The holiday box office reports are in and America’s appetite for Helen Mirren is insatiable! Sadly, however, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story was ignored by audiences. Admittedly, I’ve yet to see it - but after the tons of lavish promotions and favorable reviews I refuse to believe it’s not one of the funniest movies of the year. I’m planning on helping its box office numbers by taking in a screening or five ASAP and encourage you to stop watching your DVD of The Queen and go see Walk Hard with your friends.

Need more convincing? Maybe this once-in-a-lifetime all-star performance of “Walk Hard” will help change your mind! It features Ghostface slow-rapping while Jewel yodels in the background!

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Ghostface Killah, Jackson Browne, Jewel and Lyle Lovett - “Walk Hard”

Check out the trailer below for the upcoming documentary Young@Heart (out on 4.18.08), which follows a Senior Citizen Chorus who has delighted audiences worldwide by performing covers of everyone from The Clash to OutKast to Radiohead. Sounds like an awesome This American Life segment, no? With an average age of 80, Y@H courageously tackle some unexpected tunes and give whole new meanings to familiar lyrics.

An amazing example is the below clip of Y@H’s Fred Knittle performing Coldplay’s “Fix You”. This song was intended to be a duet between Fred and another chorus member, Bob Salvini. A week before the performance, Bob sadly died of a heart attack and Fred (who suffers from congestive heart failure) was left to carry the song on his own. Echoing Josh Cash’s take on “Hurt,” this performance could be used as a litmus test for the human soul.

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Apple has posted the trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light, the director’s delayed Rolling Stones concert doc that is now set for release on April 8, 2008. Following No Direction Home, this new musical doc looks like another must-see film this Spring. Also makes one really anxious to see Scorsese’s upcoming take on the life of George Harrison. I’ll post the trailer for Shine a Light below, but recommend heading over to Apple to view it in beautiful QuickTime.

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Want to know what Bill Murray whispered to Scarlett Johansson at the end of Lost in Translation? He didn’t reveal that he was actually a ghost or that Gwyneth Paltrow’s head was in the box. The classic ending may be better left up to your imagination, but if you must know you’ll be happy that someone has digitally processed the scene to reveal Murray’s whisper. Personally, I dig his final lines but want to know what you think. (Thanks to Pop Candy for the heads up…)

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If you’re curious to hear what Johnny Depp sounds like as Sondheim’s Demon Barber of Fleet Street, here’s your opportunity - full songs from the upcoming Sweeney Todd film are now streaming on the movie’s website. The first critics’ screening apparently went really well with some hailing the flick as brilliant. So, if wrapping your mind around a musical Depp is difficult, you may want check out Sweeney’s songs a bit early.