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Peter Bradshaw on talking in films
16 December 2009 2:15 PM, PST
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'When it's perfectly Ok to talk during a film'
Is it all right to talk during a film? Of course not! My personal rule is that, as the lights dim, the audience is allowed to conclude any discussions quickly in the faintest whisper. Then silence. But it's complicated. We'd all agree that it's Ok to respond to what is happening on the screen by crying or laughing. Angie Errigo, of Empire magazine, was sitting next to me once during a horror film. At one scary moment, she actually shouted: "Oh, No!" Angie is in a noble tradition. The New Yorker's legendary Pauline Kael would often get carried away during thrillers, crying out, "Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!" at increasing volume.
In press screenings, wisecracks are always acceptable. One film, I remember, was produced by a Us company with a classy, British-sounding name: Hyde Park Entertainment. When their logo flashed up – bafflingly featuring London's Tower Bridge,
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- Peter Bradshaw
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Last Minute Christmas Present Recommendations!
16 December 2009 8:16 AM, PST
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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 TV Boxsets and Top anything else that I think are must haves this year.
We’ve added links to Zavvi.com who are currently offering free delivering on everything so make sure you check them out.
Blu-ray and DVD Films
I’ll start with Blu-Ray/DVD films. Blu-Rays have reduced in price incredibly in the run up to Christmas and if you shop around then you will find all sort of deals like 2-4-1’s or 2 for a nice low price, and it’s still not to late to get them in time for Christmas.
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- Gary Phillips
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DVD Playhouse--December 2009
16 December 2009 1:55 AM, PST
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DVD Playhouse—December 2009
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Allen Gardner
Public Enemies (Universal) Johnny Depp portrays legendary Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger in co- writer/director Michael Mann’s take on America’s first “Public Enemy Number One.” Like many big studio releases today, Public Enemies has it all: A-list talent before and behind the camera, but lacks a heart or soul that allows its audience to connect with it. Film plays out like a “true crime” TV show with re-enactments of famous events cast with top actors and shot by the best technicians in the business, with little, if any, character or story development to hold it together in between. A real disappointment from one of our finest filmmakers and finest actors. The lone standout: the great character actor Stephen Lang as a hard-eyed lawman who’s seen a lot, but manages to retain a tiny piece of his heart. For a better take on the same subject,
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Blu-Ray Review: Give Johnny Depp, Michael Mann’s ‘Public Enemies’ Another Chance
15 December 2009 1:51 PM, PST
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Chicago – On paper, Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” looked like it would be a clear contender for end-of-the-year consideration but it has been largely forgotten, only a few months after its release. The cold, dense film didn’t register strongly enough with critics or audiences and it looks like it could disappear without much fanfare. What I think is more likely is that Mann’s dark, complex film will slowly get the recognition it deserves on the home market and it starts with this Blu-Ray release.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
“Public Enemies” is an examination of the intersection of the end of the era of the bank robber and the beginning of the legend of the G-men. The former is represented by one of the “public enemies” of the day, John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), and the latter by the man assigned to catch the elusive mastermind, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale). Dillinger stole
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Avatar's Stephen Lang: 'It Only Took Me 35 Years to Get Here!'
15 December 2009 9:45 AM, PST
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Reader, I'm not sure how your 2009 has been going, but you certainly can't have had a better year than Stephen Lang. The Tony-nominated character actor has had one plum part after another, beginning the year in Michael Mann's Public Enemies, then kick-starting The Men Who Stare at Goats by running full-force into a wall. Still, each of those parts was a mere prelude to his role as the fearsome Quaritch in James Cameron's Avatar, who wreaks vengeance on the Na'vi forest with little more than a coffee mug and a smile.
As much fun as Lang has been on-screen this year, he's even more fun off it. I talked to the buff 57-year-old about his remarkable run of roles and the two things James Cameron can't do, and the erudite Lang was happy to oblige.
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DiCaprio Too Bored To Become A Soccer Fan
14 December 2009 1:56 PM, PST
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Soccer fan Stephen Graham failed in his attempts to convert Gangs Of New York co-star Leonardo DiCaprio into a Liverpool supporter - because the Hollywood star couldn't wait for them to score.
