Archive for the 'Forest Whitaker' Category

October
2nd 2008
Vote. All the Stars are Doing it, From Forest Whitaker to Dustin Hoffman

Posted under Free for All & Jennifer Aniston & Dustin Hoffman & Leonardo DiCaprio & Forest Whitaker & courtney cox

In what turned out to actually be a really good PSA - y’know some are just so low-budget and cheesy!- anyone who’s anyone in Hollywood has a message for the American public: Vote!

Well, first the commercial starts off with the admonition “don’t vote,” but they’re really just turning the tables on apathy by getting people thinking about what they would be giving up if the DIDN’T vote!
Film stars including Forest Whitaker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dustin Hoffman, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox Arquette, and a bunch of others. The ad is a partnership with Google to get US citizens to register read more ....

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February
23rd 2008
Vantage Point: Or, Groundhog Day with Violence.

Posted under Free for All & Dennis Quaid & Forest Whitaker & Kevin Costner

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At first, Vantage Point appears to be an intertwining drama going in a somewhat similar direction to the 2004 movie Crash: terrorism, intimidating subtitles and a story depicting a tragic event covering multiple viewpoints but then, when you get to see the first 10 minutes repeated 6 times and everyone in the movie has shouted, ‘OMG, not again’, it brings to mind the little furry creature who lives in Pennsylvania and predicts the length of winter by looking at the shadows, Groundhog Day. The only thing missing, as the clock returns to 11:59: 22 and then turns to 12:00 read more ....

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