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Votd: What If Michael Mann Directed an Episode of 24 Starring You?
22 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST
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Bbdo, At&T and BlackBerry have just released a new interactive advertisement directed by Michael Mann (Public Enemies, Heat, The Insider) that ties a broadcast TV spot (a 24-style action-thriller) with a your Facebook account information to insert you into the story. The television broadcast version of the advertisement is a bit shorter, and keeps the identity of the central character a mystery. In the online version, your photo, key information, and even your friends are inserted into the action.
Also of note, Roberto Schaefer (Quantum of Solace, The Kite Runner, Stranger Than Fiction) was the director of photography on the spot, which was edited by the two-time Academy Award-nominated Saar Klein (Almost Famous, The Bourne Identity, The Thin Red Line).
Go to onestepaheadmovie.com to watch/be in the spot now. Thanks to DannyT for the tip.
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- Peter Sciretta
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Danny Trejo Explains Machete's Origins
21 December 2009 7:06 AM, PST
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Many people think that the idea behind making Robert Rodriguez's upcoming Machete came from its inclusion as a faux-trailer in the Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino double feature Grindhouse. However, Danny Trejo told ComingSoon that in fact the movie evolved from many years of planning.
Everybody thinks that Machete came out of a trailer, but it didn't. Robert told me he wanted to do this movie called Machete when we were doing Desperado and that if you look at the character in Machete, he kind of molded this character Machete ... Machete kicks a**. [laughs] It is a culmination of Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico ... I think there's even a little bit of From Dusk Till Dawn in there.
I think it's going to be one of his best. I'm not just saying that 'cause I'm the lead in it, but it's just a great movie. I think everybody's going to
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- Ryan Gowland
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Danny Trejo Talks 'Machete'
21 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST
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Recently LatinoReview got to visit the set of "Predators," which actor Danny Trejo is in and spoke to the site about his first lead role in "Machete," the faux trailer from "Grindhouse." The film is being co-directed by Robert Rodriguez with protege Ethan Maniquis.
The film follows the highly
skilled Federale Machete who is hired by some unsavory types to assassinate
a senator. But just as he's about to take the shot, he notices someone
aiming at him and realizes he's been set up. He barely survives the
sniper's bullet, and is soon out for revenge on his former employers,
with the reluctant assistance of his old friend (Marin), who has become
a priest and taken a vow of nonviolence.
Here is what he had to say about his upcoming film "Machete":
Robert put together such a great cast. What’s it like working with Robert De Niro, and then Steven Seagal,
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- Kellvin Chavez
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Danny Trejo Talks MacHete. Could the Sequels be Called MacHete Kills and MacHete Kills Again?
20 December 2009 6:01 PM, PST
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The other day I got to talk with Danny Trejo on the set of Predators along with a number of other online journalists. While we are embargoed from talking about Predators, we’re allowed to cover other projects.
As most of you know, Danny recently shot Machete with director Robert Rodriguez. The film is based on the trailer that was featured in Grindhouse and it’s loaded with an all star cast like Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, and Rose McGowan.
So when we talked to him about Machete, he talked about what it was like to work with such an all star cast and he confirmed the rumors that it might be getting released this April. Also, when we asked him if Machete was a one off or did he think there could be sequels, Trejo replied, “we want Machete, Machete Kills,
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Danny Trejo Talks 'Machete'
20 December 2009 5:57 PM, PST
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Recently while visiting the set of "Predators" Danny Trejo spoke to us about his first lead role in "Machete," the faux trailer from "Grindhouse" the film is being co-directed by Robert Rodriguez with protege Ethan Maniquis. The film follows the highly skilled Federale Machete is hired by some unsavory types to assassinate a senator. But just as he's about to take the shot, he notices someone aiming at him and realizes he's been set up. He barely survives the sniper's bullet, and is soon out for revenge on his former employers, with the reluctant assistance of his old friend (Marin), who has become a priest and taken a vow of nonviolence. Here is what he had to say about the upcoming film.What’s the last number of months been like for you, two films back to back, and what can you tell us about “Machete”? Danny Trejo: Well uh…
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Robert Rodriguez and Trejo Talk Machete
20 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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Ever since directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez released their experimental tribute to exploitation films entitled, Grindhouse in 2007, which featured "fake trailers," fans have been desperately waiting for a full-length version of Rodriguez's Machete trailer. The trailer starred frequent Rodriguez collaborator Danny Trejo in the title role as a Federale from Mexico who gets hired to do hatchet jobs in the U.S. Well, fans can now stop waiting as Rodriguez and Trejo began shooting the film, simply entitled Machete, earlier this year and are currently in post-production on the project. The movie features an extremely intriguing and talented cast that in addition to Trejo includes, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Jessica Alba, Rose McGowan, Robert De Niro, Steven Segal, Jeff Fahey, Don Johnson and Tom Savini. We recently had the opportunity to speak to both Robert Rodriguez and Danny Trejo visiting Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas to
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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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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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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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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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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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Collider Holiday Giveaway - We Finally Have a New Server! Win Free DVD’s, Blu-rays and Books!
