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Summer 2009: The Season Of Bad Movies [Updated]

Heath McKnight — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:38:14 +0000

Well, the summer movie season is officially over, and while box office earnings are way up, it seems like the quality of the films have actually gone way down. But for every few badly-written movies (like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Transformers 2, and G.I. Joe–though some will say it’s not that bad), there was a diamond in the rough like District 9. So why were so many movies so bad in the summer of ’09, even if they did make a lot of money? Hint: The Writers Strike!

Before the summer began, I wrote an article about how the 2007 Writers Strike might affect the summer 2009 movies. I speculated that back in 2007, studios were nervous about how long the writers strike could last, leaving them with a ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: July 5th, 2009

Niall Browne — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:21:13 +0000

This week:

Revenge of The Fallen meets Dawn of the Dinosaurs; it’ll take 6 years to see the last Airbender; Adams looks on as Batman fights Marky Mark; George Clooney leaves Warner Bros; The Green Hornet is delayed and Tony Scott, Denzel Washington and Chris Pine are stoppable.Box Office

Transformers 2: Revenge of The Fallen and Ice Age 3-D: Dawn of the Dinosaurs fought it out over the weekend to see who would get the top spot. The fight was so close that it’ll take final numbers on Monday to see who the box office champion is. Both films should bank about $43 million over the July 4^th weekend. Tranformers 2′s total currently stands at just under $300 million. Public Enemies should bank about $25 million from Friday to Monday giving the Johnny Depp starrer ...

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Public Enemies Review

Vic Holtreman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:39:44 +0000

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 the summer blockbuster movie season, then you’ll welcome the Michael Mann-directed Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard. Having said that, don’t expect to be blown away by this surprisingly low-key film.

In Public Enemies we are presented with a (seemingly) romanticized story of the fall of John Dillinger, famous bank robber of the 1930s. Johnny Depp brings his considerable screen charisma to the role of Dillinger, while Christian Bale has the unenviable position of playing the fairly dour Melvin Purvis – the FBI agent that brought Dillinger down.

Right from the start of the film we get ...

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Johnny Depp Talks Wonderland, Pirates 4 & Dark Shadows

Ross Miller — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:04:52 +0000

Johnny Depp recently spoke with Collider promoting his upcoming gangster flick, Public Enemies, where he also gave some new details on his upcoming projects Alice in Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, and the upcoming Dark Shadows adaptation. He also talked about his collaborations with director Tim Burton, and why they work well together. I know, wanted to hear about The Lone Ranger and his role as Tonto, too…

Tim Burton’s upcoming take on Alice in Wonderland is definitely one fans of both Burton and Lewis Carroll’s original story are looking forward to. Burton and Wonderland go together perfectly – it’s been a long-time easy guess that the Edward Scissorhands director would take on the classic Wonderland tale at some point in his career.

Depp was just as much of a no-brainer to play a part in Alice in Wonderland; him ...

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Red Carpet Premiere for ‘Public Enemies’

Carl Lee — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:50:24 +0000

"It's nice to be able to come back here and say 'Thank you,' and this shindig is a way of doing it," said Johnny Depp..

Thursday, June 18, Johnny Depp and Co. walked the red carpet for Chicago’s premiere of Public Enemies. The notorious bank robber, John Dillinger, was shot less than 5 miles away at the Lincoln Park theater–nearly 75 years ago.The action-er was filmed last year at locations Dillinger once frequented (including the Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue), providing the upcoming blockbuster a taste of the authentic. Although Wrigley Field won’t be appearing on screen, Depp also attended a Cubs game and signed autographs for fans after speaking with the media.

Christian Bale with wife, Sibi, posing for photographers

Christian Bale, who ...

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Join In On ‘Public Enemies’ Bank Raids

Carl Lee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:32:36 +0000

To promote Public Enemies, Universal is launching one of the first film marketing campaigns to incorporate Facebook Connect and Twitter. Though the gaming is a little light, the social aspect has the potential to be pretty effective.

Bank Raids brings out the 1930′s John Dillinger in everyone by feeding criminal ambition, recruiting gang members and robbing banks. Gameplay generally lasts 2 to 3 minutes – since luck doesn’t last forever – but aspiring thieves can save their progress and come back to finish the job. Buy guns and cars to make bank jobs easier and increase your notoriety, but beware: the more notorious you get, the lower the chances of successfully pulling off the job.

