weblogs.variety.com - 6/29/2009
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Universal is counting on one thing to open Michael Mann's Public Enemies : Johnny Depp. According to The Ulmer Scale , he's the second most popular movie star in the world, after Will Smith. That's based on his hugely successful roles as broadly comedic, over-the-top Captain Jack Sparrow in ...
movies.nytimes.com - 7/1/2009
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Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” is a grave and
beautiful work of art. Shot in high-definition digital by...
a filmmaker who’s helping change the way movies look, it revisits with meticulous detail and convulsions of violence a short, frantic period in ...
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Public Enemies - Seduction by Machine Gun
rottentomatoes.com - 6/29/2009
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Synopsis: Johnny Depp and Christian Bale emerge from
two of the biggest blockbuster series of all time...
(Pirates of the Caribbean and Batman, respectively) to star in this crime drama from HEAT's Michael... Johnny Depp and Christian Bale emerge from ...
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Other Side of the Canyon
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Other Side of the Canyon Variety 's Anne Thompson has a decidedly negative view of Michael Mann 's decision to "immerse the audience" in the 1930s by shooting Public Enemies in high-definition video. "HD is clear, harsh, honest" she notes. "It works fine in a contemporary setting like Collateral or Miami Vice . But when audiences watch a period film, no matter how authentically recreated, they aren't expecting it to look like this ." On 6.24 I posted the ...
Can Johnny Depp Save 'Public Enemies'?
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... That's the question asked by Anne Thompson, a veteran industry analyst. She describes the movie as only "fitfully engaging ... often flat as a pancake." She says that ...
Vishnevetsky’s dispatches from the set of ‘Public Enemies’
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... , Vishnevetsky gets into Mann’s decision to shoot most of “Public Enemies” in HD, a bone of contention for some viewers. If you pick up this month’s issue of American Cinematographer magazine, you’ll hear more from lenser Dante Spinotti on all of this, but here’s what Vishnevetsky has to say: ...
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screenrant.com 7/14/2009 —
Short version: While Michael Mann’s Public Enemies is very good, it’s missing the spark that could have pushed it to “great.”
Screen Rant reviews Public Enemies
If you’re looking for a low key alternative to ...
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anhkhoi.blogspot.com 7/11/2009 — Here comes the review of Hollywood's latest summer blockbuster and this is also my first experience with a film by Michael Mann. From what we can see, putting together two leading actors who've played the most memorable blockbuster characters in ...
'Public Enemies' Cheat Sheet: Everything You Need To Know
mtv.com 7/1/2009 — Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and company share the inside secrets of their new gangster flick. By Eric Ditzian
Johnny Depp in "Public Enemies"
Photo: Universal Pictures
The outlaw vs. the man of the law. The American folk hero ...
Public Enemies Review
atomicpopcorn.net 7/1/2009 —
It’s no secret that I think Michael Mann is the greatest director of all-time, dead or otherwise. One can throw all the Scorsese, Kurosawa, Ford, or Spielberg they want and I’ll still conclude that Mann is better than all of them. His style is unparalleled and has influenced my ...
'Public Enemies' Trailer with Depp and Bale
getthebigpicture.net 3/4/2009 — A couple of days ago, we had the poster for you, and now here's the trailer for Public Enemies ,
which I believe is the only summer movie that can draw audiences from 17 to 70. My dad, for example, loves Johnny Depp and Christian Bale and is a
big fan of most of Michael Mann 's ...
Johnny Depp in New 'Public Enemies' Commercials
getthebigpicture.net 5/15/2009 — We don't root for the bad guy as much as we used to, at least not in real life. Bernie Madoff, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, Somali pirates - we don't spend a lot of time pulling for these guys. But things were a little different in the day of the gangster. John Dillinger may have been Public ...
Public Enemies Review
themovieblog.com 7/14/2009 — Thanks for checking out our Public Enemies review. If you’d like to see the video version of our Public Enemies review you can see it at the bottom of this post.
Exactly how much potential can one movie have? A Michael Mann film staring ...
Public Enemies Trailer Exposes Johnny Depp as a Badass
filmschoolrejects.com 3/4/2009 —
As if you needed further proof after his performance in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? , here comes the trailer for Michael Mann’s Public Enemies with some full-on Johnny Depp as a badass action. Depp plays notorious crime figure John Dillinger, a man lived for knockin’ over ...
Public Enemies
movietrailertalk.com 7/3/2009 —
To say that this movie did not live up to my expectations isn’t saying this is a bad movie at all. Michael Mann, having directed some of my all time favorites like Last Of The Mohicans and The Insider , and starring Johnny Depp ( Pirates of the Caribbean , Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ...