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Hollywood and Its Antecedents: Michael Mann's "The Last of the Mohicans"
6 hours ago | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »
The Last of the Mohicans screened in Chicago on October 26 as part of Doc Films' Michael Mann retrospective.
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The auteurist defense of Michael Mann tends to overlook that his creative freedom came only after years of playing by Hollywood's rules and that even his most personal films exist within popular genres. Mann's debt to modern Hollywood is most evident in The Last of the Mohicans(1992), a film whose very conception—a big-budget action movie with specious literary pedigree—reflects the cake-and-eat-it mentality of the latter-day blockbuster. Over and over, it eschews detail that would allow us to better understand character, setting, and conflict in favor of violent action; and often, what remains of the former is perfunctory, and bound to cliché. I can’t attribute these faults entirely to Mann: IMDb reports that his original cut of the film was around three hours and that Twentieth Century Fox rushed him »
DVD review: Public Enemies
13 November 2009 7:34 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Universal, rental and retail
It's a Michael Mann film, so of course the period detail is immaculate and the set-pieces are pulled off with aplomb, but Public Enemies is a strangely unmoving experience. Johnny Depp's John Dillinger is oddly neutral while his dogged FBI pursuer (Christian Bale) is a torturer. Ultimately, this lacks the sense of unhinged danger that you want from gangsterdom and get from Scorsese. Mann is a permacool control-freak and this is a long way from the strut of authentic Hollywood Hoodlumville. It's like Heat cooled down.
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- Rob Mackie
Blu-Ray Review: Michael Mann’s ‘Heat’ a Modern Masterpiece
11 November 2009 1:23 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Michael Mann might first seem the ideal fit for Blu-Ray. He’s a notorious perfectionist, apparent in every frame of his remarkable output of films that includes such great modern classics as “Manhunter,” “The Insider,” “Collateral,” and “Public Enemies”. But one of Mann’s best films, “Heat,” recently released on Blu-Ray, is an interesting example of a director who has a vision that shouldn’t necessarily be overly polished by the HD format. The film looks like Mann wants it - gritty, dark, and like, well, actual film. It’s a release that some buyers may think doesn’t look “HD enough,” but to this Mann aficionado thinks that it looks just right.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
As for the film itself, it’s one of the rare ’90s films that gets better every time I see it. It’s a battle of wills between two of the most legendary actors »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Heat and Logan’s Run Blu-ray Reviews
10 November 2009 10:26 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Catalog titles Ftw. I am one of those rare people who enjoy being “double dipped.” I like upgrading to Blu-ray if I love a film, because you only get to watch a movie for the first time once, and so a different and better transfer is a reason (at least for me) to get excited about a film you’ve seen a number of times. When I would go see something in the theater on multiple occasions, I’d often go to different theaters (or failing that, different seats). My reviews of the Blu-rays of Heat and Logan’s Run after the jump.
Heat is one of the great American films. It took me a while to come to that, and I still think that Michael Mann’s finest film is The Insider, but there’s no denying Heat. Robert De Niro stars as Neal McCauley, a high line criminal who knows how to rob. »
- Andre Dellamorte
New On DVD This Week
10 November 2009 4:15 PM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
Here’s a list of some of the new movie and TV shows coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week that we’re looking forward to seeing. Also, there’s some classic, and not-so-classic, movies hitting Blu-ray for the first time this week as well.
Of all the new releases, we’re particularly interested in the Blu-ray versions of movies and TV shows such as Michael Mann’s awesome film Heat (shown above with Robert De Nero and Val Kilmer), Logan’s Run, Up, Monsters, Inc. and the Watchmen “Ultimate” Cut. Plus, there’s the second volume of Batman: The Brave and the Bold coming out this week as well.
