![]() ![]() That means there’s no better time to watch High Flying Bird, Steven Soderbergh’s reinvention of the sports drama shot on an iPhone 8. We’re also in the midst of a strike by television and movie writers who seek to improve their security within a lucrative industry. LeBron James is still improbably doing his thing 20 years into his NBA career, while blossoming superstars Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid seem set on a collision course in the NBA finals. Over in the real world, we’re in the midst of a very exciting NBA playoffs. Toussaint Egan High Flying BirdĬast: André Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg Heat was literally the first movie I saw in theaters after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions lifted, and honestly I couldn’t have asked for a better experience to remind myself why I fell in love with going to the theater in the first place. The sound of every gunshot pounds like a war drum, every frame is impeccably composed, and the iconic scene of Hanna and McCauley staring at each other across a diner table is only eclipsed by their inevitable and fatal confrontation in the film’s climax. ![]() The film is well and truly epic, a pitch-perfect crime drama complete with an ensemble cast featuring the likes of Val Kilmer ( Top Gun), Tom Sizemore ( Saving Private Ryan), and Amy Brenneman ( The Leftovers) delivering some of the best performances of their respective careers a pulse-pounding score composed by Elliot Goldenthal ( Demolition Man) and terrific action cinematography courtesy of Dante Spinotti ( Manhunter). You’ve (hopefully) already watched Den of Thieves, described by many, including our curation editor Pete Volk, as “ dirtbag Heat.” But have you ever actually watched Heat, Michael Mann’s classic 1995 crime thriller starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro? If you somehow haven’t, o-ho-ho-boy, are you in for a treat.ĭescribed by Mann himself as “a highly structured, realistic, symphonic drama,” Heat centers on Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), a career criminal and bank robber whose crew becomes the target of LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), whose obsessive fixation on catching criminals strains his personal life. Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer ![]()
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