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• New 'American Gangster' Trailer

  Published: August 24, 2007, 11:32 am

  Tags: American Gangster, American Gangster Trailer, Americangangster, Americangangstertrailer, Cinematical, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Film, Movies, Ridley Scott, Ridleyscott, Russell Crowe, Russellcrowe

  Filed under: Drama, Trailer TrashThere seems to be a trend recently to share the stories of the tough, African American heroin dealers from 1970's Harlem. Earlier this month, we got a trailer for Mr. Untouchable, a doc about the rise and fall of Nicky Barnes. And, as you might have noticed, we're also about to see Denzel Washington take on the

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• Denzel Washington and Tony Scott will Reunite for 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three,' Sources Say

  Published: September 23, 2007, 1:03 pm

  Tags: American Gangster, Americangangster, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Remake, Ridley Scott, Ridleyscott, Strike, The Great Debaters, The Warriors, Thegreatdebaters, Thewarriors, Tony Scott, Tonyscott, Walter Matthau, Waltermatthau

  Filed under: Action & Adventure, Thrillers, Casting, Deals, Sony, RumorMonger, Remakes and SequelsIt seems that director Tony Scott can't get enough of remakes -- and Denzel Washington, for that matter. Sources for Entertainment Weekly are reporting that Washington and Scott are in negotiations to re-team for the remake of the 1974 action

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• Junket Report: American Gangster

  Published: October 30, 2007, 5:02 am

  Tags: American Gangster, Americangangster, Common, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Ridley Scott, Ridleyscott, Russell Crowe, Russellcrowe

  Filed under: Action & Adventure, Drama, Universal, Interviews The drug scene in 1970s Harlem is the subject of two new films this month -- Marc Levin's Mr. Untouchable, a documentary of gangster Nicky Barnes and American Gangster, Ridley Scott's big-budget drama about the biggest rival to Barnes, Frank Lucas. As Denzel Washington himself

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• Box Office: To Bee Or Not To Bee

  Published: October 31, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: American Gangster, Americangangster, Bee Movie, Beemovie, Cinema, Cinematical, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerryseinfeld, John Cusack, Johncusack, Martian Child, Martianchild, Movies, Renee Zellweger, Reneezellweger, Ridley Scott, Ridleyscott, Russe

  Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Box Office, Family Films, Box Office PredictionsAs expected, Saw IV continued the franchise's tradition of tearing it up at the Halloween box office, and Dan in Real Life took second place, placating audiences looking for something milder. The only thing that kept me from a perfect score on my

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• Review: American Gangster

  Published: November 1, 2007, 4:02 pm

  Tags: American Gangster, Americangangster, Cinematical, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Ridley Scott, Ridleyscott, Russell Crowe, Russellcrowe

  Filed under: Drama, New Releases, Universal, Theatrical Reviews Directed by Ridley Scott, American Gangster is a big, blue-toned bruiser of a crime epic, telling the true story of 1970's Harlem crime lord Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) and Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), the Jersey cop who brought him down. Scott's working with rich, real

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• 'The Great Debaters' Trailer Hits the Net

  Published: November 6, 2007, 8:02 am

  Tags: Denzel Washington, Denzel Whitaker, Denzelwashington, Denzelwhitaker, Forest Whitaker, Forestwhitaker, Kimberly Elise, Kimberlyelise, Melvin B Tolson, Melvinb Tolson, The Great Debaters, Thegreatdebaters

  Filed under: Drama, Movie Marketing, Trailers and ClipsWhen the passionate, inspirational teacher and poet stands on a desk, you know he means business. Robin Williams did it as John Keating in Dead Poets Society, and now Denzel Washington is doing it as Melvin B. Tolson in the latest educational drama, The Great Debaters. A trailer has finally

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• Forest Whitaker to produce new gangster series

  Published: November 6, 2007, 10:10 am

  Tags: Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Forest Whitaker, Forestwhitaker, Leroy Barnes, Marc Levin, Marclevin, Mr Untouchable, Mruntouchable, Showtime