Check them out:
Movies
The Accidental Husband ~ Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Sam Shepard (DVD and Blu-ray)
The General (1926) (Silent) ~ Buster Keaton (Blu-ray)
Heat ~ Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer (Blu-ray)
Logan’s Run ~ Michael York »
- Joe Gillis
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: November 10, 2009
10 November 2009 1:53 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
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Up I just reviewed the Blu-ray version of this release and may I just say it is worth every penny. Pixar films look phenomenal in high-definition and the word "flawless" is by no means a stretch. Along with my review I have also included a clip from the new animated short "Dug's Special Mission," so just click here for the video and full review details.
Oh, and if you want to buy it in store you can get a $10 off coupon right here. Monsters, Inc. Yup, it's Pixar week on Blu-ray as Monsters, Inc. joins Up as well as a gift pack version of Cars and this one too manages to impress greatly. There are a few new features, which I detailed in my review and I also included a sneak peek at the new roundtable feature in my review right here. »
- Brad Brevet
Heat Blu-ray Review
9 November 2009 10:12 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Though there are notable exceptions (Ali, Last of the Mohicans), it is not an unreasonable stretch that Michael Mann has made a career telling stories about cops and robbers. From Thief (1981) and Manhunter (1986) through Miami Vice (2006) and Public Enemies (2009), he has produced tense explorations into the cerebral underpinnings of what makes players tick both in and outside of our legal system. Heat (1995) could very well be considered his crowning achievement in this territory, and its two most iconic scenes epitomize what the writer/director's classic crime drama is all about.
The no holds bar shootout in downtown Los Angeles during a broad daylight bank heist escape is one of the most thrilling firefights put to celluloid and has been among my favorites to sample out of context on DVD over the years (and its all that more awesome on Blu-ray!). Not just a great piece of realistic, machismo gunplay, what »
Making The (Up) Grade: Heat
5 November 2009 6:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Every few years, it seems necessary in the course of critiquing home video releases to clarify and designate the difference between all of those terms that distributors and producers come up with to describe films that arrive in stores in a version other than their theatrical iteration. For example, "unrated" no longer simply means that a film is too bawdy or offensive to garner a proper MPAA rating; rather, in many cases it means that the studio re-inserted footage, and didn't bother to screen it for the ratings board at all. "Director's cuts," meanwhile, sometimes really reflect the original vision of a filmmaker for his movie, and sometimes just qualify as an alternate version that was supervised or approved by the director. And most importantly, none of these changes are an automatic indication that the film will be superior to the one that you saw in theaters, even if there's »
- Todd Gilchrist
Discuss: Movies That Everyone Seems To Love But You
4 November 2009 7:31 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a little post about Movies That Nobody Seems To Like But You, and it was an awful lot of fun for you (over 100 comments) and me -- so today I thought we could flip it around because I happen to know for a fact that there are movies that everyone seems to love but you ... because for me, that movie is Heat.
Released in 1995, Michael Mann's crime drama was an unofficial remake of his made-for-tv film, L.A. Takedown, and is still considered one of the greatest crime films of all time. The story centered on an Lapd homicide detective and a career criminal (played by 'Method heavies' Al Pacino and Robert De Niro) in a battle of wits with Mann's trademark themes of masculine identity and how our work can define us as people. But, no matter how many times I have »
- Jessica Barnes
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: November 3, 2009
3 November 2009 4:53 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
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Before we get into this week's releases I thought I would alert you to an upcoming 50% off Criterion Collection titles at Barnes and Nobles beginning on November 10 and running for two weeks. The full details, and a $5 off coupon, can be found in the DVD Talk forums.
Wings of Desire (Criterion Collection) This is a huge week for major title releases on Blu-ray as Criterion's release of Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire is just the first of three titles I reviewed and most likely blew my word count for the next two weeks trying to get all of my thoughts squared away.
