It’s Denzel as You’ve Never Seen Him in Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
What a joy to see Denzel Washington running through a subway station looking almost as trim and fit as he did 25 years ago during his Oscar-winning role in Training Day. But this time, in Highest 2 Lowest, his fifth collaboration with acclaimed director Spike Lee, he is the good guy in a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s classic film High and Low. The story takes a while to get rolling but the set-up is enjoyable to watch if you dig...
Broadcast Film Critics Elect Lincoln With a Record 13 Nods
“Lincoln” is clearly the film to beat at the 2013 Critics Choice Movie Awards. The Steven Spielberg-directed historical epic chronicling the assassinated president’s last few months in office garnered a record-breaking 13 nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association in categories including best film, director, lead actor for star Daniel Day-Lewis, supporting actress for Sally Field, who plays his wife, supporting...