When you’re done playing, automatically posting updates to Facebook or Twitter takes care of the bragging for you. Although you can’t edit the text, it ...

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New Public Enemies Featurette

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:28:41 +0000

A new featurette for Michael Mann’s upcoming Depression-era crime-drama, Public Enemies, debuted this week (inappropriately enough) during the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

The featurette…um, features Public Enemies stars Christian Bale and Johnny Depp, as well as Mann himself, all discussing the era of The Great Depression and John Dillinger’s status as less of a criminal than a bonafide American celebrity. Most of the footage is lifted right from the Public Enemies trailer, but there are some new clips and the interviews with cast and director are pretty interesting.

Check out the behind-the-scenes featurette for Public Enemies:

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I have nothing less than supreme confidence that this film is going to ROCK. I’m already a pretty big Michael Mann fan (it rhymes so you ...

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Two New Public Enemies Clips

Rob Keyes — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:56:40 +0000

Earlier this week, we finally got a chance to see some new promotional material for this summer’s hit gangster film, Public Enemies. Those items came in the form of three new character-centric posters that emphasized the stars of the film: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard.

Now, we have a pair of new clips that Trailer Addict exclusively debuted today for the Michael-Mann directed film. Check them out and see what you think:

Unfortunately, they don’t really reveal too much new or different than what we’ve seen from the full ...

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New Posters: Inglourious Basterds, Public Enemies, Transformers 2 & More!

Rob Keyes — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:04:41 +0000

We’ve been slacking off here a little bit recently when it comes to presenting and talking about newest posters that have been revealed online so it’s time to play catch-up.

Today we have a batch of posters that cover Public Enemies, Transformers 2, A Christmas Carol, Inglourious Basterds and Pandorum.

The Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster continues the Egyptian theme we saw with the previous three posters – this is the final poster for the movie. The new Inglourious Basterds poster continues the trend of profiling the main characters in the Quentin Tarantino WWII epic, this time with focus on Til Schweiger.

The final TF2 poster!

Til Schweiger is such a Basterd

Next up are ...

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New Public Enemies Trailer Even Better Than The First

Sabrina Cognata — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:11:39 +0000

Public Enemies tells the story of “Robin Hood” bank robber, John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) who simultaneously became a hero to the recession laden American public while making himself public enemy number one. Eventually becoming the purveyor for the institution of the FBI by J. Edgar Hoover and it’s top agent, Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale).

And we have the second trailer for the up and coming Johnny Depp film for you right here.

The initial trailer for Public Enemies was sort of hit or miss, as it genuinely showed that the film had promise, but the video look of the trailer was problematic for some. The video look in the first trailer is no longer an issue in the second and I think it also does more to tell the main gist of the story: To have ...

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New ‘Public Enemies’ Poster: Why So Serious?

Rob Keyes — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:15:00 +0000

The first official poster for this summer’s Public Enemies has been released and it’s almost exactly like a certain other famous poster from a certain other super successful movie.

Public Enemies (#7 on Screen Rant‘s Most Anticipated Movies of 2009) is directed by Michael Mann and its massive cast includes Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Billy Crudup, Channing Tatum, Emilie de Ravin, Stephen Dorff, Marion Cotillard, Giovanni Ribisi and David Wenham.

This poster is simple yet effective… but it’s been done before (pretty recently). It features the movie’s protagonist, John Dillenger (played by Johnny Depp) standing in the middle of the street with the big city behind him holding a submachine gun.

Take a look and see:

Does that remind you of anything?

Maybe this, perhaps?:

Wow, ...

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New ‘Public Enemies’ Promo Images

Ross Miller — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:17:02 +0000

Today we have a bunch of new promotional images for the film that came in at number seven on our most anticipated films of 2009 list: Public Enemies.

We had our first proper glimpse back at the start of the December but adding to that we have a set of six spanking news ones for your viewing pleasure below.

For high res versions head over to NewFilmDimension.com.

We’ve seen and heard nothing ...

