Tag: Denzel Washington (11-15 of 15)

Nov 12 2010 11:50 AM ET

Weekend Box Office Poll: Will you see 'Unstoppable,' 'Morning Glory,' or 'Skyline'? Or maybe just 'Megamind' again?

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If Harrison Ford starred in a movie about aliens attacking a runaway train, you’d probably want to see that, right? Well, that will never happen. But if you don’t sleep for the next 48 hours and then go see Morning Glory, Unstoppable, and Skyline on Sunday, maybe your sleep-deprived brain will mix them together into one beautiful hallucination! EW’s John Young is betting that you won’t see any of them — or, at least, it’s more likely that last week’s box office topper  Megamind will win the weekend. (Morning Glory already had a soft opening on Wednesday.) He predicts a No. 2 slot for Unstoppable and a No. 3 finish for Cloverfield Goes to District 9 Skyline, with returning Due Date beating back Morning Glory for No. 4.

Personally, I’ll be first in line for Unstoppable tonight. (I just love trains. ) PopWatchers, what are you planning on seeing this weekend? Tell us in the poll, and if you feel like it, tell us why in the comments!

More from EW.com:
Unstoppable review
Morning Glory review
Megamind review
Due Date review

Nov 11 2010 10:00 AM ET

'Unstoppable' director Tony Scott talks speeding trains, planes and automobiles

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Tony-ScottImage Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage.com; Robert ZuckermanTony Scott is clearly a speed freak. That is, his movies usually operate at somewhere between 90 and 120 miles-per-hour, from the control tower-buzzing fighter jets of Top Gun, to the zooming cars of Days of Thunder, to the hyperkinetic, whirlwind editing of every movie he’s made in the last decade. Now there’s Unstoppable — out tomorrow — about a massive freight train loaded down with dangerous chemicals that … just … can’t … slow … down, and it’s quite possibly his most high-velocity film yet. We spoke with Scott about his latest project, as well as just what it is that gives him the need for speed.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: After The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, this is your second movie in a row about trains starring Denzel Washington. Coincidence?
TONY SCOTT: If you think about Pelham, that was a hostage situation in the bowels of New York, and there’s very little in terms of train movement. This here, the Beast is the third character in the movie, which is a train that starts at 50 m.p.h. and ends at 150. It’s basically a character. It’s obviously still a train, but it’s very different conceptually from my last movie. I’m trying to think what you’d parallel it with: Well, it’s Speed on speed. When I read the script, I couldn’t put it down. Usually I’m a terribly slow reader, but I just flashed through it and I said, “F—!” So I did my homework, I went to Pennsylvania and met the people, learned the world, met role models for my cast members, and then I said, “I’m in.” READ FULL STORY »

Aug 10 2010 06:46 PM ET

Denzel Washington's 'Unstoppable' appears to be a movie version of an SAT question

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The trailer for Unstoppable, the upcoming action movie from Tony Scott and Denzel Washington, is online and all I can think is that it basically looks like a big-budget Hollywood adaptation of one of those “train leaves the station” word problems that you used to see on middle school math tests. Watch the trailer below to see what I mean: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 14 2010 12:42 PM ET

Tony Awards 2010: Green Day is everywhere, Jay-Z is nowhere, and Catherine Zeta-Jones gets 'crass'

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Green-DayImage Credit: Kevin Mazur/Wireimage.comIf you watched the 2010 Tony Awards—and that’s a very big if, considering it was the night of the True Blood premiere and game 5 of the NBA finals—you probably saw a few strange things: Host Sean Hayes tonguing Kristin Chenoweth, Green Day playing a mini-concert, and Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Catherine Zeta-Jones making off with two of the four major acting awards. The night’s biggest winner was, uncharacteristically, a play: the Mark Rothko homage Red, which took home six awards including Best Play. Memphis—featuring music by Bon Jovi’s David Bryan—won Best Musical. Below, a few more moments from Tony night 2010:

Green Day night: So, let’s tally it up here: American Idiot had four musical numbers. Four: three in the opening number (one from the cast, and two from Green Day), then the show’s official Best Musical performance later in the telecast. That’s more awards than it got (it won best sets and lighting). Heck, that’s more nominations than it got. Think the other best musical nominees were ticked off? READ FULL STORY »

May 3 2010 10:14 AM ET

Will 'La Cage aux Folles' with Kelsey Grammer and 'Fences' starring Denzel Washington dominate the Tony nominations?

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fences_la_cageImage Credit: La Cage aux Folles: Uli Weber; Fences: Joan Marcus Not even a bomb scare in Times Square can put a damper on the close of the Broadway season. Nominations for the Tony Awards will be announced tomorrow morning and look for the awards to recognize some — though not all — of the celeb-filled shows that have dominated the Great White Way’s box office this year. Sorry, Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig. You may have sold out your limited run in the cop drama A Steady Rain last fall, but we can’t picture you in the Tony nominee lineup this year. However, you can expect director Kenny Leon’s fine revival of Fences — starring likely Tony front-runners Denzel Washington and Viola Davis — to dominate the dramatic categories, while the slimmed-down London import La Cage aux Folles, a musical revival starring Kelsey Grammer and British actor Douglas Hodge, should garner multiple nods. EW’s Melissa Rose Bernardo and I pored through our Playbills and offer up our predictions in the main categories:

Best Musical
Thom: American Idiot, Come Fly Away, Fela!, Memphis
Melissa: American Idiot, Come Fly Away, Fela!, Million Dollar Quartet

Best Drama
Thom: A Behanding in Spokane, Next Fall, Red, Time Stands Still
Melissa: Enron; Next Fall; Red;Time Stands Still

Best Musical Revival
Thom: La Cage aux Folles; Finian’s Rainbow; A Little Night Music; Promises Promises
Melissa: La Cage aux Folles; Finian’s Rainbow; A Little Night Music; Ragtime

Best Play Revival
Thom: Fences; Lend Me a Tenor; The Royal Family; A View From the Bridge
Melissa: Fences; Hamlet; Lend Me a Tenor; A View From the Bridge

Best Actor Musical
Thom: John Gallagher Jr., American Idiot; Sean Hayes, Promises, Promises; Douglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles; Nathan Lane, The Addams Family; Sahr Nguajah, Fela!
Melissa: Sean Hayes, Promises, Promises; Douglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles; Chad Kimball, Memphis; Nathan Lane, The Addams Family; Sahr Nguajah, Fela!

Best Actress Musical
Thom: Kate Baldwin, Finian’s Rainbow; Montego Glover, Memphis; Bebe Neuwirth, The Addams Family; Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture; Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music
Melissa: Kate Baldwin, Finian’s Rainbow; Kristin Chenoweth, Promises, Promises; Montego Glover, Memphis; Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture; Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music READ FULL STORY »

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