6 December 2009 7:12 PM, PST
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With the holiday’s fast approaching and everyone struggling to find enough money to buy presents, we’ve come up with a novel way to save money: get free stuff from us! Thanks to a bunch of PR films, I’ve got a huge box filled with DVDs, Blu-rays and books and I’m going to give everything away to our readers. So if you’d like to know what you could win and how to enter, just hit the jump for all the info:
And one bit of news before you click on the jump…if you’re a regular reader of Collider, you’ve probably noticed we’ve had a lot of problems keeping the site online over the past few months. Due to heavy traffic and an old server, the site was crashing almost everyday. But after many weeks of work behind the scenes, we have a
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John’s Top Eleven Films of the Decade
6 December 2009 3:47 PM, PST
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I was just under 11 years old as we entered the 2000s, and in the last decade I have made it my mission to fill the space in my mind that should be reserved for academics to remembering the details of far too many films. In looking back upon this decade, it seems that we’ve had quite a good chunk of time for movies — there are only two years absent on my top ten list: 2000 and 2005, while 2006 is represented by three films. I still cheated, though, by extending my list to eleven entries. Some were just too good to decide between.
I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. And before you start — don’t cry. The Dark Knight isn’t on here.
11. The Royal Tenenbaums – 2001
Spoiler: you’re going to find that comedy is slightly underrepresented on this list, with Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums
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'Beverly Hills Cop' is 25 Years Old Today... Can You Believe It?
5 December 2009 2:38 AM, PST
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Reading up on the history of Beverly Hills Cop, it never should have worked. By the time the movie went into production, there were about 8 billion different versions of the script. The final product was basically scotch-taped together from those different versions and whatever else didn't work was improvised by the cast.
Way back when, the story looked like a star vehicle for Al Pacino or James Caan in what would have been a much more serious take on the story. Then Mickey Rourke was attached. Then Rourke walked. Sylvestor Stallone came on board for an even bloodier version that never came to fruition because it would have been too expensive (reportedly Stallone took many of that version's ideas and made Cobra. I'm assuming it was most of the really bad ideas). So what did the studio do with what was once a serious tale of revenge? They made it a comedy.
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Public Enemies Blu-ray Review
1 December 2009 6:52 AM, PST
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I root for Michael Mann even when he missteps, because he is one of America’s premier filmmakers, and one of the great visionaries of cinema. And, really, he’s only been building up steam. TV seemed to occupy him in the 80’s (even with three efforts, the best being Manhunter), but it wasn’t until 1995 that he really struck gold with Heat, and followed that up with The Insider. Both of which qualify as two of the best films of the 90’s. Since then it’s been a film every two or three years, and though none have been as great as those two, they run from the interesting to awesome. Public Enemies falls more into the interesting than awesome camp, but it is definitely solid, albeit familiar ground. My review after the jump.
Johnny Depp stars as John Dillinger, the bank-robbing, folk-hero of his era. A little bit Robin Hood-ish,
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Tony McNeal's Born That Way (Short Film)
29 November 2009 8:44 PM, PST
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I bookmarked this short (Born That Way) from director Tony McNeal some time ago with the intention of posting it and then promptly forgot. Which is a shame because it's really is a very cool and very well put together. Anyway I've remembered now and you really should take a few minutes to check it out.
"When ex-con and hard-as-nails, Jake Green, finally gets a chance to see his daughter after six months, he takes her out for a quick bite only to wind up in the middle of an armoured car heist. The violent incident leaves a lasting impression on his daughter and influences her choice to pursue a dangerous and lucrative career later in life."
Born That Way stars Stars Kevin Gage (Waingro from Michael Mann's "Heat") who fits the role pretty perfectly.
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DVD Giveaway: Public Enemies
23 November 2009 6:54 AM, PST
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Johnny Depp and Christian Bale square off in Public Enemies, the story of bank robber John Dillinger who became the FBI's first official "public enemy," that is coming to Blu-ray Disc and DVD on December 8.
I have three copies of Public Enemies on DVD and a Public Enemies bottle opener that will be award to a trio of randomly chosen winners. For a chance to win, fill out and send in the completed entry form below. You are also encouraged to return any or every day thereafter to enter again.
From award-winning director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral) comes the film inspired by one of the country's most captivating and infamous outlaws . John Dillinger. Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean series) stars as the charismatic and elusive bank robber marked by the FBI as America's first "Public Enemy Number One." Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) plays Billie Frechette,
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Idris Elba joins the fantastic cast of ‘Thor’
20 November 2009 10:55 AM, PST
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Idris Elba was one of the few positives in the Beyonce thriller Obsessed, so his reported casting in the the upcoming Marvel epic, Thor, comes as great news.
Elba will be joining Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, (hold on, let me catch my breath…okay, I’m good) Samuel L. Jackson, Stellan Skarsgard, Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson and Tadanobu Asano. He’ll be playing Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard.
Thor will be directed by Kenneth Branagh with production to kick off in January.
The film will arrive in theaters on May 20, 2011.
Source: Heat Vision
Related posts:Marvel’s ‘Thor’ to kick off production this winterAnthony Hopkins to play Odin in ‘Thor’Daniel Craig joins cast for psychological thriller ‘Dream House’
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Thor’s Hammer Strikes another Talented Actor as Idris Elba Comes on Board
19 November 2009 9:34 PM, PST
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If you’ve seen The Wire, you know that Idris Elba is a ridiculously talented actor who has yet to become a massive success stateside. But now that’s just a matter of time as he already appeared last season on The Office (which didn’t really utilize his talent but a lot of folks watch it, myself included), will appear next year in the comic book action flick The Losers and now he’s landed a role in Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming adaptation of Marvel’s Thor.
Show some respect to Stringer Bell and hit the jump for details.
According to Heat Vision Blog, Elba will play “Heimdall; as the guardian of Asgard, he stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders.” Now that’s pretty damn cool, not just because everyone else in Asgard is apparently too lazy to defend their own damn city,
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