This was the last film in which both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes starred in before their passing, so I suspect that it will have pretty good numbers at the box office when it’s released.

Release Date: November 7, 2008

Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Affion Crockett, P.J. Byrne, Jennifer Coolidge, Sean Hayes, Isaac Hayes, John Legend, Adam Herschman, Fatso Fasano, Jackie Long

Synopsis: The two remaining members of the popular soul band, The Real Deal, from the 1970′s, Floyd Henderson, now a retired businessman, and ne’er-do-well, ex-convict, Louis Hinds, take a road trip to the Apollo Theater for a musical tribute to their recently deceased front man, Marcus Hook. As they travel cross country in a series of adventures and misdventures, they air old grievances about thirty year old betrayals and learn the music’s still in them.

I’m not much on watching military films.  A Soldier’s Story, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket are about the only war films I’ll watch over and over.  But the Spike Lee directed film, Miracle at St. Anna, set for release this month, has damn sure piqued my interest

Release Date: September 26, 2008

Cast: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo, Joseph Gordon Levitt,

Synopsis: “Miracle at St. Anna” chronicles the story of four black American soldiers who are members of the US Army as part of the all-black 92nd “Buffalo Soldier” Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines and separated from their unit after one of them risks his life to save an Italian boy.