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Quick on the heels of his latest box office blockbuster, Denzel Washington assures us, “There’s no Frank Lucas in my Mel Tolson.” The iconic actor emphasizes that, despite the overwhelming success of “American Gangster,” his upcoming film, “The Great Debaters,” holds a special place among his immense body of work.As only the second film Washington has directed (the first was the critically praised “Antwone Fisher”), “The Great Debaters?...
Emmy-award Winning Actor Alec Baldwin
...says Reilly. “My favorite thing about playing Dewey was getting to be a rock star. He had a goofy optimism and he wouldn’t let himself get too down about anything.” But the role still offered challenges for the actor: “It was also fun to play someone who had a narcissistic side and who was clueless about the real world.” When looking for a role, Reilly says he looks for new opportunities to practice his craft. “I like stuff I haven?...
...spectacularly, is analogous to the one the new film of the same name faces. “The Kite Runner” is a subtitled film in a language (Dari, the dialect of Farsi spoken in Afghanistan) foreign to most moviegoers; its cast list is populated by no-name actors. Fortunately, the movie largely lives up to the expectations that readers of Hosseini’s book will have. The selling point of the movie is the plot, which chronicles the life of an Afghani boy, Amir, and his best friend, a young servant-boy named Hassan. The two friends...
...frantic Sumerian-speaker. Otherwise, when called upon for subtle acting in normal conversations, her performance becomes lifeless. Such difficulties may be linked to the fact that English is not the mother tongue of this German/Romanian actress. The language barrier may also account for the usually exceptional Swiss actor Bruno Ganz’s flat depiction. “Youth Without Youth,” an ambitious film, falls short of success. Coppola tries to compensate for the lack of a coherent storyline and weak performances with grand dramatic music and cinematography, but nothing can mask the disappointing shape...