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Six Of The Best:The Directors – Michael Mann

Michael Mann

Although Michael Mann’s most recent project as director was the sadly cut short TV drama Luck, it is clearly and rightly as a feature film director that he is best known and most highly regarded. His first decade as a director was devoted to shorts, documentaries and TV and although he remained committed to none-more-80′s [...]




Hollywood Unhinged – Why The Outlaw is Such a Hero of Cinema

Lawless

Mythic Folk Heroes have returned to our cinema screens in Lawless, starring Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf as siblings running a bootlegging operation in Prohibition-era Virginia. The tagline concisely outlines who we’re supposed to root for: ‘When the law became corrupt, outlaws became heroes’. Which is a more poetic way of saying ‘Yes, yes, okay, [...]




Centurion Review

In AD 117 the Roman Empire spanned territory from Egypt to Spain and as far as the Black Sea to the East.  In Northern Britain though, the Roman onslaught ground to a halt when it met an elusive enemy whose guerrilla tactics and surprise attacks made dominos of their rigid formations.  These were the savage [...]




Last Minute Christmas Present Recommendations!

Christmas

Ho Ho Ho! It’s that time of the year for giving and receiving and if your having trouble finding the perfect gift for your loved one then i will hopefully mention something that will help fill that stocking in time for 25th December. I’m going to run down my top Blu-Ray films, Top DVD’s, Top [...]




Public Enemies Review

Public Enemies poster

“I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars and you. What else do you need to know?“ Public Enemies is Michael Mann’s first venture into true-life territory since 1999′s The Insider. He has long been a master of slick fictionalised crime – his CV is a roll call of criminal capers and cops. The first [...]




Public Enemies Press Conference – Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard Poster

Last night Leicester Square played host to the UK premiere of Michael Mann’s Public Enemies. This afternoon we were delighted to attend a screening and press conference for the film. We’ll post a full review later but, assuming this doesn’t class as a spoiler, what we can divulge is that the glowing reports you have [...]




Public Enemies Press Conference – Michael Mann

Michael Mann Public Enemies

Michael Mann is a man who obviously loves John Dillinger. He has passion for someone “so current and contemporary for his time” that he studied evasive techniques, employed the latest automatic weaponry and drove the fastest cars to be the very best in the short span of his notorious final days. Who “exploded out of prison [...]




Public Enemies Press Conference – Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Public Enemies

Johnny Depp’s first action, before taking his seat in front of the Public Enemies press conference, is a horrified double take at the poster behind him ““ at his own looming presence in particular: “That’s a bit too large!” In person, he is charismatic and charged with nervous energy. His voice by contrast is careful, [...]