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Angela Bassett

Angela Bassett

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Angela Bassett - what members say


  • Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It
  • Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It review by from Birmingham, UK
    Rated - 5 stars Or 25 August 2004
    ...-rounded creation, given much more depth than the script might have suggested. Angela Bassett carries the film with panache and style. Much more than a canny impersonation,...  
  • Strange Days
  • Strange Days review by from East Sussex
    Rated - 5 stars Highly enjoyable 10 May 2004
    ...Gibson and commendably so, including a fantastic cast with Juilliette Lewis and Angela Bassett, they take the possibilities of this idea to its enormous and disturbing possib...  
  • Sunshine State
  • Sunshine State review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 4 stars Great acting, reallistic and often difficult subject matter 11 August 2004
    ...all around, including stunning performances from the always amazing Edie Falco, Angela Bassett and Alan King. ...  

Angela Bassett - filmography


  • TimeBomb on DVD (2006)
    Starring: David Arquette,  Angela Bassett
    Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In Stephen Gyllenhaal’s nervy thriller TIME BOMB, a major sporting event becomes the target of a major terrorist attack. As fans gather in Washington D.C. to watch a football game, the Department of Homeland Security uncovers a plot to blow up the stadium and its 95,000 occupants. For one agent (..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 26 members
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  • Akeelah And The Bee on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Angela Bassett,  Laurence Fishburne,  Keke Palmer
    Director: Doug Atchison
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Following in the fine tradition of inspiring inner-city underdog tales like STAND AND DELIVER, and TAKE THE LEAD, Doug Atchison's AKEELAH AND THE BEE is a story of overcoming odds that never descends into empty formula. The narrative centers around the character of Akeelah (Keke Palmer, in a star-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,415 member
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  • Sunshine State on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Angela Bassett,  Timothy Hutton,  Edie Falco
    Director: John Sayles
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    SUNSHINE STATE, directed and written by John Sayles, takes a close-up and occasionally comic look at the fading community of Delrona Beach, Florida. A dozen local personalities are introduced, each with their own unique challenges. The town's dilapidated houses, its stale Buccaneer Days Festival, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,210 member
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  • The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
    Starring: Angela Bassett,  Peter Francis James,  Tonea Stewart
    Director: Julie Dash
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The incident that propelled the American Civil Rights struggle into the limelight was brought about by a woman who refused to give up her seat to a white woman after a hard day at work. Rosa Parks (played by Angela Bassett from WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT) unwittedly became a national focus for a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 9 members
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  • Score, The - BLU-RAY Version (2001)
    Starring: Edward Norton,  Robert De Niro,  Marlon Brando
    Director: Frank Oz
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Every thief dreams of the big heist that will allow him to leave the business of crime behind. Every thief except Nick (Robert De Niro), a cool, methodical safecracker who never takes on long-shot jobs until his longtime partner, Max (Marlon Brando), offers him the big score--to filch a priceless ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 330 members
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  • The Score on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Edward Norton,  Angela Bassett
    Director: Frank Oz
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Every thief dreams of the big heist that will allow him to leave the business of crime behind. Every thief except Nick (Robert De Niro), a cool, methodical safecracker who never takes on long-shot jobs until his longtime partner, Max (Marlon Brando), offers him the big score--to filch a priceless ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 5,959 members
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  • Boesman And Lena on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Danny Glover,  Angela Bassett,  Willie Jonah
    Director: John Berry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on Athol Fugard's acclaimed play, this moving story recounts the strained relationship between two married Afrikaners (Glover, Bassett) who have been forced to leave their home due to Apartheid.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 38% from 108 members
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  • Contact on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Jodie Foster,  Matthew McConaughey,  James Woods
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Devoted astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway undertakes an emotional and spiritual journey after receiving the message she's waited for all her life--a mysterious signal beamed in from alien beings, who pass along instructions for building and piloting a craft that will presumably survive the passage from ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 12,125 members
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  • Panther (1995)
    Starring: Ralph Ahn,  Joe Don Baker,  Angela Bassett
    Director: Mario Van Peebles
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 82% from 7 members
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  • Strange Days on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Angela Bassett,  Juliette Lewis
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Lenny Nero sells dreams and hustles nightmares, dealing in real-life experiences through a new technology that makes every sensation immediate. But on the eve of the new millennium, Lenny and his street-savvy friend and conscience, Mace, are suddenly caught in a deadly fantasy of conspiracy, murder ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,812 members
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  • Vampire In Brooklyn on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Eddie Murphy,  Angela Bassett,  Allen Payne
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Eddie Murphy is Maximillian, the last of a race of vampires from the Caribbean who travels to New York in search of Rita (Angela Bassett), an NYPD officer whom he considers to be the perfect woman to carry on his dying bloodline. Once he hits Gotham, Maximillian has a series of fish-out-of-water ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,565 member
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  • Malcolm X on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Angela Bassett,  Albert Hall
    Director: Spike Lee
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm Little, son of a Nebraska preacher, on May 19, 1925, he became one of the most militant leaders ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 7,598 members
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  • Mr 3000 on DVD
    Starring: Bernie Mac,  Angela Bassett,  Paul Sorvino
    Director: Charles Stone III
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ten years after getting his 3,000th big league hit, Stan Ross discovers that three of his hits were disallowed. Determined to maintain his place in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Ross embarks on a comeback...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,236 member
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Angela Bassett - watch online


  • Akeelah And The Bee to Watch Now (2006)
    Starring: Angela Bassett,  Laurence Fishburne,  Keke Palmer
    Director: Doug Atchison
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 109 minutes
    Following in the fine tradition of inspiring inner-city underdog tales like STAND AND DELIVER, and TAKE THE LEAD, Doug Atchison's AKEELAH AND THE BEE is a story of overcoming odds that never descends into empty formula. The narrative centers around the character of Akeelah (Keke Palmer, in a star-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6 members
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  • Vampire in Brooklyn to Watch Now (1995)
    Starring: Eddie Murphy,  Angela Bassett,  Allen Payne
    Director: Wes Craven
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: FREE
    Run time: 102 minutes
    Eddie Murphy's got the bite in this movie mix of bone-chilling horror and chill-out comedy directed by Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street). As the vampire Maximillian, the popular star is the most diabolical, dashing and definitely undead dude in the 'hood. To add to the macabre fun, Murphy ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 81 members
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Angela Bassett facts

5 most recent films

Notorious - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Notorious - 3.5 stars
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - 4.0 stars
Meet The Robinsons - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Meet The Robinsons - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Tina - What's Love Got To Do With It - 3.5 stars
Music Of The Heart - 3.5 stars
Malcolm X - 3.5 stars
Notorious - 3.5 stars
Contact - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

TimeBomb - 2.5 stars
The Rosa Parks Story - 3.0 stars
The Jacksons - An American Dream - 3.0 stars
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns - 4.0 stars
Nothing But the Truth - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Laurence Fishburne - 3 times - show films
Zakes Mokae - 2 times - show films
Max Marti - 2 times - show films
Jena Malone - 2 times - show films
Marc John Jefferies - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Wes Craven - 3 times - show films
Stephen J. Anderson - 2 times - show films
George Tillman Jr. - 2 times - show films
George Tillman Jr - 2 times - show films
Frank Oz - 2 times - show films