Daily television listings Oct 9, 2009
MOVIES Heat 6 p.m. (68). An obsessive detective tracks a thief in this smart, stylish crime thriller. (Boston Globe)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 3, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
'Ninja Assassin' Star Rain Answers Your Questions Sep 5, 2009
Swordplay and stunts galore, even in the heat of oncoming traffic this one's got the goods ... Eagle-eye fans of the pop star/ actor caught him in his first studio production last year, in the big-budget spectacle that was "Speed Racer." This holiday season, it's all on his shoulders, though, when "Ninja Assassin" hits theaters November 25. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Strange Turn-ons Aug 22, 2009
My girlfriend is turned on by, floggers, leather restraints, collars, canes, paddles, being chained to the bed, asphyxiation, hair pulling, riding crops, ropes, wax, heat, biting pretty extreme butt oh so fun and never makes for a dull moment ... Leggs here s your blog cheat sheet. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Charges Dropped against Top Black Scholar Jul 22, 2009
I'm sure the professor feels a little stupid today, because we all say things we shouldn't in the heat of the moment. The question is will this become just another phony blame whitey cause for the distinguished race baiter Al et. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
Dustin Kerns Checks In Jul 16, 2009
Heat with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro is one that I can always watch again and again. SCU: Who is your favorite athlete. (Santaclarabroncos.com)
Public Enemies review: Who is John Dillinger? No idea Jul 4, 2009
Heat, arguably Michael Manns best work (Ill always be true to The Insider), famously included a climactic sit down between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, also as men on opposite sides of the law. Depp and Bale have a brief meeting and its remarkable only for being unremarkable. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Public Enemies Jul 3, 2009
The all-too abbreviated exchange is reminiscent of the single delicious sit-down in a restaurant between Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in Mann's "Heat." The nature of the new movie keeps the pair -- "public enemy No. 1" and the G-man charged with tracking him down -- apart for most of the story ... We follow the courtship, capture and the final chapter, outside the Biograph Theater in Chicago where the gangster picture "Manhattan Melodrama" proved no match for the real-life drama unfolding. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Featured Filmmaker: Michael Mann Jul 3, 2009
IGN takes a look back at the career of the Public Enemies and Heat director ... Mann used his 1989 TV movie L.A. Takedown as the basis for Heat, turning the telepic into a sprawling L.A. crime drama ... Heat is most notable for being the first time that acting icons Robert De Niro and Al Pacino shared the screen together (they were both in The Godfather, Part II but had no scenes together). (IGN FilmForce)
Public Enemies Review Jul 1, 2009
But despite his cunning and resourcefulness, Dillinger's days are numbered as the FBI -- and the Mafia that fears the federal heat Dillinger has brought down on all criminals -- inches closer to finally getting their man ... We often don't get to know or truly care about his characters (Miami Vice being the most recent example, and Heat and The Insider the biggest exceptions) ... The tragedy of that character is never explored; to paraphrase Pacino in Heat, all Purvis is here is what he's going... (IGN FilmForce)
Kill Dill: Depp's Dillinger Disappoints Jul 1, 2009
Purvis and his team caught up with their public enemy as he emerged from a theater showing a Gable gangster film ... Mann, from his debut feature film, Thief, through those exemplary TV series Miami Vice and Crime Story to his cop-and-crook, cat-and-mouse Heat with Pacino and De Niro, has fashioned a body of work that puts him up there with Martin Scorsese as American entertainment's definitive chronicler of the underworld. (Time.com)
The top 10 best screen mobsters Jun 29, 2009
And before you snatch your gats to drill this jingle-brained finkeloo, nibble one and pipe the rules: These are mobsters, as in members of highly organized crime syndicates, not just criminals who are well organized (sorry, Robert De Niro in "Heat"), free agents (such as Dillinger's gang) or lugs with bean-shooters (sorry, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in "Bonnie and Clyde" and James Cagney in "White Heat") ... Public Enemies (R), starring Johnny Depp (right), opens Wednesday at Bay Area... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
As Dillinger, Johnny Depp takes on a role and a legend Jun 28, 2009
