Variety is reporting that Al Pacino is set to play former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in an as-yet-untitled film for HBO and director Barry Levinson, which will explore the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. The logline for the film reads: “After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in […]
Blu-ray Review – Heat: Director’s Definitive Edition (1995)
Heat: Director’s Definitive Edition, 1995. Directed by Michael Mann. Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Willliamson, Natalie Portman, Amy Brenneman, and Hank Azaria. SYNOPSIS: Heat has been released on Blu-ray before in a pretty definitive edition, but this new one features remastered video from a 4K […]
Heat prequel novel coming from Michael Mann and author Reed Farrel Coleman
From Michael Mann’s long career as a director, one of the films people point to as his best work is the 1995 crime thriller Heat, pairing the iconic Robert De Niro and Al Pacino together for the first time ever. Per Deadline, Mann has partnered with author Reed Farrel Coleman to create a prequel novel of […]
Joe Pesci will reportedly appear in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman
Martin Scorsese has spent several years looking to put together The Irishman, his long-gestating adaptation of Charles Brandt’s bestselling book I Heard You Paint Houses, and while he finally secured financing last year, it was reported that Joe Pesci had opted against a reunion with the filmmaker on his new project, which has Robert De […]
Movie Review – Misconduct (2016)
Misconduct, 2016. Directed by Shintaro Shimosawa. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Julia Stiles and Alice Eve. SYNOPSIS: A hotshot lawyer takes on a corrupt pharmaceutical kingpin and winds up neck deep in a murky world of dodgy dealings and double crosses. Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins starring in a late-night […]
Al Pacino and Anthony Hopkins’ new thriller Misconduct grosses just £97 at UK box office
After it received a chilly reception from critics last week, the new thriller Misconduct has had one of the worst openings ever at the UK box office, grossing less than £100. Yes, £100. The film, directed by Shintaro Shimosawa, stars Academy Award winners Al Pacino (Heat) and Anthony Hopkins (Thor: The Dark World) and was […]
Exclusive clip from Misconduct featuring Al Pacino
With the film out now in UK cinemas and on VOD, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the new thriller Misconduct, featuring Hollywood legend Al Pacino. Check it out here… When an ambitious young lawyer takes on a big case against a powerful and ruthless executive of a large pharmaceutical company, he soon finds himself […]
First trailer for Misconduct starring Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino
Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming thriller Misconduct, which stars Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Julia Stiles and Alice Eve. Check it out below… When an ambitious young lawyer takes on a big case against a powerful and ruthless executive of a large pharmaceutical company, he soon finds himself […]
Movie Review – Manglehorn (2014)
Manglehorn, 2014. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, Harmony Korine and Natalie Wilemon. SYNOPSIS: Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend. With a story bristling […]
Movie Review – Danny Collins (2015)
Danny Collins, 2015. Written and Directed by Dan Fogelman. Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Benning, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale and Christopher Plummer. SYNOPSIS: An ageing rocker comes to the realisation that his life perhaps hasn’t gone as it should have after he reads a letter written to him by John Lennon, sent decades earlier but not […]