Not even Denzel can save the bland Equalizer 2 from itself
Welcome back to another edition of Film Club. For this week’s second episode , A.A. Dowd and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky…
On The Late Show, Denzel Washington talks dinner with Mandela, being Black Panther's secret father
Fellow old guys Stephen Colbert and guest Denzel Washington started off their first Late Show interview on Thursday…
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Denzel Washington squanders his gifts again on the cut-rate vigilante action of The Equalizer 2
He doesn’t wear a costume or even go by the titular moniker. All the same, Robert McCall, the ex-special-ops vigilante…
It’s pretty baffling that Gary Oldman is the front-runner for Best Actor
The 90th Academy Awards will air this Sunday, March 4, and Film Club is counting down the days leading up to the…
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Denzel Washington delivers a rare bad performance in the shapeless Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Roman J. Israel, Esq., the new film written and directed by Dan Gilroy, does something rather remarkable, maybe even…
Two men arrested after shooting on set of The Equalizer sequel
The Associated Press reports that two men have been charged in a shooting on the set of The Equalizer 2, which is…
Sometimes, the staying power of horror has nothing to do with fear
What Are You Watching? is a weekly space for The A.V Club’s staff and readers to share their thoughts, observations,…
This is the face you make when Denzel Washington shows up next to you
Jimmy Kimmel’s long, not-entirely-successful “tour bus” bit took an unexpected detour into the engaging with the…
Does Casey Affleck still stand a chance at the Oscars?
The 89th annual Academy Awards are this Sunday, and to celebrate the end of another long awards season, The A.V. Club…
Colin Farrell to star opposite Denzel in new movie from the director of Nightcrawler
Colin Farrell and Denzel Washington might be teaming up for a new legal thriller. According to The Hollywood Reporter,…
The Stranger Things and Hidden Figures ensembles win top prizes at Screen Actors Guild Awards
We already heard about the films and TV shows that the Producers Guild liked earlier this weekend, but now it’s time…
Here are your nominees for the 2017 Academy Awards
La La Land joins an elite club after receiving 14 Academy Awards nominations morning. Damien Chazelle’s musical about…
Viola Davis demands respect in an exclusive clip from Fences
In Fences, the new adaptation of August Wilson’s seminal play, Viola Davis delivers a searing speech wrought with…
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Denzel Washington shines in an inconsistent adaptation of August Wilson’s classic Fences
August Wilson’s Fences gave the American stage one of its greatest characters: Troy Maxson, an illiterate garbage man,…
Chicago, see Viola Davis and Denzel Washington in Fences early and for free
With Fences, Denzel Washington directs a loyal adaptation of a landmark work of American theater: August Wilson’s…
The real West wasn’t as white as movies made it out to be
There’s a new version of The Magnificent Seven currently in theaters, this time directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring…
Denzel Washington becomes a popcorn hero for director Tony Scott
Last month, Denzel Washington starred in a remake of The Magnificent Seven. The movie was directed by Antoine Fuqua,…
Denzel Washington steps up to the plate in the Fences trailer
August Wilson’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize winning play Fences is a landmark work of American theater. Now here’s the first…
Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington are both back in the Equalizer business
Back in 2014, Denzel Washington starred in The Equalizer, an Antoine Fuqua-directed update of an ‘80s TV show about a…
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The Magnificent Seven gets an uninspired remake
Antoine Fuqua’s forgettable remake of The Magnificent Seven reimagines the 1960 movie about Old West hired guns coming…