Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker and Anthony Mackie in Repentance (2014)
Forest Whitaker with an imprisoned Anthony Mackie in Repentance (2014).

Body Snatchers (1993)

Body Snatchers (1993)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 12, 2002Invasion of the Body Snatchers Remake
Abel Ferrara's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an overlooked film that settles in with an undeniable creepiness that is just as effective as the earlier versions. The metaphor for the pod people is more diffuse in this one but that does not mitigate the film's effect
Director:
Actors: , , , , …
Category:
by

Phenomenon (1996)

Phenomenon (1996)
Rating: ★★
Apr 12, 2003Man Gains Expanded Mental Powers
Positive upbeat film in which John Travolta gains a supermind after seeing a light in the sky. For all its featuring a man with superior intellectual abilities, this is ironically a film that deals in simplistic black-and-whites
Director:
Actors: , , , , …
Category:
by

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
Rating: ★
May 14, 2000Earth Under Alien Rule/L. Ron Hubbard Adaptation
The adaptation of the alien invasion novel by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard starring John Travolta is a completely ridiculous film that was laughed off screens and is regarded as a classic bad movie
Director:
Actors: , , , , …
Category:
by

Phone Booth (2002)

Phone Booth (2002)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 28, 2003Man Trapped in a Phone Booth by a Psycho Sniper
Sharp and original script from Larry Cohen in which Colin Farrell is trapped inside a phone booth by a sniper. Good story that even the awful Joel Schumacher in the director's seat doesn't screw up too badly
Director:
Actors: , , , , …
Category:
by

Repentance (2014)

Repentance (2014)
Rating: ★½
Dec 13, 2016Imprisonment Thriller
A film with identity disorder – the title and promotion makes it seem a revenge-action film only for it to conduct a number of strange doglegs and eventually arrive at a plot wherein life coach Anthony Mackie is tied up in the cellar by Forest Whitaker who feeds his inspirational lines back at him
Director:
Actors: , , , , …
Category:
by

Arrival (2016)

Arrival (2016)
Rating: ★★★★★
Dec 11, 2016First Contact with Aliens
Most SF films gloss over the issue of communication with aliens, having them either speaking English or with devices like Universal Translators. This is a superbly intelligent film that grapples with how to communicate with something different
Director:
Actors: , , , , …
Category:
by

How It Ends (2018)

How It Ends (2018)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 16, 2018Mysterious Catastrophe/Journey Across an Anarchic Countryside
Concerning a catastrophe of never-explained nature, this follows two men – Theo James and a bad-ass Forest Whitaker – across a landscape where society is visibly collapsing
Director:
Actors: , , , , …
Category:
by

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Rating: ★★★½
Nov 8, 2019Gonzo Workplace Satire
This directorial debut for rapper Boots Riley is a very funny satire on telemarketing that becomes increasingly more surreal as it goes on. Imagine something like Spike Lee around the point of Do the Right Thing mixed with the absurdist humour of Kurt Vonnegut
Director:
Actors: , , , , …
Category:
by