Check out all of the awesome posts that we spotted during Michael Mannuary!
Michael Mannuary Posts
Rebecca of Almost Ginger helped spread the word about Michael Mannuary and wrote this marvolous write-up on the director. [FTS FAVOURITE DIRECTORS 2015: MICHAEL MANNUARY]
The Dissolve celebrates a a new movie every week. Check out some of their pieces on Mann’s classic Heat. [Codes, chaos, and the world of Heat] | [The long warm-up to Heat]
Dan of Public Transportation Snob marathon series Investigating Michael Mann provided a variety of great reading. [Investigating Michael Mann: Public Enemies] | [Investigating Michael Mann: Blackhat] | [Investigating Michael Mann: The Keep] | [Investigating Michael Mann: Heat]
Movie Mezzanine has a slew of posts dedicated to the director. [MICHAEL MANN]
Alex of And So it Begins looked at Michael Mann’s overall career and listed some of his favorite things about Heat. | [the Directors: Michael Mann] | [Top 28 Things I Love About Heat (that no one else talks about)]
Dan of Dan the Man’s Movie Reviews reviewed one of Mann’s early films Theif. | [Theif (1981) ]
Jay of Life Vs Film really enjoyed Mann’s early work on Manhunter. | [Manhunter]
Reviews for Blackhat
Digital Shortbread: “Even with an hilariously miscast Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat is utterly forgettable.”
Sobriety Movie Reviews: “Blackhat is at times a decent movie, but it never quite lives up to its potential. Moreover, the film is a bit schizophrenic. ”
Surrender to the Void: “There’s a lot of intriguing ideas that goes on in the film as it relates to the world of cyber-terrorism but it has elements in the script by Morgan Davis Foehl that doesn’t work. ”
Flixchatter: “I was prepared for a smart cyber-thriller that would speak to our cultural anxieties sparked by the repetitive security breaches and surveillance concerns, but the movie is just a typical crime thriller in which the plot revolves around a malicious hacker (hence the title).”
Talkie Gazette: “Blackhat makes no effort to establish its main characters, or bother developing what these people mean to each other. The movie skips from one badly hand-held shot to another, as people mumble through their terrible dialog.”
Silver Screen Riot: “Michael Mann’s film doesn’t come close to great. It’s not even within the realm of good. It couldn’t see the periphery of good with 400x binoculars.”
Paul’s Trip to the Movies: “The cinematography tries to be edgy by pretending to snake its way inside a computer or even shooting up from underneath a keyboard at one point. That may have been cool for a movie in the ’90s, but feels so out of date now. ”
The MN Movie Man: “While the movie has the typical Mann touches of gorgeous aerial shots and breathless action sequences that put you right into the action, it’s also chock full of concerning missteps that wouldn’t seem out of place for a newbie filmmaker. ”
Cinema Nerdz: “Despite its flaws, Blackhat is beautifully shot. Mann’s style is very evident in the sweeping landscapes and jarring action shots. – See more at: http://cinemanerdz.com/movie-review-blackhat/#sthash.tWI2O4fi.dpuf”
Dan the Man’s Movie Reviews: “These deep, dark and sadistic worlds that I speak of, are the same kinds that Mann normally loves to explore, but here, it feels like he’s maybe trying a bit too hard to make this more than just a silly, sometimes over-the-top crime-thriller that has Thor banging on the keyboards a lot.”
FRENCH TOAST SUNDAY POSTS
Mette: [Start From the Bottom: Michael Mann – The Jericho Mile]
Will: [Review! Blackhat]
Jess: [5 Favorite Things: The Insider]
Nick: [Mann Crush: Manhunter]
The FTS Podcast: [FTS Podcast Episode 223: Minisode – Heat]