Forest Whitaker

Guys or dolls? A spoiler-ridden top five list of cross-dressing cinema

Some of the best gender-swapping roles from film

16 Apr 2012

A spoiler-ridden top five list of cross-dressing cinema featuring Albert Nobbs, The Crying Game, Tootsie, TransAmerica and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Our Family Wedding

12 May 2010

(12A) 102min The comic potentialities of an African-American/Mexican marriage are explored with variable results in Rick Famuyima’s glossy rom-com, which makes a few pertinent points about race and family relationships before regressing into…

Forest Whitaker's success secret

Celebrity Gossip

19 Mar 2010

Forest Whitaker would rather starve than play a dull character. The Oscar-winning actor - who has played ruthless Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in 'The Last King of Scotland' and Captain Ed Ramey in cliffhanger movie 'Phone Booth - admits his "secret…

The Air I Breathe

8 May 2008

THRILLER/ROMANCE (15) 95min Taking its cue from an old Chinese proverb that says life is composed of four emotions – happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love – this ensemble drama featuring an A-list cast and four intertwined plotlines is reminiscent of…

Street Kings

10 Apr 2008

THRILLER (15) 107min Writer-director David Ayer is no stranger to LA’s mean streets and actors often flourish in his company. Denzel Washington won an Oscar for Training Day, while Christian Bale (Harsh Times) and Kurt Russell (Dark Blue) ate up his…

Vantage Point

28 Feb 2008

Eight strangers try to unlock the truth behind an assassination attempt on the US president. After the assassination of President Ashton (William Hurt) on his way to an important summit in Spain, secret service agents Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and…

Kevin Mcdonald profile

Profile

3 Jan 2007

Name Kevin Macdonald Born 28 October 1967, Glasgow, Scotland. Background Celluloid runs like blood through Macdonald’s veins. He’s the grandson of legendary writer/director Emeric Pressburger and younger brother of Trainspotting producer Andrew…

The Last King of Scotland

3 Jan 2007

The only similarity that the Nicholas Garrigan of this film has with his namesake in Giles Foden’s book is, indeed, his name. The Garrigan of the book is a dull-witted, slightly ignorant and rather un-endearing Scot, whereas in the movie James McAvoy…