Tag Archives: Michael Mann

Film review | Drive – Ryan Gosling gets behind the wheel in a precision-tooled new noir thriller

Posted on 24 September 2011 by Jason Best

Ryan Gosling’s nameless hero in Nicolas Winding Refn’s stylish thriller Drive is a type you’ll have encountered before, in everything from Westerns to films noirs: the laconic tough guy who is calm on the surface, tightly-coiled beneath; the lone wolf … Continue reading →

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News Hound | Drool over the sizzling new stills from Eclipse and find out who is the ultimate movie president

Posted on 17 February 2010 by Adele Craciun

News Hound sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – because there’s nothing like a juicy bone to get you through the day… Fresh stills from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse have been … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | A Prophet – French prison drama is the new crime movie kingpin

Posted on 20 January 2010 by Jason Best

French director Jacques Audiard’s gripping prison drama A Prophet is a further sign that European cinema is currently giving Hollywood a hiding when it comes to making exciting and intelligent crime movies. In the last year or so, Italian Mafia … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 19 November 2009 by admin

Star Trek Lost in space… Director J.J. Abrams reboot of the classic sci-fi franchise is set in an alternate reality and features space ships, black holes, phasers and pointy ears. If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 12 November 2009 by admin

Brüno Camp crusader… Flamboyant Austrian fashion reporter, Brüno Gehard (Sacha Baron Cohen), sets out to make a name for himself in the States in a series of controversial and cringe-inducing stunts. If you can see this, then you might need … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Public Enemies – Johnny Depp’s charismatic 1930s outlaw steals Michael Mann’s gangster biopic

Posted on 4 November 2009 by Jason Best

Michael Mann has produced some of Hollywood’s finest thrillers of the past couple of decades – just think back to Manhunter and Heat – but his gangster biopic Public Enemies doesn’t find him at the top of his game. The … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 29 July 2009 by admin

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince It’s a kind of magic… Harry and his Hogwarts cohorts have to contend with a new potions teacher, Voldemort’s Death Eaters, and raging hormones in their sixth year at the School of Witchcraft and … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 23 July 2009 by admin

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince It’s a kind of magic… Harry and his Hogwarts cohorts have to contend with a new potions teacher, Voldemort’s Death Eaters, and raging hormones in their sixth year at the School of Witchraft and … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 9 July 2009 by admin

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Sub-zero heroes… The third instalment in the animated franchise sees Sid’s attempts to start a family landing him – and his pals – in a strange underground world. If you can see this, then … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Public Enemies – Johnny Depp gives Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger a dangerous glamour

Posted on 1 July 2009 by Jason Best

Michael Mann clearly thinks crooks are cool. Look at the evidence on screen: in film after film he’s drawn to bandits and outlaws, felons and fugitives, hoods and heavies. Like a hopeless recidivist, he just can’t keep away from crime. … Continue reading →

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