Cuba Scott

Nov 22, 2024 | huffpost.com | Erin E. Evans |Candice Frederick |Cuba Scott

If you’re a fan of bloody battles, vapid emperors and films that feature Denzel Washington as a scene-stealing villain, then you better make sure your butt is in a plush chair for “Gladiator II,” which premieres in theaters nationwide Friday. Sure, at HuffPost, we’ve lamented Hollywood’s insatiable appetite for reboots, remakes and sequels.

Nov 11, 2024 | lufkindailynews.com | Cuba Scott

Nov 11, 2024 | lufkindailynews.com | Cuba Scott

Nov 11, 2024 | kdhnews.com | Cuba Scott

“Gladiator II” isn’t quite the prestige film that the first one, a best-picture winner, was. It’s more a swaggering sword- -and-sandal epic that prizes the need to entertain above all else. No one in “Gladiator II” understands that more than Denzel Washington. His performance as the Machiavellian power broker Macrinus is a delicious blur of robes and grins — so compellingly over-the-top that he nearly reaches 1990s Al Pacino standards, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle.

Nov 8, 2024 | hive.news | Cuba Scott

I’ve got voting on the brain. That’s right, it’s only 113 days till the Oscars. And, this year, the race to the Academy Awards is starting to feel like a presidential election: frantic and down-to-the-wire. Not only is there no obvious frontrunner for Best Picture yet, with less than two months to go until the cutoff, but most average viewers would be hard-pressed to name a single contender. “Anora” has a good shot at snagging a Best Picture nomination at next year’s Oscars.