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2009 in Review: Worst Movies of the Year

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Enemies, Scott Mendelson, Michael Mann, Movies, 2009, Tyler Perry, Christian Bale, Bride Wars, Reviews, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Friday the 13th, Final Destination, Johnny Depp, Madea Goes to Jail, Girlfriend Experience, News, Survaillence, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

2009 contained a number of surprise stinkers. This year I saw enough genuinely unfortunate misses to make a plausible list.

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An Open Letter From One of Your 51 Percent

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 12.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Judd Apatow, Kathryn Bigelow, 51 Percent, Cathy Konrad, Nora Ephron, Michael Mann, When Harry Met Sally, Film, The Sweetest Thing, The Hangover, Movies, Silence of the Lambs, Nancy Pimental, Michael Cunningham, Meryl Streep, The Hours, Jezebel.com, New York Times, Manohla Dargis, Thelma and Louise, Rob Reiner, Entertainment News
Ashley Van Buren

I am one of your 51 percent. And, I am also your colleague. I want to see a reflection of myself on a screen just as much as I want to see my name in the credits.

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Stolen climate science emails just ain't the conspiracy some want it to be

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Michael Mann, Climate Change, Environment, Green, Sustainability, Stolen Climat Change Emails, University-of-East-Anglia, Michelle Malkin, Climate Research Unit, Global Warming, Climate Gate, Climategate, Green News
Kevin Grandia

I'll admit, as someone who spends most days looking for leaked documents, the package of stolen emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit at...

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Aging Olympians Denounce High-Tech Swimsuits As Cheating

Wall Street Journal | Suzanne Sataline | Posted 11.03.2009 | Technology

Read More: Swimming, Swimsuit, Swimsuit Ban, Olympics, Clay Evans, Michael Mann, Gary Hall Sr., Technology, Neoprene Swimsuit, Michael Phelps, Technology News

By making new suits with polyurethane and neoprene, materials more buoyant and less porous than traditional spandex, swimsuit companies touched off th...

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Public Enemies and the Invention of Video

Paul Snyder | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Enemies, Depression, Interrogation, Michael Mann, Violence, Pretty Boy Floyd, Recession, Gangsters, Guns, Christian Bale, John Dillinger, Marion Cotillard, Melvin Purvis, Spectacle, Digital-Film, Baby Face Nelson, Myrna Loy, Johnny Depp, Anachronism, Torture, Independent Films, Entertainment News
Paul Snyder

For all of director Michael Mann's aesthetic sophistication, the film's spontaneity runs roughshod over a lot of true history.

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Can We Finally Tell the Truth About Britain's Vile 'Queen Mother'?

Johann Hari | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Neville Chamberlain, William Shawcross, Queen Mother, British Treasury, King Edward III, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyons, Michael Mann, British Monarchy, Adolf Hitler, Woodrow Wyatt, World War II, Monarchy, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth, King George, World News
Johann Hari

William Shawcross has won the favor of his fellow monarchists by taking the Queen Mother's curdled life and presenting it as the best of British.

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'Public Enemies' Reviewed

Michael Jones | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Christian Bale, Public Enemies, Johnny Depp, Michael Mann, Terrence Malick, John Dillinger Movie, Marion Cotillard, Bonnie and Clyde, Arthur Penn, Public Enemies Review, Chicago News
Michael Jones

Only in Hollywood, the Hollywood of blue-eyed Native Americans in old Westerns, would cast a Frenchwoman as a Native American from Wisconsin.

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Transformers 2 barely beats Ice Age 3 while Public Enemies opens strong. The 4th of July, 2009 weekend box office in review.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Denzel Washington, Public Enemies, Michael Mann, Ice Age 3, Scott Mendelson, The Hangover, Movies, The Taking of Pelham 123, Ice Age, Box Office, Transformers 2, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, The Departed, American Gangster, Johnny Depp, Up, News, Will Smith Hancock, State of Play, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Due to the fact that the top two films (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) are literally tied at $42.5 million, I'm ignoring the rankings and just concentrating on the numbers.

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Public Enemies

Will Menaker | Posted 08.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Billy Crudup, Public Enemies, Johnny Depp, J Edgar Hoover FBI, Marion Cotillard, Reviews, Michael Mann, Movies, John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Entertainment News
Will Menaker

The problem with Public Enemies is that it wants so badly to be a grand statement on crime, celebrities, and the country that worships them, but it lacks any coherent idea of what it really wants to say.

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HuffPost Review: Public Enemies

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Marshall Fine, Public Enemies, Johnny Depp, Michael Mann, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Michael Mann's Public Enemies takes a while to find its feet and its balance. But when it does -- well, to coin a phrase, it comes on like gangbusters.

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The State of Play of "State of Play"

William Bradley | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Morrissey, Bbc, Michael Mann, Alan J. Pakula, John Simm, Robert Redford, Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Sydney Pollack, Kevin Macdonald, Paul Newman, State of Play, Journalism, Sally Field, Al Pacino, Blackwater, State of Play Miniseries, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Warren Beatty, 24, Blogging, Life on Mars, Body of Lies, L.A. Confidential, The Insider, All the President's Men, Lowell Bergman, The Parallax View, Jeffrey Wigand, Absence of Malice, Dustin Hoffman, Doctor Who, Entertainment News
William Bradley

State of Play is a political thriller wrapped inside a journalistic thriller that works better as the latter.

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A-List Directors Helm Commercials To Hone Multimedia Skills

New York Times | Claire Atkinson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Phil Joanou, Diego Scotti, M. Night Shyamalan, Ben Affleck, Ad Directors, Wes Anderson, Advertising, Michael Mann, Moviemakers, Media News

IN the film world, Michael Mann is well known as a producer and director, with credits that include the new action movie "The Kingdom" as well as "Ali...

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