The Denzel of It All

09/15/24 • 40 min

In this episode of Movie Nerds, we discuss the career and performances of Denzel Washington.
Using his two Oscar-winning performances as tentpoles - 1989's Glory and 2001's Training Day, they dig into our personal history with these films, what we love/don't love as much with his performances, our favourite scenes, the characteristics of a Denzel performance, other films of his we love and why and more.
And of course, we wrap it all up with movies we'd recommend if someone had never seen a Denzel Washington movie before.
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