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'Wild' is a winner at box office

Oct 19, 2009, 21:13 GMT

Warner Bros.' Spike Jonze-directed 'Where the Wild Things Are' topped the domestic box office over the weekend. ... more

In Pictures: 'Where the Wild Things Are New York Premiere'

Oct 19, 2009, 16:20 GMT

We have added a new set of pictures from the event 'Where the Wild Things Are New York Premiere'. ... more

Forest Whitaker's Strange 50 film

Oct 8, 2009, 9:55 GMT

Forest Whitaker wants an on-screen 'father-son relationship' with 50 Cent. ... more

Review: Brick City a tedious political fluff piece

Sep 20, 2009, 20:21 GMT

Docu-drama 'Brick City' is hailed by actor and Punk'd auteur Ashton Kutcher as '...outstanding. There is the love story going on but then there is all the drama of everything going on. The amazing thing is that you are watching it feels like a fictional tale but it's not and the fact that you live inside of that every single day is outstanding and I really have to tell you, I really admire the things you do.' ... more

Sundance and Forest Whitaker hit 'Brick City' starting Sept. 21

Sep 1, 2009, 2:26 GMT

Sundance channel and Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker, along with filmmakers Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin, bring the documentary series, 'Brick City,' to you on Monday, September 21st at 10:00pm et/pt - airing for five consecutive nights at 10:00pm et/pt. ... more

Gritty cop drama The Shield returns to DVD with a series collection

Aug 27, 2009, 10:32 GMT

The entire 88 episodes of this hit television series The Shield are set to be released as a complete collection on November 3rd from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The massive 28-disc set will be available for a suggested retail price of $159.95. ... more

Brody, Whitaker, Wood ready for 'Experiment'

Jun 20, 2009, 20:49 GMT

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. ... more

Powder Blue – DVD Review

Jun 3, 2009, 13:22 GMT

If you take all the worst pretensions and contrivances of Paul Haggis’ ‘Crash’ and Inarritu’s ‘Babel’ (or ’21 Grams’) and throw them in a blender with a noticeable lack of production and tech credits, what you’ll be pouring out is ‘Powder Blue.’ ... more

Ferrara to take on 'Jekyll'

May 14, 2009, 22:57 GMT

Abel Ferrara will be directing an updated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' which will be titled 'Jekyll and Hyde.' ... more

Forest Whitaker takes on Louis Armstrong for ‘What a Wonderful World’

Oct 8, 2008, 15:04 GMT

Forest Whitaker is set to direct and star in “What a Wonderful World” – which is based on the life of Louis Armstrong. ... more

Jude Law in talks for Guy Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’

Sep 19, 2008, 11:14 GMT

Jude Law is reportedly in talks to join Robert Downey Jr. on director Guy Ritchie’s new take on 'Sherlock Holmes' for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. ... more

Win a copy of Street Kings on DVD

Sep 5, 2008, 20:54 GMT

Keanu Reeves and Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker power the explosive urban crime thriller Street Kings and M&C’s giving away five copies! ... more

Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger ready for ‘Love’

Sep 4, 2008, 11:32 GMT

Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger are set to start filming Olivier Dahan’s indie drama 'My Own Love Song.' ... more

The Shield - The Complete Sixth Season - DVD Review

Sep 3, 2008, 15:26 GMT

Detective Vic Mackey is back and this season he finds himself suffering the loss of one of his team members and he’s also under investigation himself. This next to last season features some fine episodes as well as some nice special features for the fans. ... more

Blu-ray Review: Street Kings

Aug 20, 2008, 0:20 GMT

“Street Kings” is a decent cop flick and has enough crime action to keep fans of the genre happy. Like so many other films, the downfall of “Street Kings” is how close it sticks to formula and comes across as lacking anything original to offer. ... more

DVD Review: Bird (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Aug 13, 2008, 14:17 GMT

Producer Director Clint Eastwood has given jazz fans a treat with this look at the life and music of Charlie “Yardbird” Parker. The juxtaposition of the often tortured existence and the beautiful melodies of this talented man creates the basis of a fascinating story. ... more

Blu-ray Review: Vantage Point

Jul 2, 2008, 11:27 GMT

Told in Rashomon style, Vantage Point examines the assassination of the President of the United States from several different accounts (even POTUS himself). The film cumulates in a thrilling chase sequence, but the way in which they tell the tale tends to annoy rather than excite. ... more

