Tag: Heat

  • Ferrari – Release Date, Cast, Plot And More Info

    Ferrari – Release Date, Cast, Plot And More Info

    Since his debut film “Thief” hit theaters in 1981, Michael Mann has enjoyed a reputation as one of the best working directors we have in America. Across masterfully mounted films like “Heat,” “Collateral,” and “Manhunter,” he’s also earned a somewhat unusual place in the filmmaking pantheon. He’s become somewhat of a household name, his films generally…

  • 10 Best Movies Like ‘Heat’

    10 Best Movies Like ‘Heat’

    Though he doesn’t just make action-packed crime movies (as demonstrated by the upcoming Ferrari), Michael Mann is best known for directing those kinds of films. And honestly, few do it better than him, with his distinctive style, knack for building tension, and willingness to go all-out when it comes to action making his filmography a…

  • Penélope Cruz’s Ferocious ‘Ferrari’ Performance Revs Up Oscar Prospects For Michael Mann’s Latest

    Penélope Cruz’s Ferocious ‘Ferrari’ Performance Revs Up Oscar Prospects For Michael Mann’s Latest

    Among all working U.S. filmmakers, few have built as faithful and fervent a following of critics and cinephiles as Michael Mann. Mann’s acolytes have secured such sleekly hard-boiled genre works as “Thief” and “Heat” a permanent place in the American canon, while staunchly advocating for the merits of more divisive titles like “Blackhat” and “Miami…

  • ‘Ferrari’ Teaser Trailer: Adam Driver Stars In Michael Mann’s Adrenaline-Charged Racing Biopic

    ‘Ferrari’ Teaser Trailer: Adam Driver Stars In Michael Mann’s Adrenaline-Charged Racing Biopic

    Eighty years young, filmmaker Michael Mann (“Heat”) shows no signs of slowing down. Meticulous, precise, and muscular in his filmmaking, the American auteur often takes several years between films, but he’s seemingly been moving slightly faster these days. His last feature was eight years ago, “Black Hat,” in 2015, but he also directed key elements…

  • Michael Mann Can Live Without ‘Heat 2,’ But Really Wants to Make It

    Michael Mann Can Live Without ‘Heat 2,’ But Really Wants to Make It

    Michael Mann has admitted he would love to make a follow-up to his iconic epic crime drama Heat, even if he concedes that time may be running out to do so as the director enters his 9th decade. Speaking with Variety, the director — who’s currently on the promotional trail for his upcoming movie, Ferrari,…

  • Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ Was Made Without Major Studio Ties, Here’s Why

    Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ Was Made Without Major Studio Ties, Here’s Why

    One of the most-anticipated films of award season, Michael Mann’s long-in-the-works passion project Ferrari has a lot working for it — an Academy Award-nominated director behind the camera in Mann who’s helmed classics like Heat and The Insider, a starry cast featuring award-winning actors Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz, and an intriguing story of a…

  • Michael Mann Wants Adam Driver For The Robert De Niro Role In Heat 2

    Michael Mann Wants Adam Driver For The Robert De Niro Role In Heat 2

    Are you starting to feel the heat around the corner? Adam Driver certainly is. Consider it officially official that acclaimed director Michael Mann, who earlier this year was reported to be eyeing Driver as the lead of the feature film adaptation of his own novel “Heat 2,” is gunning for the “House of Gucci” and…

  • Michael Mann’s Heat Is Tearing Through Netflix’s Top 10, So It’s Time To Revisit This Masterpiece

    Michael Mann’s Heat Is Tearing Through Netflix’s Top 10, So It’s Time To Revisit This Masterpiece

    Recently I was speaking to a friend, who’s a few years younger than me, about our favorite movies. And to my dismay, it transpired that he’d never heard of “Heat.” Not just hadn’t seen it, but never heard of it. And honestly, I felt like I had to sit him down and have a little…

  • Tom Sizemore dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    Tom Sizemore dies aged 61 after brain aneurysm

    Actor’s brother Paul and twin 17-year-old boys Jayden and Jagger were at his side.Tom Sizemore, the troubled actor whose film roles included Saving Private Ryan and Heat, has died less than a week after he was admitted to hospital following a brain aneurysm. He was 61.The actor’s representative Charles Lago confirmed the death occurred at…

  • Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Actor, Dies at 61

    Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ Actor, Dies at 61

    Tom Sizemore, the actor who played supporting parts in dozens of beloved ’90s films like “Saving Private Ryan” and “Heat,” died on Friday, March 3 in Los Angeles after being taken off life support. Variety first confirmed the news. Sizemore’s death comes more than a week after the actor suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm in…