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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Denzel Washington
Oscars 2002: Somebody make it stop!
It's the Oscars of Defensiveness (TM): Four-plus hours in which Hollywood tries to pretend it's not racist -- and Tom Cruise is revealed as that Scary Flaming Eye from "Lord of the Rings."
"John Q."
Denzel Washington in a gripping drama about the travesty of American healthcare? Nope -- just another movie about a guy with a gun.
"Remember the Titans"
Denzel Washington puts the fascism back in football.
"The Hurricane"
Denzel Washington is stellar as Rubin Carter; too bad the story around him lapses into predictable drama.
"The Bone Collector"
There's not much depth in this serial-killer thriller, but it gets the creepy atmospherics and forensic details just right.
Winners and losers
Why have so many actors who've won Oscars seen their careers tank?
"Beauty" pageant
Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed.
Black and white and taboo all over
Hollywood is more phobic than ever about interracial love, but now it's blacks who are putting on the brakes.
Price of fame
Puffy was there, and the Goo Goo Dolls, and I almost ran over Kurt Loder. But everyone was working. So, all of a sudden, we missed the lame party with the imported transvestites.
"The Hurricane"
Denzel Washington's knockout performance wins over an otherwise flat-footed film. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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