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The Siege ** (1999, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening) – Classic Movie Review 1506

Something’s gone rather horribly wrong with producer-director Edward Zwick’s ambitious 1999 thriller. Denzel Washington does his usual stalwart job as Anthony ‘Hub’ Hubbard, a special FBI agent in charge of the Counter-Terrorism Task Forcewho has […]

Aug, 02

John Q ** (2002, Denzel Washington) Classic Movie Review 1426

Director Nick Cassavetes’s 2002 thriller stars reliable Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, a father and husband whose young son Michael (Daniel E. Smith) is diagnosed with an enlarged heart after he collapses at his baseball […]

Jul, 13

The Bone Collector *** (1999, Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah) – Classic Movie Review 973

Critics were sent a bag of phony blood as their invitation to this dark Se7en-style serial killer action thriller – an apt image for a movie that manages most of the snap and crackle but […]

Mar, 23

Training Day ***½ (2001, Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Harris Yulin, Cliff Curtis, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray, Eva Mendes) – Classic Film Review 970

Director Antoine Fuqua’s tough, well-made but depressing 2001 LA police thriller stars Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington, who land a couple of really showy roles as good cop, bad cop. They are rookie Jake Hoyt and seasoned Detective […]

Mar, 23

Crimson Tide **** (1995, Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini, Danny Nucci, Lillo Brancato, George Dzundza) – Classic Movie Review 755

Director Tony Scott’s sizzling 1995 action thriller Crimson Tide is the world’s first post-Glasnost movie. It takes us, via Scott’s own zap-up-the-Russkies pic Top Gun (1986), right back to the Cuba missile crisis films of the […]

Jan, 26

Philadelphia **** (1993, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Jason Robards, Joanne Woodward) – Classic Movie Review 283

Director Jonathan Demme made Hollywood’s first mainstream cinema AIDS movie in 1993, following the controversy over his film The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, when there were gay protests against the portrayal of the […]

Oct, 11

Man on Fire **** (2004, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Mickey Rourke, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Marc Anthony) – Classic Movie Review 256

Both Denzel Washington and his true Brit director Tony Scott are on fire with this pounding, in-your-face 2004 thriller, based on the novel by A J Quinnell. It’s exhilarating and scary high-adrenaline stuff, delivered at full pelt […]

Sep, 21

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