<p>I haven’t seen Traffic- but he played Mouse in Devil in a Blue Dress like the part was written for him
( plus then you also get Denzel 
)</p>
<p>Traffic …excellent x10 just as good as Crash. Mouse in a Devil in a Blue Dress was hilarious…“I choked him!” LOL! LOL!</p>
<p>Another excellent x10 by Don Cheadle is HOTEL RWANDA!!! If you haven’t seen it, it is a must see!!</p>
<p>hey emerald kitty…what is it that also appeals to us about Devil in a Blue Dress…ha…very fave song at Cameron.</p>
<p>“If you didn’t want me to kill him, why did you leave me alone with him?”</p>
<p>lol
Just read Mosley wanted Danny GLover to play Easy- ?
And Ice-T to play Mouse
I like Ice-T on Law and Order but Cheadle was exactly as I pictured Mouse- how often does that happen?</p>
<p>Hotel Rwanda…yes! yes! Don Cheadle was again just pitch perfect. Someone needs to get this man an Oscar. One of the most versatile actors ever.</p>
<p>Mos def!! One of my all time favorite</p>
<p>Ilove him
I haven’t seen his newest but have you seen Something the Lord Made?
( on the Alan Rickman thread- Rickman of course costarred with Mos Def in Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy)</p>
<p>Yes…!! excellent story…Dr. Vivian Thomas, very inspiring … I am a black medical scientist too!!</p>
<p>I was so glad Crash won! I think Brokeback was just too slow…too many scenic shots with nothing going on. Sure, it was a perfectly good movie, but far from a great one. I think it was nominated due to the subject matter. I think if the movie had been about a man and a woman, for instance, who couldn’t be togehter for some reason, no one would have cared about it. To me, Crash was just much more interesting.</p>
<p>catherine - I haven’t seen Brokeback, but I think I know what you are saying. Sometimes Ang Lee goes a little overboard and gets caught in the style over substance trap. I loved the consequences and remorse subject matter of The Ice Storm, also directed by Ang Lee, because it was unusual and because it was set in an unusual place and time. But the storyline was so subtle and understated and I was so distracted by all the shag carpeting, sunken living rooms, dome light chandeliers and bias cut polyester pantsuits. He didn’t miss one style point and, like the '70s, it was just really all too much.</p>
<p>I still watch The Ice Storm everytime it comes on and highly recommend it…but less is definitely more sometimes.</p>