Flight

"...Directed by: Robert Zemeckis. Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood,..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Gangster

A sizzling cast and their director do a crackerjack job of nailing the look and feel of New York City's bad old days of internal corruption and outer rot.

"...Directed by: Ridley Scott. Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Ruby Dee, Chiwetel Ejiofor,..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Devil in a Blue Dress

"...Directed by: Carl Franklin. Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin,..."

Oct. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires

A Journal for Jordan

True story meets romance with an army father away from home

"...Directed by: Denzel Washington. Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams and Jalon..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Movie Review

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on The Manchurian Candidate remake's script

"...risk, possessed a great equalizer: His film would star Denzel Washington. He asked if I would read and comment..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fast, Twisted, and Deeply Paranoid

A year of notes on 'The Manchurian Candidate' remake's script

"...risk, possessed a great equalizer: His film would star Denzel Washington. He asked if I would read and comment..."

July 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Fighting Words

David Gordon Green Slams Indie Filmmakers and Snubs Cannes. Who Is This Kid, Anyway?

"...New York Times, which recently quoted Green saying that Denzel Washington's work in The Hurricane was "a phony, false..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Little Things

Washington, Malek, and Leto never mesh in this uneven police procedural

"...Directed by: John Lee Hancock. Starring: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Michael Hyatt, Natalie Morales..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Joel Coen's stark and silvery take on the Bard's revenger

"...Directed by: Joel Coen. Starring: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Alex Hassell, Corey Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson,..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

He Got Game

"...Directed by: Spike Lee. Starring: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Rosario Dawson, Milla Jovovich, Ned Beatty,..."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...Maguire, and The Preacher's Wife, an angelic romance starring Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston...."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

Traveller

"...with Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals Denzel Washington..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Screens Feature

Film News

Casting shuffles for Malick's new picture and more

"...Austin gets Pitt, Dallas dumps Travolta, Denzel pays up..."

Dec. 28, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Much Ado About Nothing

Branagh, as the film's director and star – captures Shakespeare's captivating comic romance at the peak of flavor.

"...Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson and Denzel Washington. Ripe as a midsummer melon, Kenneth Branagh's return..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Coach's Corner

To hell with the critics! Remember the Titans is a great sports movie -- the best since Rocky.

"...back tears constantly. In the end, I gave up. Denzel Washington is, as always, outstanding. Titans is, naturally, a..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Scanlines

The Hunt for Red October

"...D: Tony Scott (1995) w/ Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Viggo Mortensen, George Dzundza Das Boot..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Screens Feature

All Wrapped Up

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

"...D: Norman Jewison; with Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Unger, Liev Schreiber...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dead

Comedy about raising the dead doesn't raise too many laughs

"...detective buddy flicks, this is more like the Bob Hoskins/Denzel Washington DOA misfire Heart Condition than the silly-spooky antics..."

Sept. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Prodigy

Childhood possession horror leaves us in two minds

"...not remember movies like Child’s Play and Fallen (with Denzel Washington and John Goodman as cops chasing a body-hopping..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Max

After sufferiong trauma in Afghanistan, a heroic dog is sent stateside

"...Me. He had a big commercial success with the Denzel Washington football integration film Remember the Titans in 2000,..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Bless Me, Ultima

This honest, earnest, and naturalistic kids’ story about growing up Mexican-American in 1940s New Mexico is based on the popular book.

"...Bob Thornton, and Devil in a Blue Dress, starring Denzel Washington in the role of Walter Mosley’s detective, Easy..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film News

Austin movie crews are coming home for the holidays and should quickly unpack for frightful film fun

"...Gov. Rick Perry later pardoned most of the accused... Denzel Washington will soon direct The Great Debaters, about Melvin..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

After a Fashion

Stephen explores the similar trajectories of the lives of Martha Stewart, Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela??!

"...is garnering rave reviews for its powerhouse performances by Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, and Jon Voight in..."

July 23, 2004 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

King Arthur

In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be a warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.

"...and bowmen just don’t carry the crazy weight of Denzel Washington’s 9 mm wielding, psychopathic leader of men in..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Crimes

"...from the indie sleeper One False Move and the Denzel Washington detective noir Devil in a Blue Dress to..."

April 5, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

After a Fashion

You'd think we'd be all star-f***ed out after SXSW, but here it is, Oscar-time and we are just beside ourselves with the bold type and the dropped names! What? No silly. We said "fawned."

"...is always impeccably dressed, along with Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, Lou Gosset Jr., and Halle Berry's dreamy husband,..."

March 29, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Pelican Brief

"...Directed by: Alan J. Pakula. Starring: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard and John Lithgow. All..."

Dec. 17, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Inside Man

Although with Denzel, Jodie, and Clive in tow it would be difficult to go wrong, Spike Lee and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz have created a truly original film from various shopworn genre clichés.

"...Directed by: Spike Lee. Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe,..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Loud, abrasive, and featuring performances seemingly calibrated to be heard over the cacophonous roar of Travolta's mad, bad overacting, this is an unnecessary and ill-advised remake.

"...Directed by: Tony Scott. Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, John Turturro, James Gandolfini,..."

June 12, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Manchurian Candidate

Is it Gulf War syndrome or justified paranoia? The Manchurian Candidate thrills again.

"...Directed by: Jonathan Demme. Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Kimberly Elise, Jon Voight,..."

July 30, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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