The Brit gifted his one-time movie star pal with a Liverpool shirt and DiCaprio agreed to watch a game with him.
Graham recalls, "He only managed the first half. 'So let me get this straight,' he said. 'It's halfway through the match and there's still no score?'"
Graham always tries to convert Hollywood's leading men to his favourite team on film sets - and his love of soccer has impressed his directors.
He explains, "When I was filming Public Enemies, I had a five-hour drive back to Liverpool and was resigned to missing the Champions League semi-final.
"I moaned a bit and the director Michael Mann said, 'Why don't you take my jet?' So I did."
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Nyt Critic Manohla Dargis Shares Some Four-Letter Words for the Industry
14 December 2009 1:15 PM, PST
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I have mixed feelings when it comes to New York Times critic Manohla Dargis's taste in films, but I always enjoy reading her reviews and apparently it seems I should be on the look out for more of her interviews as well as Jezebel.com has a few words from Dargis ranging from women in Hollywood, thoughts on Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker and why romantic comedies suck.
Here are some of my favorite moments with pieces cut here and there so as not to steal the entire interview (which I really wanted to do because it's quite entertaining):
On director Kathryn Bigelow's success (achieved in part by getting funding outside of Hollywood): Something like a woman winning best director for directing an action movie and not a romantic comedy is symbolically important. Whether it then leads to a lot of women doing things outside of
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- Brad Brevet
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The Limits of Control | Film review
14 December 2009 7:12 AM, PST
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Jim Jarmusch sets his latest enigma in Madrid, Seville and Almería. Existentialist mystery ensues…
Jim Jarmusch has been writing and directing intriguing, highly accomplished independent movies for a quarter of a century now and occasionally acting in those of fellow independents. His budgets remain relatively modest by Hollywood standards, but he has attracted leading performers like Johnny Depp and Robert Mitchum to work with him, as well as musicians such as Tom Waits and Joe Strummer.
His films are mysterious without being obscure and are sometimes carefully patterned and sometimes linear stories of journeys of discovery. Mystery Train, for instance, retraces the same few hours as it interweaves several stories of Presley fans in Memphis, while in Broken Flowers Bill Murray crisscrosses America visiting old girlfriends (all played by well-known actresses) to discover which one bore him a son. Despite the fact that few of the characters actually meet each other,
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- Philip French
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"Public Enemies" armorer exclusively shows MakingOf the weapons used in the film
14 December 2009 7:03 AM, PST
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Hollywood Armorer Harry Lu conducted this interview in the warehouse that holds the thousands of weapons his team uses for feature film production. During the segment, Lu pulled examples of the guns he worked with Director Michael Mann to select for the film "Public Enemies." He also talks about dissecting a scene, the importance of using historically correct equipment and compliments Actor Johnny Depp by saying "He is a natural talent, a great shot and a pleasure to work with."
In "Public Enemies," filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary outlaw John Dillinger - the charismatic bank robber whose lightening raids maid him the number one target of the FBI. The action packed film was released on DVD on December 8th.
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Blu-ray Review: Heat
13 December 2009 9:47 AM, PST
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“Heat? I saw that six years ago!”
“Yeah, I want to talk about it now.”
“No, Loser!”
-Jim Gaffigan
I’ve seen Heat about four times since it was released in 2005, and remain a bit torn on it to this day, sometimes finding myself in love with it and other times falling closer to the spectrum of bored.
On the one hand, Heat is a sprawling, dramatic crime saga directed by Michael Mann, pitting two legendary actors – Al Pacino and Robert De Niro – against one another in a sophisticated tale of cops and robbers that unfolds in the streets of Los Angeles, with inspired presentation of the action and an intimate look at the behind-the-scenes tolls it takes on both sides of the law. On the other hand, it is painfully slow-paced and long by the standards of both today and 14 year ago.
