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 […]
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 […]
8 of the Best Movie Shootouts Ever
Ben Robins with eight of the best movie shootouts ever… With Ben Wheatley’s Boston-set shootout comedy Free Fire finally hitting UK screens this week, it seems only appropriate to remind ourselves of all the best and bloodiest gunfights to date, which there’ve been many of. In fact, narrowing it down to just the eight listed […]
Backstage heat between John Cena & returning WWE star, Kurt Angle WWE return update
Rumblings of Kurt Angle’s WWE return first started around Wrestlemania 32, when it came out that our Olympic Hero was in the same city as WWE’s biggest show of the year. But it didn’t happen. Then Angle said he had met with Triple H to talk about a return to the company, and that it’s […]
Backstage WWE Heat On Sasha Banks Raw Promo! | WrestleTalk News
While Michael Cole reminds us that this is the New Era at every opportunity, a lot of people have another name for this phase of WWE: The Injury Era. Seth Rollins was out of action until May after he blew his knee out last year. Both John Cena and Cesaro have undergone shoulder surgery. Randy […]
Another WWE Release! Major Heat on Cody Rhodes? | WrestleTalk News
The following is a guest post from WrestleTalk. Subscribe to their YouTube channel for new videos every day. In today’s WrestleTalk News, an update on WWE’s expansion into China, reported heat on Cody Rhodes and another WWE star is granted their release. WWE Targeting China Exapansion Many eyebrows were raised when it was announced that Chinese […]
The Week in Movies – Star Wars: Episode VIII scene leaked, Daredevil for Avengers, Indiana Jones 5 announced and more…
The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema – including a breakdown of one of Star Wars: Episode VIII’s scenes involving Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron, Charlie Cox talks about Daredevil joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Avengers, Indiana Jones 5 confirmed for 2019 and much, much more… The Week in Movies is […]
Michael Mann wants to make a prequel to Heat
Michael Mann’s 1995 crime thriller Heat – which saw legendary actors Robert de Niro and Al Pacino finally share the screen together – is considered a classic today. While we never got a sequel, there’s a good chance that we may actually now get a prequel instead. Deadline are reporting that the writer/director has inked […]
TIFF 2015: Heat 20th Anniversary with Michael Mann
Ricky Church reports on the Heat 20th anniversary screening and Michael Mann Q&A at Toronto International Film Festival… One of the most groundbreaking crime dramas of its time, Heat celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Toronto International Film Festival with a screening of the film in a new 35mm print followed by a Q&A session […]