As for this title specifically, it was my first time seeing it and as it played on and on I began to enjoy it more and more. However, if you read my lengthy review, you will »
- Brad Brevet
DVD Review: Public Enemies
1 November 2009 4:41 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
“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 twenty minutes of Public Enemies is this familiar Mann – the man who made Heat, Collateral and Miami Vice is here you think. The screen, the very room filled with slick staccato sights and sounds. It is cool; it looks period but feels contemporary, fast paced; a jail break, a bank heist, bang, bang, rapid-fire images, bang, bang. A car crests a hill with the robbers on the running boards clutching hostages to them, pretty girls, big guns, devil-may-care men; Gangsters. It explodes out of the screen burning with the same white-hot intensity that Mann believes »
- Emily Breen
Anthony Hopkins Joins ‘Thor’ as Odin
29 October 2009 7:49 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Sir Anthony Hopkins is in negotiations to play Odin, the Norse god and ruler of Asgard in Marvel’s upcoming comic book movie Thor. Kenneth Branagh is directing the production that starts in January and is scheduled for theaters on May 20, 2011.
Odin is the biological father of the Thunder God, Thor (played by Chris Hemsworth), and the adopted dad of the God of Evil, Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Talk about bragging rights around the office. “Oh, your son made the baseball team? Yeah, well, mine’s the god of thunder, so…”
In the film, Thor’s arrogance and recklessness re-ignite an ancient war, so he’s cast out of Asgard and down to Earth. There, as his human form Donald Blake, he meets a nurse named Jane Foster (Natalie Portman). When Loki comes to Earth Thor is forced to take up the hammer and fight him.
This means Brian Blessed is »
- Jeff Leins
Anthony Hopkins to Play Odin in Kenneth Branagh's Thor!
29 October 2009 5:26 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
I did not see this coming! No, it won't be Robert De Niro or Jude Law or Brian Blessed, apparently Odin, Thor's father, will be played by none other than Anthony Hopkins in Marvel's upcoming Thor movie. THR's Heat Vision Blog reports that Hopkins is "in negotiations" to play the Norse god and ruler of Asgard in the adaptation being directed by Kenneth Branagh. We already know that the cast also includes Chris Hemsworth as the god of thunder Thor, Tom Hiddleston as his evil brother Loki, Natalie Portman, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, and apparently Robert De Niro and Jude Law. Talk about a very impressive cast! Odin is the ruler of Asgard, the mythical world where the Norse gods reside. He first appeared in Marvel's Journey into Mystery #86 in 1962 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The story in the movie is about Thor, a powerful »
- Alex Billington
Chriqui and Kilmer Join War Film
28 October 2009 6:36 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Here’s a recipe for … well, I’m not sure what dish this will make, but it’ll certainly be interesting: Emmanuelle Chriqui, a recurring actor on Entourage, and Val Kilmer (Tombstone) have joined forces with director Renny Harlin for the leading roles in Georgia, Harlin’s new war film.
According to THR, the film centers around “an American journalist (Kilmer) and his cameraman caught in the crossfire of covering last year’s military conflict between Russia and Georgia … [as well as] a Georgia native (Chriqui) and doctoral student who becomes entangled with them.”
While this certainly doesn’t represent Harlin’s average action fare, I’m not entirely convinced that the man has ever made a good film in his life. When the closest you come to a good film is the lackluster Die Hard 2 or the redeemably cheesy Deep Blue Sea, you know your track record is somewhat worse for the wear. »
- John Cooper
Movie Review: The House of the Devil (2009)
21 October 2009 1:57 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Jocelin Donahue in The House of the Devil
Photo: Magnet Releasing Some early online buzz piqued my interest enough to check out Ti West's The House of the Devil, a horror film I went into assuming it was a throwback haunted house tale, but that's not really the case. While the film is a throwback to 1980s horror it is very light on scares and rushes its final act after slow-playing it for nearly an hour. It would probably serve as a decent diversion if you are home alone one night, but if you get more than one person in a room the pacing on this one is likely to bore you to the point where sideways glances will result in one of you saying, "This is pretty dumb."
The film centers on Sam played by Jocelin Donahue, an actress that fits the description of most every Hollywood twenty-something, »
- Brad Brevet
Discuss: What Makes a Great Movie Villain?
