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Denzel Washington May Star in The Secret in Their Eyes Remake

Two years ago, the Argentinian film _The Secret in Their Eyes_ won the best foreign language film Oscar, beating out favorites such as _The White Ribbon_ and _A Prophet_. With an American remake being planned for 2012 the film may have its star with Denzel Washington.  read more

Tom Waits goes gold, stars in film with Denzel Washington

Tom Waits' much-lauded b-sides compilation Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards was recently certified gold (500k sales) by the RIAA. In celebration of the gravel-voiced songster's achievement (that many sales is no mean feat for a 3-CD compilation,) Orphans will be getting a triple-LP rerelease....  read more

Trailer Stash: Inglourious Basterds, Tokyo!, Terminator Salvation, more

And now, a look at some notable trailers lighting up the blogs and message boards: ...  read more

PaMaDoCoBloNaBloPoMoMo, Day 4: Cello Centered gets my vote

So! It's election day! Kind of a big deal, right? Right! Thusly, I tackled the “C” section of NaBloPoMo's November blog roll expecting a barrage of political chatter: Last-minute advocating on the behalf of beloved candidates, fervent ranting, harried tales of voting booth kerfuffles, or at least a bit of griping about how SNL's Presidential Bash last night was kinda super lame. But not one of the blogs I clicked through this morning even so much as mentioned “election day” or “voting” or “democratic process” or “averting the course of American history” or anything. Not nothin'.  ...  read more

Pretenders in Chief: Paste Casts the Presidents

When we learned Josh Brolin would be playing George W. Bush...  read more

David Cronenberg to direct Denzel Washington thriller

David Cronenberg’s twilight career shift from the director of aberrant art-house exploitation to traditional crime dramas has turned more than a few heads, but it also happens to have led to some of his most accomplished films. Now the 65-year-old director of Eastern Promises and A History of Violence is on the verge of helming what would be his most mainstream project yet, The Matarese Circle, an adaptation of Bourne Identity author Robert Ludlum’s 1973 novel, with Denzel Washington set to star. ...  read more

Gandolfini, Washington, Travolta to star in Pelham 123

James Gandolfini, Denzel Washington and John Travolta have signed on to star in the upcoming Columbia Pictures film The Taking of Pelham 123, Variety reports. Action movie aficionado Tony Scott (Top Gun, Man on Fire) will direct the film, which is a remake of the 1978 thriller starring Walter Matthau. Washington will play a transit cop forced to go head-to-head with a group of hijackers who hold a packed subway car ransom. Travolta will play the gang’s leader, and Gandolfini's casting as the mayor of New York City was announced only yesterday. Fresh off of his Golden Globe win for...  read more

American Gangster

Ridley Scott's period gangster piece is a feast of acting...  read more