Tony Scott’s new drama with Fox, “Unstoppable,” hit a snag a couple of weeks ago when long-time collaborator, Denzel Washington, pulled out of the project. But it looks like the film may just live up to its name. Variety reports that Washington has is back on track to star in the pic. Pre-production has already [...]
In its purest form, the relationship between actor and director can be a sacred thing–a symbiosis that yields transcendent results. Whether it’s Scorsese-De Niro, Ford-Wayne, Kazan-Brando, or Hitchcock-Stewart, the mention of one invariably invokes thoughts of the other. But what happens when half of a particular tandem fails to match the talent of the other? [...]
John Travolta. What a guy. This enigma of an actor has been in some of cinema’s all-time greats (“Pulp Fiction”) and all-time embarrassments (“Battlefield Earth”). And in each endeavor, he seems unable to just simply look like a normal human being. So, in light of our feature review this week, “The Taking of Pelham 123,” [...]
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