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New Images From A Bunch Of New Movies

Ross Miller — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:52:18 +0000

To celebrate the New Year Entertainment Weekly has a brand new gallery of fresh images for some of the most anticipated movies of this year. They include the highly anticipated Terminator Salvation (which made number 4 on Screen Rant‘s most anticipated movies of 2009), Public Enemies (which made number 7 on our list), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (which made it to number 5 on our list) and Watchmen (which was lucky enough to top our list).

Here are just a few from the films mentioned, the rest you can check out over at Entertainment Weekly’s gallery:

Christian Bale sneaks up on a robot in Terminator Salvation

Johnny Depp in Public Enemies

The Comedian smiles for ...

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Screen Rant’s Most Anticipated Movies Of 2009

Rob Keyes — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:18:09 +0000

As 2008 approaches its end and we think back on all the big films of the year, we must take time to look forward at what is to come. That is exactly what we will do now – And I don’t use the term “we” lightly as I enlisted the help of the entire Screen Rant team to help me share with you our individual and collective thoughts of what movies to look forward to in 2009.

We began the tradition last year with the most anticipated movies of 2008, and here’s your bright, shiny 2009 version!

This was not an easy task to say the least. While there are several obvious big-name titles coming out next year, there are also 765 movies planned to debut next year in total (according to Movieweb). Narrowing that down to just ...

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First Images Of Depp & Bale In ‘Public Enemies’

Rob Keyes — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:48:41 +0000

Empire Magazine has been the big provider of much of our news during our slow last week. In addition to a new picture of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine from the cover of an upcoming issue and the very first picture of Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, the first images of Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in costume were released for their upcoming film, Public Enemies.

Public Enemies is a film about the infamous bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and his exploits during the depression. The film will center around the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) attempting to put a stop to the notorious gansters: John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd.

While Dillinger was pulling off heists against the looked-down-upon banks (for leading the country into the depression), the FBI tried to take advantage of the situation and use the case to increase its power and jurisdiction ...

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Johnny Depp Is John Dillinger

Niall Browne — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:29:08 +0000

A diligent photographer has snapped Depp as Dillinger driving a car on the set of Public Enemies. The crime thriller is being directed by cinematic god Michael Mann, the cast also includes recent Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis the man trying to bring Dillinger down.

Apart from Depp, there’s a of picture of hoods hanging on to the side of a car carrying Tommy guns, in true gangster style.

Now does that not get your pulse racing, even a tiny bit?

For more pictures keep reading.

I’ll admit that Depp just looks like Depp, but at least he doesn’t look like Jack Sparrow. Now that the Pirates of The Caribbean franchise has sailed its course, we can once again see Depp as a first rate actor, and not a Disney ...

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In The Future With Christian Bale

Niall Browne — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:53:03 +0000

Christian Bale is one of the few actors at the minute who can do no wrong. The critics adore him, the internet fanboys love him and audiences are willing to show up to watch his films (well his mainstream ones, at least).

Since hitting the big time with Batman Begins, Bale has been much in demand as an actor; Entertainment Weekly conducted a great interview with the actor where he discusses his upcoming films: Michael Mann’s Public Enemies, the new Terminator 4 film (whatever it may end up being called), and his third stint as Batman (which I hope will be called Shadow Of The Bat).

Continue on to find out what he has to say about his future slate.

When Bale was asked if he’d return to make a third Batman (technically the seventh since 1989) ...

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Who Da Mann? Depp and Bale Find Out In Public Enemies

Niall Browne — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:33:37 +0000

Christian Bale is in negotiations to join Johnny Depp in Michael Mann’s crime thriller Public Enemies. The film will tell the story of the FBI’s manhunt for John Dillinger, the charismatic criminal who was loved by many and loathed by the government. Dillinger was finally gunned down outside Chicago’s Biograph theater.

Johnny Depp will play the legendary gangster while Bale will play Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent tracking him down.

So far, this is a hell of a cast. Also, it is directed by Michael Mann, and let’s face it: Nobody makes a crime drama like Mann. The man (or Mann) is a legend in the crime genre, be it the original (and best) Hannibal Lecter film Manhunter (in which the iconic villain is spelled Lecktor), television’s Miami Vice or ...

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