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I hate to condone the making of 3-hour long movies, but Heat is one in which you're not going to fall asleep.
Blu-Ray Review: Heat Looks Great, but There's Nothing New to See
Fourteen years after Heat brought Al Pacino and Robert De Niro together onscreen for the first time, a new edition comes to Blu-ray. But do you need it? De Niro plays McCauley, the head of a paramilitary-style robbery crew, with Val Kilmer and Tom Sizemore as his backup and Pacino as Hanna, the cop tracking them down.
This time they picked the wrong test subject! The Cuba Gooding Jr. direct-to-video train keeps on a-rolling. This time out we get a pseudo cyberpunk science fiction thriller complete with dark conspiracies and evil mega corporations.
Tsvao lions ate fewer humans than believed, study says
CHICAGO For more than 80 years, the man-eating Tsavo Lions have been one of Chicago's Field Museum 's top tourist draws.
"Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Michael Mann's "Heat" represents just about everything that is right in filmmaking.
Casting Call: Adam Sandler will play 'Jack and Jill';...
Adam Sandler is going both ways for his next comedy. In the fine tradition of comedians cross-dressing, Sandler will play both titles roles in "Jack and Jill," according to Variety .
Renny Harlin Takes Val Kilmer and Emmanuelle Chriqui to Georgia
We wrote a couple months ago about Renny Harlin 's upcoming film about the 2008 conflict between Georgia and Russia.
Casting Tidbits: Ron Perlman, Val Kilmer, January Jones & More
Hot off the presses, we've got a huge load of casting news for you! First up, January Jones is two-for-two as in this update THR reports that the beautiful actress has nabbed the lead female role opposite Nicolas Cage in the Roger Donaldson directed action-thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps .
'Entourage' actress caught in 'Georgia'
"Entourage" regular Emmanuelle Chriqui has been cast in the lead female role in "Georgia," the war film being directed by Renny Harlin.
Val Kilmer to play journalist in Georgia war film
US actor Val Kilmer has arrived in Georgia to portray a journalist covering last year's Georgia-Russia war in a Hollywood film about the conflict, the movie's co-producer said on Tuesday.
Our review of The Thaw , published October 6th, 2009, is also available. The sacrifice begins.
The movie premiered on DVD in July and now makes its way to Blu-ray, getting the high definition treatment for an otherwise low budget looking film.
Universal Releases Official Synopses For 2010 Slate, Gives Good Look...
What follows basically amounts to me copy/pasting an entire press release from Universal, for which I apologize.
Universal Releases Synopses for Green Zone, Macgruber, Untitled Robin ...
Universal Studios has released synopses for some of their major 2010 films and the two that are especially worth reading are "MacGruber" and Ridley Scott's "Untitled Robin Hood Adventure". While it might surprise you to hear this, a few people have told me "MacGruber" is going to shock everyone next year as it's a super-violent, hard-R movie.
10 Great Films You Didn't Know Were Directed By Women
From decrying a severe lack of female filmmakers to satirically mocking the concept of judging actresses by how much return on investment they offer , it seems like we've been balls-deep in feminism lately.
Three college kids think they're getting the opportunity of a lifetime when they're chosen to work with their hero, Dr.
Forget your lone-cowboy-riding-into-the sunset movies. This month we're watching Westerns with outstanding ensemble casts.
Myth of Greek 'heroes' blown away
Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer and Collin Farrell in 'Alexander' enlarge Spartans! Prepare for, well, embarrassment.
Co-Owner and Producer of "The Saint" Robert S. Baker Dies September 30, 2009
30, 2009, British film and television producer, has died from cancer at the age of 93.
Val Kilmer shows his spiritual side as he visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem
After making six films this year, you'd expect Val Kilmer to want to take some time out chilling on a beach somewhere.
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