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Wednesday Jul 8 | Rotten Tomatoes

Director Rowan Woods Talks Winged Creatures

It's been a roundabout sort of homecoming for Australian filmmaker Rowan Woods. The director, who made his name with the critically-praised local movies The Boys and Little Fish , decamped to Los Angeles to shoot his first American feature, Winged Creatures --- together with an ensemble cast that includes Forest Whitaker, Jackie Earle Haley, Dakota ...

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Little Fish, Thriller, Black Entertainment, Movie Reviews

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Ottawa Sun

Dragon gets up-to-date treatment

It may be wacky, and alien for North American tastes, but Dragon Hunters is a wonderful animated film from Europe that catapults fairytales into the modern world.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Mary, Black Entertainment

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Honolulu Advertiser

See 'Dragon Hunters' free tomorrow at UH

The Kids First! Film Festival at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa tomorrow offers a free screening of "Dragon Hunters" at 3 p.m. in the Art Auditorium.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Mary, Black Entertainment

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Http

Robin Williams, more stars to film in Iowa

It's going to be a star-studded summer in Des Moines - two big movies will be filmed in Iowa: Oscar-winning actors Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker , along with Cam Gigandet and Cedar Rapids native Elijah Wood will be in Greater Des Moines to film "The Experiment," a 2010 remake of the 2001 German psych thriller "Das Experiment." Filming will start ...

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Related Topix: Iowa, Des Moines Metro, Black Entertainment, Adrien Brody

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Frankly My Dear... - Movies

Frodo, The Pianist and The Last King of Scotland to Experiment

Oscar winners Forest Whitaker and Adrien Brody and Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood have been cast in the remake of the German thriller, Das Experiment , to be titled The Experiment, Variety reports.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Adrien Brody

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Boxoffice

casting Brody to Lead 'Experiment' Ensemble

New project is a remake of a German flick. Source: Variety Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood and Cam Cigandet ( Twilight reportedly signed on to star in The Experiment , a remake of the German thriller Das Experiment .

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Related Topix: The Brothers Bloom, 9, Black Entertainment

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Variety

Brody, Whitaker, Wood to 'Experiment'

Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood and Cam Gigandet will star in "The Experiment," a remake of the German psychological thriller "Das Experiment" for Inferno Entertainment and Magnet Media Group.

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Related Topix: The Brothers Bloom, Cadillac Records, Black Entertainment

Thu Jun 11, 2009

UTV

The Last King of Scotland: getting away scot-free with genocide

Kevin Macdonald's 2006 film has stereotypical British imperialists and skips lightly over the worst that happened in Uganda, but is saved by Forest Whitaker's towering performance as Idi Amin Thursday, 11 June 2009 Director: Kevin MacdonaldEntertainment grade: B+History grade: Ca ' Idi Amin became president of Uganda following a coup in 1971, and ...

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Related Topix: World News, Uganda, Africa, Black Entertainment, James McAvoy

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Atmospheric pressures

Across his first three novels, Giles Foden established a distinctive brand of fiction : stories set during conflicts in Africa that combine historically recognisable events and characters with fictional figures and twists.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Science, Meteorology

Wed Jun 03, 2009

Canada.com

Forest Whitaker's Idi Amin earns him Oscar buzz

There's no doubt that Forest Whitaker knows how to win over a crowd, whether acting in a film or simply answering questions at a press conference.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Ray, Short, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Kerry Washington

Wed May 27, 2009

City Paper

Read Stranger in Paradise in Film

The Limits of Control is a paradoxical movie . It glamorizes handsome, taciturn men in suits while deconstructing their aura of cool.

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Related Topix: The Limits of Control, Black Entertainment, Isaach De Bankole, Movies, Entertainment

Tue May 26, 2009

DVD Talk

DVD review

Rent It The Movie: On one of his audio commentary tracks, Steven Soderbergh talks about his reluctance to use nudity in his films--particularly with well-known actors--because "the minute they take their clothes off, it becomes a documentary." I thought of that quote often while watching Powder Blue , which is essentially a documentary about ...

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Related Topix: Powder Blue, Even Money, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Black Entertainment

Tue May 19, 2009

Canada.com

Golden Globe nominees & winners

Here is a complete list of the nominees for the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards.

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Related Topix: Will Smith, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Thriller, Mrs. Harris, Drama Movies, Annette Bening, Toni Collette, Meryl Streep

Sun May 17, 2009

Philly.com

TV Today

Oprah talks with Barbara Sheehan and Stacey Lannert, who admit to killing their loved ones.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, James McAvoy, Crime TV, CSI, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Lost, Jericho, Comedy

Fri May 15, 2009

UPI

Whitaker, 50 Cent cast in 'Jekyll'

U.S. actor Forest Whitaker and rapper 50 Cent have signed up for roles in a contemporary adaptation of "The Strange Case of Dr.

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Related Topix: Righteous Kill, Home of the Brave, Drama Movies, Black Entertainment, 50 Cent, Rap

Thu May 14, 2009

Boxoffice

in development Another 'Jekyll' Now Moving Forward

Forest Whitaker is attached to star. Source: Variety Director Abel Ferrara is going to be taking a radical approach to Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment

Tue May 12, 2009

The Philadelphia Tribune

Crips and Bloods' digs into West Coast civil war

"If you come to my hood and you don't know nobody in my hood, then you die." - James, Playboy Gangsta Crips On May 14, "Independent Lens," hosted by Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard, will premiere Stacy Peralta's "Crips and Bloods: Made in America," airing at 9 p.m. on WHYY TV 12.A Narrated by Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker and featuring ...

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Related Topix: Independent Lens, Entertainment, Television, Fighting, Drama Movies, Bird, Biography Movies, Music!, Black Entertainment

Thu May 07, 2009

DVD Verdict

Powder Blue

Judge Roy Hrab is still shaking his head in disdain. Note: This is a pre-release review.

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Related Topix: Powder Blue, Jessica Biel, Black Entertainment

Fri Apr 24, 2009

IndieLondon

State of Play - Review

Ita s now a big budget US movie featuring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck. Pleasingly, the quality has been maintained.

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Related Topix: State of Play, Bill Nighy, John Simm, Black Entertainment

Thu Apr 23, 2009

IndieLondon

State of Play - Kevin Macdonald interview

Macdonald, previously best known for helping Forest Whitaker to Oscar glory in The Last King of Scotland , talks to us about his latest film, State of Play , and the casting of Russell Crowe after Brad Pitt dropped out.

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Related Topix: State of Play, Black Entertainment, Journalism

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