De Niro stars as criminal mastermind Neil McCauley,
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- Bill Jones
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2009 in review: Film
12 December 2009 4:06 PM, PST
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Vampires were everywhere, Hollywood failed to excite, and British cinema ploughed a familiar furrow
The year began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: The Reader, Che, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler, Gran Torino, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being New Moon, the latest in Stephenie Meyers's Twilight saga, the best the subtle Swedish Let the Right One In and the worst the British horror spoof Lesbian Vampire Killers.
Documentaries continued to flourish, introducing us to fascinating new worlds: Afghan TV talent shows (Afghan Star), Australian exploitation cinema (Not Quite Hollywood), haute couture (The September Issue). Animation thrived, the 3-D comeback threatened
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- Philip French
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DVD Review: ‘Public Enemies’
11 December 2009 12:15 PM, PST
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Public Enemies, the latest film from director Michael Mann (TVs Miami Vice, Manhunter, Heat, Collateral), hit DVD shelves this week, and if you were a fan of the film in the theater, you’ll want to pick it up on DVD or Blu-Ray. In the film, Johnny Depp plays Depression-era Robin Hood John Dillinger who rose to fame as a notorious bank robber and the F.B.I.’s first public enemy #1.
The film is a loose interpretation of many events such as Dillinger’s empathy for sharecroppers and out on their luck everyday individuals, his famous escape from an Indiana jail, and his eventual demise at Chicago’s Biograph Theater at the hands of F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis and his band of intrepid G-Men.
Some exciting features on the Blu-Ray and DVD include a documentary about both Dillinger and Purvis who became media adversaries as both rose to both fame and infamy.
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- Douglas Barnett
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Top 10 films of 2009
11 December 2009 2:59 AM, PST
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What’s in a list? Probably little more than an opportunity to show off, indulge in a some lazy cultural showboating and maybe even a chance to stir up a dash of barroom provocation. Perfect. So, in no particular order, here is my attempt to do just that. Any disagreements, disputes, outraged contempt, please feel free to comment.....
1. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
Haneke’s latest masterpiece. Beautifully scripted, shot and acted it is a glorious examination of the potential for human cruelty and moral collapse, issued down from one generation to the next. Bleak, disturbing but staggeringly beautiful.
2. A Serious Man (Joel & Ethan Coen)
Only the Coen brothers could make the hopelessness of life seem so funny. We can only laugh at our impending demise in this retelling of the story of Job.
3. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard)
Audiard, channelling the very best of Jean-Pierre Melville and the Nouvelle Vague,
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- Nick Clarke
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Scenes (Songs) We Love: "I Will Find You" From 'The Last of the Mohicans'
10 December 2009 3:02 PM, PST
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As anyone who knows me can tell you, I'm not the most romantically inclined person in the world. But I recently attended the wedding of two of my closest friends, and as I watched the bride walk the aisle, I couldn't help but think about the songs that can make my heart skip a beat ... or even make me believe in things like love everlasting. Now, being the movie geek I am, my mind tends to always wander to the big screen, and I realized that probably one of the only songs that can make my inner girl melt is Clanaad's I Will Find You from Michael Mann's The Last of The Mohicans. Mann's loose 1992 adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novel has gone down in history as one of the most romantic films of all time, which might come as a shock to some fans of Mann's trademark manly style.
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Reminder: Channing Tatum’s ‘Public Enemies’ Releases on DVD in Us
9 December 2009 12:58 PM, PST
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Channing Tatum plays the iconic criminal Pretty Boy Floyd in the historical drama 'Public Enemies', a movie that follows the true-life FBI hunt for 1930’s gangster John Dillinger (played by Johnny Depp).
