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August 27, 2009
10 Hair-raising Moments With John Travolta
Travolta's brutal butch hair -- or lack thereof, handlebar moustache aside -- in this week's remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 got us nostalgic for ol' dimple chin's former career of chaotic coiffure. From those grease-slick quiffs of his... More...
June 19, 2009
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Time for the weekly update, folks. As always, thanks to everyone who has submitted reviews and helped contribute to the show. Every week, we continue to bring you a lively, upbeat, and fun perspective on movies, and participation from RT and... More...
June 15, 2009
Watch RT on Current TV
This week, The Rotten Tomatoes Show will be looking at the movies that opened over the weekend, with help from you (the Rotten Tomatoes community), the Current TV community, and the viewers of the show. The cutoff for webcam reviews has already... More...
June 12, 2009
Comparing the Takings of Pelham 1 2 3 ![]()
Now that Tony Scott's "The Taking of Pelham 123" is in theaters, we're free to compare it with the 1974 original -- which is exactly what /Film is doing now. More...
June 11, 2009
Critics Consensus: Pelham 1 2 3 Doesn't Quite Take
This week at the movies, we've got a railway heist (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta) and some magical financial advice (Imagine That, starring Eddie Murphy and Yara Shahidi). What do the critics have to... More...
June 11, 2009
Box Office Guru Preview: Travolta Faces Off With Denzel in 1 2 3
Two A-listers duke it out in North American multiplexes in the new action thriller The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta which will challenge last weekend's top films Up and The Hangover for a three-way race to... More...
June 11, 2009
A Hundred Years of Heist Films
This week, director Tony Scott pits a New York City Transit officer (Denzel Washington) against a cryptic, train-stealing criminal (John Travolta) in an update of the 1974 heist flick The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. It's a close remake of the... More...
June 11, 2009
Brian Helgeland Talks Robin Hood, The Taking of Pelham 123, More ![]()
Screenwriter Brian Helgeland has Tony Scott's remake of "The Taking of Pelham 123" arriving in theaters shortly, but that isn't all -- he's also wrote Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood," and he'll be moving into the director's chair later this year. Read... More...
June 05, 2009
RT Interview: Tony Scott on The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Tony Scott is a director who regularly appalls critics and equally regularly delights audiences. To the high-brow culture-vultures he's a vulgar purveyor of not much more than exploding buildings and headache inducing editing. But in fact Scott's... More...
June 02, 2009
Exclusive: Tony Scott talks Warriors
Tony Scott sat down with RT recently to discuss The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, but of course we couldn't leave him without taking about another remake on his agenda; The Warriors. Based on a novel by Sol Yurick, the 1979 original was written and... More...
April 24, 2009
Tony Scott and Denzel are Unstoppable ![]()
Their updated spin on "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" isn't even in theaters yet, but Denzel Washington and Tony Scott are already making plans for a fifth movie together -- "Unstoppable," which would feature Washington as "an experienced engineer... More...
February 15, 2009
Trailer & Poster review ![]()
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February 13, 2009
Trailer Bulletin: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 ![]()
Denzel Washington and John Travolta will bring their remake of "The Taking of Pelham 123" to theaters in June, and your first extended look at the new version is now online. More...