DVD Review: The Great Debaters (2-Disc Special Collector's Edition)

May 13, 2008, 11:47 GMT

Denzel Washington steps behind the camera to direct this film about the 1935 Wiley College debate team. The team overcame racial prejudice in the 30s, but those expecting historical accuracy will have some nitpicking. ... more

Vantage Point comes to DVD and Blu-ray

May 2, 2008, 16:01 GMT

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment invites you to witness the action-packed thriller of the year as Vantage Point arrives July 1st on two-disc DVD and Blu-ray High Def as well as on a single-disc DVD and PSP. ... more

Forest Whitaker and Tim Story in talks for Patriots

Jan 16, 2008, 13:43 GMT

The Weinstein Co. is in talks with Forest Whitaker to star in the upcoming sports drama Patriots. The studio is also in negotiations with Tim Story to direct the film – which is scheduled to start shooting in April. ... more

Liev Schreiber does Mambo with Jude Law and Forest Whitaker

Nov 28, 2007, 14:29 GMT

Liev Schreiber has joined Jude Law and Forest Whitaker for Universal’s upcoming Repossession Mambo. ... more

DVD Review: The Marsh

Apr 18, 2007, 16:40 GMT

The marsh holds both a secret and ghosts as a young children’s author finds out when she goes searching for the cause of her nightmares. ... more

DVD Review: The Last King of Scotland

Apr 17, 2007, 15:40 GMT

Forest Whitaker is electrifying with his title role in ‘The Last King of Scotland’ playing the reviled Ugandan dictator General Idi Amin – a man who was able to charm a nation into a reign of terror that lasted almost ten years and claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. ... more

DVD Review: The Shield – The Complete Fifth Season

Apr 3, 2007, 20:39 GMT

I have watched this show since it first premiered in March of 2002. Just from the ads promoting the show as the first original F/X series, one could tell that this show was going to push things further than any cop show had ever done before. ... more

Emmy winning cop drama “The Shield” returns to DVD with Season Five

Mar 25, 2007, 17:44 GMT

The “most unpredictable and gripping” cop drama on television and FX’s longest-running original series starring Emmy Award winner Michael Chiklis returns when “The Shield” Season Five DVD collection arrives March 27th from Fox Home Entertainment. ... more

Back stage at the Oscars with Forest Whitaker: The press interview

Mar 2, 2007, 15:21 GMT

At the Academy Awards every year, after the winners receive their Oscar, they are herded into a photograph room for their official photos and then into the press room where international press have an opportunity to 'talk' with the winners.

Here is the interview with Forest Whitaker - best performance by an actor in a leading role.

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Forest Whitaker is the King

Feb 26, 2007, 14:39 GMT

The boy from East Texas, who was raised in Carson, an utlying Los Angeles community, actor Forest Whitaker has taken home the best actor Oscar at the 79th Academy Awards for his portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. ... more

Helen, Alan, Jennifer, Marty and Forest 'got Oscar'

Feb 26, 2007, 5:27 GMT

Ellen DeGeneres turned in a stellar and sly comedic performance at the Oscars. Another Oscar delight was Robert Downey, Jr., who quipped: 'Visual effects: They enable us to see aliens, experience other universes, move in slow-motion, or watch spiders climbing high above the city landscape.' (a beat) 'For me, just a typical weeknight in the mid-Nineties.' ... more

Suspense thriller The Marsh comes to DVD in April

Feb 5, 2007, 23:57 GMT

Supernatural terror and suspense lurk under the surface of The Marsh, a bone chilling psychological thriller debuting on DVD April 17th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for the suggested retail price of $24.96. ... more

New stills from Vantage Point!

Jan 28, 2007, 17:34 GMT

We have added some new stills from the political thriller Vantage Point starring Matthew Fox, Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker and William Hurt. ... more

Weekend box-office: YAWN! Stomp takes it but oh, how boring!

Jan 22, 2007, 0:50 GMT

Beginning of ‘07 is starting off s-l-o-w at the box-office.

Here we are going into the fourth week of January and weekend box-office figures barely broke double digit receipts with only one new release, ‘The Hitcher’ from Rogue Pictures, dropping in among the top five.

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