Some of them Mann created himself (Crockett and Tubbs, in Miami Vice, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro s cat-and-mouse cop and crook, in Heat ) ... It was outside a Chicago theater where he d just seen a Clark Gable crime picture, Manhattan Melodrama, that FBI agents gunned him down. (Boston Globe)
Take a Depp in the Caribbean Jun 26, 2009
Jason Mraz adds show at Pittsburgh's Amphitheater at Station Square for Aug. 11 ... Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat ... Transfer the meat into the bottom of a slow cooker and return the skillet to the heat. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Movie on DVD, soup, cake take flight May 29, 2009
DVD of Woodstock 40th anniversary re-release on June 9 to feature new footage of CCR, Grateful Dead, Who, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Jefferson Airplane, Canned Heat, more ... Preheat oven to 350 degrees. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Rental Pick: Heat May 1, 2009
Al Pacino and go mano a mano for the first time ever in Michael Mann s epic cops-and-robbers standoff Heat ... Heat rises above its genre trappings precisely because it devotes so much detail to the characters emotional family lives and the damage incurred by their professional lives, blending the modern heist movie with Greek tragedy and classic melodrama ... The intense cat-and-mouse game between Hanna and McCauley never lets up for Heat s three-hour duration. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Devilishly Good Apr 17, 2009
Murderess Dolores Claiborne, after Gilroy gets done with her, seems more native to the pages of than those of Stephen King; thick-fleshed, dense with secrets, some kind of avenger, carrying the cold Maine coastline inside her as Mauriac's Therse Desqueyroux carries the heat waves of Argelouse, France. As for The Devil's Advocate, it's The Firm dunked in a cauldron of folk Catholicism; look out, there's Pacino/Satan at the back of the church, making the holy water boil. (Slate)
Check out rep picks to see this weekend Apr 17, 2009
The evening, with director Richard Shepard ("The Matador") in attendance, is a benefit for the San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation ... Vogue Theater, 3290 Sacramento St., S.F. (415) 346- 2288 ... Cinemapocalypse The eclectic programmers at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, are spending the weekend in San Francisco, with a double feature Saturday night at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ("Mister Scarface," a 1976 Italian gangster film starring Jack Palance; and 1983's "Chained... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
South America's Shangri-La Mar 11, 2009
Performances were sold out months ahead of time, with the elite of Colombia and international visitors gathering for gala events in refurbished theaters, repurposed chapels and city plazas ... At an evening performance, the tones of Schubert resonated through five balconies filled with decked-out patrons sitting in the opulent box seats of the old Heredia Theater ... When I exited, the parasols were just a dream, but the carriages stood ready, as real as the marble theater steps. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
How Oscar got it wrong Mar 6, 2009
Should have won: best actor for "In the Heat of the Night" (1967) or "The Defiant Ones" (1958) When looking at Poitier's landmark career, does anyone consider "Lilies of the Field" to be the high point ... Now playing in theaters. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Gomorrah is a fascinating look at mob Feb 26, 2009
On the other end of the spectrum, Don Ciro (Gianfelice Imparato) is a longtime and faithful soldier who brings money to the families who have clan members in prison, but as retaliations heat up, he realizes he wants out. In between, there are smooth businessman Franco (Toni Servillo) and his right-hand man, Roberto (Carmine Paternoster), who make a living off illegally dumping toxic waste, and Pasquale the tailor (Salvatore Cantalupo), who crafts couture gowns but realizes he can earn more money... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Celebrity Blunders, Bombs and Breakups - Americans Find Escape and Enjoyment in Entertainment News Feb 14, 2009
Robert Downey Jr. made a career comeback with multiple big-screen successes in 2008, including the title role in "Iron Man" and an hilarious turn in "Tropic Thunder." Sadly, however, one of the most-longed-for team-ups in movie history - Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino finally scoring screen time together in the crime saga "Heat" - was roundly panned by critics and fans alike ... The tragic death of "Brokeback Mountain" and "The Dark Knight" star Heath Ledger from an accidental drug overdose. (Pekin Times, IL)
