as the opening credits roll.

"Cadillac Records" comes from Sony Music Film, so it's no surprise that the project is more a soundtrack in search of a movie than a film about the pre-eminent blues record label of the 1950s and '60s ...

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,” ...

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 ...

From the sharecropper fields of Mississippi to the mean streets of Chicago, "Cadillac Records" tells the story of Chess Records, the groundbreaking label that crossed racial barriers and gave rise to ...

Beyonce's cover of Etta James' "At Last" will lead the soundtrack for "Cadillac Records," due Dec. 2 from Columbia. By Jonathan Cohen, Billboard, The Associated Press NEW YORK — Beyonce’s cover of ...

Jeffrey Wright does Muddy Waters justice, but Beyonc and Mos Def fall short. Just as Joaquin Phoenix did a marvelous job capturing the music and spirit of Johnny Cash in the film Walk the Line, ...

Cadillac Records is always ambitious, sometimes entertaining, but despite some great music is a disappointing new film about the early days of blues, rock and roll, racism, and the legendary record ...

“Cadillac Records” is a story about Chess Records. But it is not THE story of the Chicago label that helped birth both electric blues and rock ‘n’ roll. Every historically based film truncates, ...

Hilburn is a freelance writer. Just as Joaquin Phoenix did a marvelous job capturing the music and spirit of Johnny Cash in the film “Walk the Line,” Jeffrey Wright delivers a knockout portrayal of ...

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 ...

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 ...