Fabrications plague `American Gangster'
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In "American Gangster," which is "based on a true story," Denzel Washington Â as the `70s drug lord Frank Lucas Â confidently marches deep into the jungles of Southeast Asia as the Vietnam War rages in the background. He is looking for drugs.
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'Most of the movie is not true' A group of former Drug Enforcement Agency members has filed a class action lawsuit against the makers of American Gangster claiming it's defamatory in its depiction of DEA operatives as "villains".â¦
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The shooting of Ugly Aur Pagli (a rather strange name for a movie) is getting uglier and paglier.
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The new betrayal-based thriller is intriguing, but flawed.
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The latest and lamest version of Don Siegelâs 1956 pulp classic âInvasion of the Body Snatchersâ might have been an accidental camp classic if its politics werenât so abhorrent.
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A group of retired federal drug enforcement agents sued NBC Universal on Wednesday, saying the movie "American Gangster" falsely portrayed them as villains in the story of a Harlem heroin trafficker.
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Jay-Zâs 10th proper album, âAmerican Gangster,â was inspired by the new movie â directed by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe â for which itâs named.
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Some scientists argue that a number of central points in Al Goreâs film, âAn Inconvenient Truth,â are exaggerated and erroneous.
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Who can deny some fascination with the art heist? If you could, then movies and books that use this sort of crime as a plot device wouldn&#39;t be so plentiful and so popular.
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Three former Drug Enforcement Administration agents filed a $55 million defamation lawsuit against the movie studio that made "American Gangster" on Wednesday, claiming it tarnished hundreds of reputations.
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There is a sober intelligence behind Douglas Buck's low-budget gore, but its shrill excess drowns out the ring of truth.
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"Rocky Balboa," the sixth (and hopefully last) installment in the underdog saga of the Italian Stallion, straddles the line between nostalgia and self-parody and frequently teeters toward the latter.
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Crime may pay almost as well for Hollywood as it did for Frank Lucas.  "American Gangster," featuring Denzel Washington playing the infamous 1960s-'70s Harlem druglord, exploded into theaters this weekend with a take of $46.3 million - the hig...
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Moviegoers are not following the script written for them by the Hollywood studios.
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Some writers wonder whether the guildâs militant tactics are actually doing more damage than good.
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The title is catchy but  misleading. Frank Lucas was less an "American Gangster" than an  original Old Gangster in sable, a caricature in the tradition  of '70s blaxploitation flicks.
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Hollywood stars and close friends are tangled in legal mess.