20 October 2009 10:03 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
While watching Michael Mann's Heat, I discovered the "cup of coffee test" for screen villains. I found myself thinking again of that great scene in which the cop (Al Pacino) and the villain (Robert De Niro) sat down to share a cup of coffee. It was a simple gesture, with no chasing or guns or shooting. Just talking. But it demonstrated on a thematic and visual level that this hero and this villain were actually very close to one another. They were very similar people, with similar natures.
I started applying this test to almost every movie. Not surprisingly, most of them fall apart. Most movie villains simply sneer and cackle and try to take over the world. But think of Batman and the Joker in The Dark Knight. They don't literally have coffee together, but they do sit down together for a talk; the movie presents them as equals, »
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
Film News: George Clooney, Bill Murray, Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman, Ryan Reynolds
16 October 2009 1:10 PM, PDT | TheImproper.com | See recent TheImproper.com news »
George Clooney wants Ewan McGregor to take acting lessons from a goat. Natalie Portman, 28, says playing a girl at 14, who died in 1995 gangster movie “Heat” caused her to cut herself. Uma Thurman who plays an Internet blogger and mother-of-two in her new comedy, “Motherhood,” says she struggled when she became a parent. Would you believe Ryan Reynolds dresses in drag? Bill Murray laughs off recent claims by filmmaker McG, also known as Joseph McGinty Nichol, that he head-butted him during a dispute on set. And more... »
- kgirard@theimproper.com (Keith Girard)
Natalie Portman harmed herself after filming Heat
16 October 2009 12:24 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Natalie Portman cut herself as a teenager.
The 28-year-old actress has revealed playing a girl who died in 1995 gangster movie 'Heat' had a profound effect on her, resulting in her harming herself after an argument with her mother.
She told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: "Just as what you are feeling in your life affects your acting, what you act in definitely affects what you are feeling in your life.
"I made 'Heat' when I was 14 and played a girl who died. A year later, I got into a fight with my mother and cut myself. I had never done it before and I never did it after that, but I think having my wrists bloody in a movie definitely affected my psyche."
Natalie revealed acting has always scared her as she is constantly worried people won't find her performances believable.
She is planning to focus »
- Paul
Hall Of Horrors! A Conversation with Rob Hall Part I
15 October 2009 11:53 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
On the set of Alhambra, California's Powerman 5000 video 'Supervillain' , there's a green screen, special FX and a large crew. As Spider One gyrates before the screen, director Rob Hall leaps out of his directors chair and urges the singer to "Give it all ya got, man!"
Giving it all he's got is the ethos that Rob Hall lives by. Since his days as monster maker for Roger Corman all the way through Buffy and Angel, Hall's creatures were scarier, freakier and more creative than his big-budget competition. When he cuts loose on a movie, as he did with the rabid residents of Quarantine and his infected populace in the superb and disturbing remake of The Crazies, the results speak for themselves.
Not content at just being the next Rob Bottin, Hall also has a band with actor Hal Sparks and turned to directing. Besides his semi-autobiographical Lightning Bug, he »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
Hall Of Horrors! A Conversation with Rob Hall Part I
15 October 2009 11:53 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
On the set of Alhambra, California's Powerman 5000 video 'Supervillain' , there's a green screen, special FX and a large crew. As Spider One gyrates before the screen, director Rob Hall leaps out of his directors chair and urges the singer to "Give it all ya got, man!"
Giving it all he's got is the ethos that Rob Hall lives by. Since his days as monster maker for Roger Corman all the way through Buffy and Angel, Hall's creatures were scarier, freakier and more creative than his big-budget competition. When he cuts loose on a movie, as he did with the rabid residents of Quarantine and his infected populace in the superb and disturbing remake of The Crazies, the results speak for themselves.
Not content at just being the next Rob Bottin, Hall also has a band with actor Hal Sparks and turned to directing. Besides his semi-autobiographical Lightning Bug, he »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
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