Archive for March, 2008

Public Enemies Johnny Depp

Release Date: 2009

Johnny Depp leads the cast of “Public Enemies”, a Michael Mann directed film which also stars, Christian Bale, Giovanni Ribisi, and Stephen Dorff. You may remember Michael Mann as the director of such films as “Ali”, “Last of the Mohicans”, and “Collateral”. Hopefully this will be a new gangster movie done right.

Synopsis:
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Tropic Thunder

Release Date: August 15th, 2008

An all star cast rounds out the new comedy from Dreamworks.  Cast includeds Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Nick Nolte, and who’s that black guy between Ben Stiller and Jack Black?, oh well, that’s Robert Downey Jr.  Why is he black?  Check out the trailer here.

Synopsis
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film. But after ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.