The critically acclaimed crime saga is now available in two-disc Special Edition Blu-rayTM Hi-Def, two-disc Special Edition DVD, single disc DVD and digital download on from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
Directed by Michael Mann and starring Oscar® nominee Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Oscar® winner Marion Cotillard, 'Public Enemies' places you in the center of the fast and dangerous life of outlaw John Dillinger (Depp), whose cascade of heists, breakouts and charismatic press conferences captivated a nation and won him the heart of Billie Frechette (Cotillard) who went along for the ride. Meanwhile, at the same time, he was being hunted nationwide by crime buster Melvin Purvis (Bale) and the FBI as the nation
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Public Enemies - Blu-ray Review
9 December 2009 7:27 AM, PST
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Michael Mann.s Public Enemies reminds of the classic films of the gangster genre while having the modern slick feel of his other crime films . such as Heat, Collateral, and even Miami Vice. Mann (who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bennett and Ann Biderman) is one of my favorite directors, and this film is an example of why I like his work. The director is at home in the crime genre, and fills the film with actors that are perfect in their roles, production and costuming that sells the time period, and a pace that holds the viewer from start to finish. The film sees Johnny Depp taking on the role John Dillinger and playing the character with
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- Patrick Luce
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Public Enemies (Two-Disc Special Edition) DVD Review
8 December 2009 9:49 AM, PST
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It’s no secret that I think Michael Mann is the greatest director of all-time, dead or otherwise. One can throw all the Scorsese, Kurosawa, Ford, or Spielberg they want and I’ll still conclude that Mann is better than all of them. His style is unparalleled and has influenced my own approach to the way I make films. Maybe it’s how cool he makes everyone appear in his movies, or maybe it’s how no one does action better than him. Mr. Mann just has a touch to his films that really speaks to me. I’m awed by how well and how different he’ll shoot his material and how he builds his characters for the actors. While not every one his films has been masterworks (Ali and The Keep come to mind) he rarely misses. Public Enemies, I’m proud to say, falls into the latter category.
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This Week on DVD: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Public Enemies, The Cove
8 December 2009 9:36 AM, PST
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Looks like we're in for a few packed weeks of DVD releases leading up to Christmas, so get your wallets out and prepare to start emptying them. The biggest release in stores today is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is obviously an essential purchase if you are a fan. Outside of that, we've also got Michael Mann's Public Enemies, Julie & Julia and the Robin Williams dark comedy World's Greatest Dad, plus a few cool docs including the Oscar shortlisted The Cove, and Oscilloscope's Beautiful Losers. Also, you know you want these two beautiful box sets: Criterion's Ak 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa and Lost: The Complete Fifth Season (Dharma Initiation Kit). Will you be picking up anything this week?
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [1] (DVD, Blu-ray [2])
Public Enemies [3] (DVD, Blu-ray [4])
Julie & Julia [5] (DVD, Blu-ray [6])
World's Greatest Dad [7] (DVD, Blu-ray [8])
Home Movie [9]
Lion's Den [10]
The Skeptic [11]
Humble Pie [12]
Hooking Up [13]
Run!
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No 'Hancock 2'...At Least For a Good Long While
8 December 2009 8:14 AM, PST
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What, no aliens to fight? Peter Berg, who is making intelligent life from other galaxies a key component of his movie version of the board game Battleship, has cooled on the idea of Hancock 2. Certainly, a Will Smith movie that makes half a billion dollars is worth looking at for a sequel (if you're the studio), so it was no major surprise that Sony was keen on a follow-up. And it was steamrolling ahead until...
Berg tells HitFix that Hancock 2 is on ice for now, and maybe for quite a while. Of his dealings with Smith and producers Michael Mann and Akiva Goldsman, Berg says, “To get us all in the same room where we can talk and then agree on anything? You'll never meet a group of people who will have a harder time agreeing on anything. It's like the Israeli peace process times a thousand in
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Blu-ray Review: Public Enemies
8 December 2009 12:15 AM, PST
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I ended my theatrical review of Public Enemies with the following line:
I am leaving room for this one to grow on me or slowly settle down to the middle, but one thing's for certain, it had my wheels spinning and may likely end up an all-time classic of mine a few years down the line.
This is the approach I try to take to all films whether I like them out of the box or not, but this one in particular felt like a film that was either going to slowly attach itself or just die away quietly. My expectations, as with other Mann films such as Heat and Thief (unfortunately not Miami Vice), were that this one would improve upon repeated viewings and after watching Universal's Blu-ray release it does just that. As a matter of fact I no longer have any doubts as to this film's quality
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- Brad Brevet
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