Denzel Washington

In Flight, Denzel Washington's sluggish miracle man is as ambivalent as the plot

Whitney Houston, actress

The 50 worst sports movies of all time

Slap Shot 2: Number 28.​The sports movie is rarely versatile: an outsider, or group of outsiders (wrong race, wrong gender, wrong species), have uncanny talent in their field, but the old guard (typically, white, old men), don't like the change the new person represents. So the rebels have to ... More >>

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Bring Attack the Block to Denver or we'll never forgive you

​Attack the Block -- the Joe Cornish flick bought to you by Edgar Wright, geek god director of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World -- is an absurdly great movie. It's the kind of work that inspires kids to become filmmakers, because it's so effective and well-constructe ... More >>

In Unstoppable, cheerful, can-do populists save the day

A sleepy follow-up to Training Day, Brooklyn's Finest cops out

Get on board with Never Summer Industries

The Book of Eli

The Taking of Pelham 123

Cut on the Bias

Interracial dating and more ethnic cleansing.

Street Kings

Boys will be boys in Street Kings' shallow look at dirty police.

Delegating Denver #36 of 56: New York

Laughing Pains

American Gangster

Ridley Scott’s portrait of a ’70s dope CEO may not be epic, but it’s still super-fly.

More Shriek Than Shrek

Pan's Labyrinth The War Tapes M*A*S*H The Siege

Our top DVD picks for the week of May 15

The Architect

Middle-class malaise meets inner-city despair on Chicago’s Southside.

Extra! Read All About It

Déjà Vu

Despite the title and familiar genre, Mr. Explosion says something new.

The Year in Film

From dirty jokes and soldiers to penguins and gays, we made our preferences known.

Homo on the Range

Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love.

Mine Kampf

A female ironworker fights back against abuse in the riveting North Country.

Summer Camp

This Manchurian Candidate overhaul goes for the giggle.

Fade to Black

Jay-Z hosts a listening party for his latest opus, The Black Album.

Happy Ending

Full Frontal is shot in digital and hits the target: Hollywood.

Bad Cop, Bad Cop

Protected by a badge, Denzel cruises L.A.'s mean streets.

Best Performance by an East High Graduate

Don Cheadle
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The Tired Gun

Or: Why winning an Oscar sometimes means losing a career

No Score

Bruckheimer's Titans speaks loudly about race but says nothing.

Boob Job

Julia Roberts tops herself in Erin Brockovich.

Draco

Enter the Draco
(Slabco)

Sarong Number

Denzel Washington huffs and bluffs his way through The Hurricane.

Lying Down on the Job

The Bone Collector digs up the past with its ode to Silence of the Lambs.

Off Limits

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Eminem plays the race cardin reverse.

Final Jeopardy

In Your Face, Spike

Touched by a Devil

His Fifteen Minutes of Flame

Slice of Life

Feedback

Thrills for the week

Combat Intrigue

The Sun's Ray

THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

SPARKLING NOIR

LACK OF DEPTH

SLASHING MOVES

Opening the Closet