Category Archives: Denzel

Safe House (Review)

Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA field operative without any emphasis on the second bit. Stuck monitoring dials and screens that don’t move, watching phones that don’t ring and lights that never flash, Weston wants a transfer out to … Continue reading

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Mo’ Better Blues (Review)

Spike Lee is at his most indulgent with Mo’ Better Blues, a vanity project that at times is like an over dramatic play. The film is peppered with his influences, New York sports, music, his own inability to act. Mo’ … Continue reading

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Inside Man (Review)

Inside ‘Inside Man’ is a bland one note heist movie desperate to bore audiences. Thankfully this generic formula flick is quelled by quality acting and an especially stylish yet subdued directing effort by Spike Lee. At its core Inside man … Continue reading

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Ricochet (Review)

Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) is an ambitious up and coming policeman studying law with an eye on entering the legal system sooner rather than later. His big break occurs when another similarly ambitious man – albeit in another field of … Continue reading

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The Siege (Review)

The Siege was released in 1998. It most likely was released on DVD sometime in 99 or at the latest 2000. It stars ever reliable Denzel Washington and one of my favourite actors Bruce Willis. I must’ve seen the DVD … Continue reading

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Fallen (Review)

Someone saw The First Power a couple decades back and thought “Gee if you throw a ‘Name’ actor in the mix and some hooky stuff and you’ve got a hit!”. Well not so fast Chief, I’m not sure how profitable … Continue reading

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Man on Fire (Review)

At the opening of this film we are told that kidnapping for ransom in much of South America is less a crime than an occupation for some. A business transaction if you will. We are also told that many of … Continue reading

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Unstoppable (Review)

Math quiz! Question: If two trains are on the same track heading toward each other at speed, assuming they obey every runaway train cliché in the book and have several near misses along the way…How entertaining is the movie about … Continue reading

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The Book Of Eli (Review)

With the writer’s strike and the Global Financial Crisis occurring within 2 years of each other the word was that Hollywood would only make the big guaranteed crowd pleasers, no more taking a punt on the little picture of the … Continue reading

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Deja Vu (Review)

I’ll make the obligatory joke early: It seems that I’ve reviewed this before somewhere… (Now I have a machine-gun.) Ho. Ho. Ho. Denzel seems to appeal to everyone, Mums & Dads gain some sort of comfort from watching him, women … Continue reading

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