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Johnny Depp is charming, sure, but the film has no counterpoint, no insight and no focus I'm charming. Isn't that enough?MovieWeb photo Never mind crime, I’m declaring the nation’s first war on hand-held cameras. Michael Mann shot “Public Enemies” mostly with high-definition digital cameras and I have no problem with that. It’s refreshing for someone to not treat the 1930s as some precious porcelain doll, glossed beyond life. Even with a hyper-realistic sharpness it’s still classy and well shot – to a point. PUBLIC ENEMIES STARRING Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billy Crudup WRITTEN BY Ronan Bennett, Michael Mann and Ann Biderman based on the book by Bryan Burrough DIRECTED BY Michael Mann RATED R 2.75 stars (out of 4) About halfway through the film, Mann appears to feel he’d been a good enough boy and went... [read full story]
So this is what all the fuss was about. Gael Kakuta raced from the bench to make his Chelsea debut, apparently in a hurry to prove why he has caused such a stir. Great impact: Kakuta's much-anticipated debut lived up to the...
I've been away a few days, and the responses to the Doctor Who post have brought up some very interesting points, so I thought I'd go through those I've not yet responded to as a separate post (there are some I've still not...
Steve Bruce will kick his players' backsides if they fail to follow up another impressive home win over one of the top four with victory on his return to Wigan this weekend. Arsene Wenger needs to do it before his side's next...
Portsmouth's Kevin-Prince Boateng left to rue his first half penalty miss when Ricardo Fuller scored the only goal in the second half Rambling preamble: Afternoon all, and what a damp, dark, dank (and any other depressing...
