This week on Shouting Match, Adam Sweeney and FSR Resident Devil’s Advocate Josh Radde get awkwardly revealing in a debate about who has had the better career: Denzel Washington or John Travolta.

Kevin Carr reviews this week’s new movies: The Taking of Pelham 123 and Imagine That.

After a couple good weeks with at least one good movie to enjoy, Kevin and Neil hit the dog days of the cinematic summer. The Fat Guys debate the ability of John Travolta to be a badass and wonder why Eddie Murphy is still making films. Neil also threatens to stab Kevin in the eyeballs.

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is basically Deja Vu 2: Pelham 1 2 3, but that’s not such a bad thing.

Despite being a sourpuss and all around curmudgeon, Robert Fure thinks Happy Endings aren’t just for Thai massages.

Denzel Washington loves trains almost as much as he loves Tony Scott. So much so that the duo may be making a second train-based action thriller together…

Even the New York Times has noticed how there are more fat guys in the movies than fat guys at the movies. And they name them. We too are not afraid to name names.

John Travolta hijacks a New York subway train and holds its passengers for ransom. Denzel Washington races against the clock to stop him. Things explode. Looks fun, right?

Two major stars will go head to head in a Cronenberg spy thriller. Sadly, it seems unlikely that Cruise will grow a chest vagina.

You can scratch another remake off the list of fifty or so that are in the works because the trailer for The Taking of Pelham 123 is playing in front of The International and officially has a poster. It’s coming for us all soon.

We know you already used the inauguration as an excuse to slack off at work, but we figure you might as well watch it again and keep the slac-train rolling.

Miracle at St. Anna is his latest film getting buzz, now Spike Lee is ready to continue the story of the fan favorite Inside Man.

Hughes Brothers resurrect film directing career with Book of Eli after seven year absence.

If that headline doesn’t just scream “AWESOME” you’re a bit unfamiliar with what the definition of the word “awesome” is.

Now Denzel Washington brings us the latest in a long line of imitative films, Die Hard, but on a Subway!

To me, American Gangster seemed like it could be this year’s Departed, but without the swagger and panache.

Denzel Washington helms his second motion picture and shows he has worthy skills behind the camera as well as in front of it, although there’s no question as to which he does best.

Last year, it was Martin Scorcese that rocked the gangster-movie lover’s hearts with a duel between a mobster-cop and a cop-mobster. This year, another brilliant director, takes his turn to honor the genre.

Would I be overdoing it by calling American Gangster an American masterpiece? I don’t think I’ve enjoyed any other movie this year more than this one.

At first glance, it would be easy to confuse Ridley Scott’s American Gangster for your run-of-the-mill shoot ‘em up actioner, complete with big stars, big guns and big drama. But upon closer inspection, American Gangster reveals itself to be something completely different.