Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Scarface as it celebrates its 40th anniversary… There is nary a filmgoer who has not heard of Brian De Palma’s Scarface. Debuting 40 years ago this month, the movie stirred controversy and polarized audiences with its graphic violence, excessive profanity and depictions of drug usage but has since then […]
Michael Mann on the difficulties of recasting for Heat 2, teases Adam Driver again
After confirming last week Heat 2 would be his next production, Michael Mann is once again speaking about his plans for adapting his and Meg Gardiner’s novel which they published last year. In an interview with Vulture, Mann spoke about the difficulties of recasting Heat‘s iconic characters, which were led by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, […]
Al Pacino and Shia LaBeouf to lead JFK conspiracy thriller Assassination
The infamous assassination of US President John F. Kennedy is going to be revisited onscreen again as Deadline reports Rain Man director Barry Levinson will helm Assassination with Al Pacino and Shia LaBeouf leading the film. The JFK assassination is one of the most shocking moments in history with numerous conspiracy theories around what really happened and who […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Carlito’s Way (1993)
Carlito’s Way, 1993. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, and John Leguizamo. SYNOPSIS: Sure, Carlito’s Way has made its way to 4K Ultra HD before, but Arrow pulled out all the stops here with an improved visual presentation as well as a big batch of new […]
Al Pacino and Logan Lerman are searching for Hitler in trailer for final season of Prime Video’s Hunters
Positing the question – what if Adolf Hitler had survived World War II? – Amazon Prime have dropped the teaser for the final season of Hunters, in which Al Pacino, Logan Lerman and the Nazi-hunting team are banding together and heading to South America to track down the most infamous Nazi of all. Executive Produced […]
Prime Video’s Hunters target Adolf Hitler trailer for season 2 of Nazi-hunting series
Prime Video has released a trailer for the second and final season of the conspiracy drama series Hunters which sees the group of Nazi hunters banding together and head to South America to track down the most infamous Nazi of all, Adolf Hitler (Udo Kier); watch it below… After an accident derails their exploits in […]
Johnny Depp to direct Modigliani, will produce with Al Pacino
Having got himself back in front of the camera for the first time in three years for Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry, Johnny Depp is not returning to the director’s chair for a biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. As per Deadline, Modigliani will hronicle the life of the Italian artist across a turbulent and eventful […]
Is Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman a ‘vanity project’?
Anghus Houvouras on Netflix vanity projects and The Irishman… Modern journalism is about rapid-fire reactions. That is the highest priority. Quickly getting a ‘hot take’ out for the world to see before anyone else does in the hopes of getting likes, upvotes and views. Getting things right is a distant second. Which is why I […]
The year Heat was criminally overlooked by the Oscars
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Oscars in 1996, when Heat was criminally overlooked by the Academy… The year was 1996, which looked back over the films of the previous year. It was a fairly strong year, and like a lot of the nomination lists throughout that decade there are some oddities. There are also […]
The Godfather at 50: Cinema Reinvented
Tom Jolliffe looks back at The Godfather as it turns 50… In 1967, Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde began a solid decade of a mature, intense and gritty American cinema. Though Penn was fairly experienced by this point, he was unknowingly going to help forge a path that a new wave of (future) iconic directors […]
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