What's Love Got to Do With it

"...Directed by: Brian Gibson. Starring: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Rae'Ven Kelly, Jennifer..."

June 18, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

"...Directed by: Kevin Sullivan. Starring: Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs, Whoopi Goldberg and Michael Pagan. Blessed..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Vampire in Brooklyn

"...Directed by: Wes Craven. Starring: Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison and Zakes Mokae. Horror..."

Oct. 27, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sunshine State

"...Steenburgen, James McDaniel, Timothy Hutton, Mary Alice, Ralph Waite, Angela Bassett and Edie Falco. Having resisted the temptation to..."

Aug. 2, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Supernova

"...Robin Tunney, Peter Facinelli, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robert Forster, Angela Bassett and James Spader. How bad is it? Very..."

Jan. 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Nativity

Kasi Lemmons’ adaptation of this Langston Hughes work is a muddled church-time reverie.

"...Directed by: Kasi Lemmons. Starring: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jacob Latimore, Jennifer Hudson, Tyrese Gibson, Mary J...."

Nov. 29, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Jumping the Broom

This urban family rom-com actually has something interesting to say about race and romance.

"...Directed by: Salim Akil. Starring: Paula Patton, Angela Bassett, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine, Meagan Good, Tasha Smith,..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mr. 3000

This Bernie Mac baseball flick is standard genre fare.

"...Directed by: Charles Stone III. Starring: Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett, Michael Rispoli, Brian J. White, Paul Sorvino, Chris..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Tyler Perry's latest feel-good drama about African-American family relationships scores its best casting with Angela Bassett in the lead, but otherwise falls prey to Perry's slipshod filmmaking technique.

"...Directed by: Tyler Perry. Starring: Tyler Perry, Angela Bassett, David Mann, Tamela J. Mann, Rick Fox, Lance..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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"...VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYND: Wes Craven; with Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, Zakes Mokae. (R, 103..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

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"...VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYND: Wes Craven; with Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, Zakes Mokae. (R, 103..."

Oct. 27, 1995 News Feature

Olympus Has Fallen

It''s Die Hard at the White House as a lone man battles the terrorists who take the building with diabolical force.

"...Eckhart, Dylan McDermott, Rick Yune, Morgan Freeman, Melissa Leo, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Finley Jacobsen, Ashley Judd and Radha..."

March 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

This Means War

Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, and Chris Pine star in this romcom about two CIA agents who fall for the same gal.

"...Chris Pine, Til Schweiger, John Paul Ruttan, Chelsea Handler, Angela Bassett, Abigail Spencer and Jenny Slate...."

Feb. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

What's Love Got To Do With It

"...D: Brian Gibson (1993); with Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, James Reyne, Vanessa Bell, Richard T...."

March 23, 2001 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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"...VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYND: Wes Craven; with Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, Zakes Mokae. (R, 103..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Larry Charles, Dylan's Director, Un-'Masked'

He's not Bob Dylan. He's Bob Dylan's director.

"...A-Changin'" a cappella), and almost as many movie stars (Angela Bassett, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, John Goodman, Ed Harris,..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Bumblebee

Transformers spin-off is (checks notes) wait ... good?

"...Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Megyn Price, John Cena, Justin Theroux, Angela Bassett, Pamela Adlon, Grey Griffin, Peter Cullen and Marcella..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Notorious

In Notorious, the life of hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace, aka Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, assumes the shape of the standard biopic formula.

"...Directed by: George Tillman Jr.. Starring: Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Anthony Mackie, Antonique Smith, Naturi Naughton,..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Score

"...Oz. Starring: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer and Paul Soles. The possibilities were..."

July 13, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Music of the Heart

"...Jay O. Sanders, Josh Pais, Gloria Estefan, Cloris Leachman, Angela Bassett, Aidan Quinn and Meryl Streep. In yet another..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Strange Days

"...Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Richard Edson..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Park, John Irving's The Cider House Rules, Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair, David..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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"...STRANGE DAYSD: Kathryn Bigelow; with Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Richard Edson,..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

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"...STRANGE DAYSD: Kathryn Bigelow; with Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Richard Edson,..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar revels in his New York state of mind, having just visited our noble Big Apple. Come along for the ride.

"...Sayles' new film The Sunshine State, starring the incredible Angela Bassett... Sister Margaret accompanied me to a downtown firehouse..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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Sneaking Into Summer

"...Woods, Tom Skerritt, David Morse, William Fichtner, Rob Lowe, Angela Bassett...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Macbeth's Myriad of Misfortunes

The Scottish Play – still cursed after all these years

"...1998, in the Off-Broadway production starring Alec Baldwin and Angela Bassett, Baldwin somehow sliced open the hand of his..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Andy Serkis and Florence Kasumba...."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Magna Carda

"...interest on the Jonny Huggins-assisted "Impressions." Bouncy lead single "Angela Bassett" rings a low-key, passive-aggressive battle rap: "Sitting at..."

July 15, 2016 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

London Has Fallen

This jingoistic blow-’em-up takes no prisoners

"...Babak Najafi. Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Alon Moni Aboutboul, Waleed Zuaiter, Melissa Leo, Jackie..."

March 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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