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, DocumentaryHave you seen American Gangster? Did you love it? Then Forest Whitaker has a show for you. Whitaker has made a deal with Showtime to executive produce a new series called Mr. Untouchable, detailing the life of Harlem gangster Leroy "Nicky" Barnes. Currently, Cuba Gooding Jr. is portraying

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• When Filming Locations Confuse

  Published: November 13, 2007, 5:02 am

  Tags: American Gangster, Americangangster, Brooklyn, Cinematical, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Film, Filming Locations, Filminglocations, Movie, Ridley Scott, Ridleyscott, Russell Crowe, Russellcrowe, Williamsburg

  Filed under: New Releases, UniversalLast week I went to see American Gangster and had a terrible problem figuring out where certain scenes were supposed to be taking place. Basically, I kept seeing familiar Brooklyn locations and assuming the scenes took place in Brooklyn. But in reality these scenes were supposed to be accepted as being in New

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• SAG Announces Nominees

  Published: December 20, 2007, 7:02 am

  Tags: American Gangster, Americangangster, Catherine Keener, Catherinekeener, Cinematical, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Ellen Page, Ellenpage, Emile Hirsch, Emilehirsch, Film, Hal Holbrook, Halholbrook, Into The Wild, Intothewild, Javier Bardem, Javierbardem, Josh Brolin

  Filed under: Drama, Awards, Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Oscar Watch, Cinematical IndieFor some horrible reason Josh Brolin continues to be left out of the awards season party this year, despite his terrific performances in No Country for Old Men, American Gangster and In the Valley of Elah (he was also in Planet Terror, the Robert

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• Review: The Great Debaters

  Published: December 25, 2007, 9:02 am

  Tags: Denzel Washington, Denzel Whitaker, Denzelwashington, Denzelwhitaker, Forest Whitaker, Forestwhitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Jurneesmollett, Nate Parker, Nateparker, Oprah Winfrey, Oprahwinfrey, The Great Debaters, Thegreatdebaters

  Filed under: Drama, New Releases, Theatrical Reviews, The Weinstein Co.When you think of the classic 'sports movie' formula, you probably run through your favorite baseball or football movies, but make no mistake: Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters is every bit the sports flick that Hoosiers, The Natural and Remember the Titans are. It's only

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• Jon Cryer in for Giant Letdown?

  Published: January 16, 2008, 11:25 am

  Tags: Ben Affleck, Benaffleck, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, John Mayer, Johnmayer, Jon Cryer, Joncryer, Kate Winslet, Katewinslet, Lindsay Lohan, Lindsaylohan, Will I Am

  Filed under: Star CatcherTMZ.com: Sitcom dad Jon Cryer went out on a limb last night -- predicting the Giants were going to beat the Packers and go on to the Super Bowl. Brett Favre, anyone?Also in L.A.: Stratocaster master John Mayer didn't mind signing autographs outside of... Read more

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• Pics from 'Pelham 123'

  Published: April 28, 2008, 10:02 am

  Tags: Cinematical, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, The Taking Of Pelham 123, The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three, Thetakingofpelham123, Thetakingofpelhamonetwothree, Walter Matthau, Waltermatthau

  Filed under: Drama, Remakes and Sequels, ImagesWhen putting together a remake, the powers that be usually find similar actors to fill the roles once immortalized by someone else. But sometimes, we get people entirely different. As we have heard, there's a remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three coming our way, titled The Taking of Pelham 123.

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• Tom Cruise in Talks to Play President in '28th Amendment'?

  Published: May 16, 2008, 11:32 am

  Tags: 28th Amendment, 28thamendment, American Pastoral, Americanpastoral, Denzel Washington, Denzelwashington, Dirt Music, Dirtmusic, Mary Queen Of Scots, Maryqueenofscots, Phillip Noyce, Phillipnoyce, The Art Of Making Mo, Theartofmakingmo, Tom Cruise, Tomcruise

  Filed under: Thrillers, Casting, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger, Tom CruiseLuckily for Tom Cruise, the latest rumors surrounding him have nothing to do with Valkyrie -- for once, there's some good news for the much-maligned movie star (a round of applause, please, if you will). Yesterday, Moviehole confirmed reports that Cruise is in talks to star

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