You'd be better off catching up on possible Oscar contenders such as Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, or even Bolt if you're planning a trip to the pictures this weekend.
But if you must do the opening-weekend thing, your best bet is Cadillac Records, a fictionalized history of Chicago-based Chess Records, home to R&B artists such as [...]

The District-born, St. Albans-educated Jeffrey Wright may have chosen to be more character actor than leading man since his breakout performance as the titular artist in 1996's Basquiat.
But he's sure been a busy one: This fall alone, you can see Wright portray a reticent Colin Powell (W.), an even more reticent CIA agent (Quantum [...]