Friday, November 2, 2012

The NEW Hollywood Video: Review: Denzel Washington Keeps ‘Flight’ From Crashing & Burning

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Review: Denzel Washington Keeps 'Flight' From Crashing & Burning
Nov 2nd 2012, 19:00

It’s been a while since Robert Zemeckis shot actors without motion-capture balls all over their bodies, and the time away is showing. With Flight, the director takes to live action filmmaking for the first time since 2000′s Cast Away, a heavy-handed drama that worked mostly because of its central performance. Flight is another heavy-handed drama that works mostly because of its central performance, that being Denzel Washington taking on a role that calls for him to be fearless. He nails it, and what mostly feels like a misguided tale of addiction ends up a showcase for one of our finest working actors. Washington plays Whip Whitaker, a commercial airline pilot who, when we first see him, awakens to a hotel room full of empty bottles and just a little nose powder to take the edge off. We then see Whitaker piloting an airline, the same day but after he’s had a …

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