Michael Mann has been cooking up some Heat with the sequel to his iconic 1995 film. Now, as the project enters casting the casting stage, they’ve found a new star. Per WorldofReel, Austin Butler is in final talks to join Mann’s Heat 2, where he’ll play Chris Shiherlis, the character made famous by Val Kilmer […]
Heat: Still the Best Crime Thriller of the Modern Era
Tom Jolliffe looks back at Heat, which was released on this day in 1995 and remains the best crime thriller in the modern era… It’s hard to believe, but Heat is fast approaching thirty years old. The enduring neo-noir instantly enraptured fans upon release, bringing two screen titans in Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, […]
4K Ultra HD Review – True Romance (1993)
True Romance, 1993. Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Michael Rapaport, Tom Sizemore, Bronson Pinchot, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini, and Saul Rubinek. SYNOPSIS: True Romance arrives in 4K in time for its 29th anniversary. With an early script by […]
Val Kilmer on why he left Batman role: “It’s not about Batman. There is no Batman”
In a detailed and candid profile in The New York Times, Val Kilmer has opened up about his career, his battle with cancer, and the industry as a whole. During the article, Kilmer touched on his time as Batman in the ’90s, and how he feels about the character. Known for many roles throughout his […]
4K Ultra HD Review – True Romance (1993)
True Romance, 1993. Directed by Tony Scott. Starring Patricia Arquette, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini, Tom Sizemore and Michael Rapaport. SYNOPSIS: An Elvis-loving movie fan and his new wife go on the run when they inadvertently come into the possession of a bag […]
Willow writer explains Val Kilmer’s Madmartigan absence in Disney+ sequel series
For Willow fans, the appearance of Val Kilmer was anticipated, yet many knew it would be hard to do work. It wasn’t for lack of trying, as writer Jonathan Kasdan says there were always plans to feature the actor. In an EW interview, Kasdan discussed the plans were to include Kilmer’s Madmartigan, but things didn’t […]
The evolution of the Batman suit on screen from 1943 to 2017
Luke Owen looks back at Batman’s past… As Saturday was Batman Day [you can read two other op-eds here and here] and following on from my look back at the evolution of Spider-Man and Daredevil‘s costumes (and the Batmobile), I thought it would be fun to look back at all the big screen and (some […]
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 […]
Top Gun: Maverick and the Success of Simplistic Cinema
Anghus Houvrouas on the success of Top Gun: Maverick… Top Gun: Maverick is the kind of massive, crowd pleasing blockbuster that felt almost extinct after a global pandemic threatened to end the theatrical experience. Loved by both audiences and critics, the movie has become a phenomenon and the most successful movie of 2022. I always […]
Val Kilmer’s Madmartigan will be part of Willow sequel series “in a big way”
On Thursday, Lucasfilm released the first trailer for Willow, the upcoming Disney+ original series which serves as a sequel to the classic 1988 fantasy film. As we saw in first look at the show, Warwick Davis is back in his role as Willow Ufgood for the new adventure, as is Joanne Whalley as Sorsha, but […]
