Results tagged “Public Enemies” from FlipSide Blog

I let the haters get to me yesterday. I was actually worried that "Public Enemies" wouldn't live up to the hype. But I was satisfied when I walked out of the theater. The movie didn't blow me away. But it definitely didn't disappoint. The costumes, tightly cropped shots and sparse settings were second-to-none. To quote the rap classic: Damn, it feels good to be a gangster. Read the rest of the review on the jump.

I'm so stoked to see Christian Bale face off against Johnny Depp today in "Public Enemies." (I've been waiting for months.) For the occasion, copy editor Jess Krout brought in a front page of the Hanover Evening Sun from 1934. It ran an AP story about John Dillinger:

ST. PAUL, MINN., APR. 4. -- Federal guns blazing a leaden retort to gang defiance, had cut close today the trail of the arch-fugitive John Dillinger, and reddened it with the blood of one of his gun-toting pals. Read more on the jump.

I promised to post this the minute I saw it. (I watched it, like, five times first.) Enjoy:

I can't wait to see this movie. I smell a blockbuster since it drops July 1, just before July 4 weekend. (Is it just me, or is Johnny Depp's name strategically placed?)

The Feds (Christian Bale, etc.) try to take down American gangsters John Dillinger (Depp), Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum), etc. during a 1930s crime wave. Michael Mann ("Heat," "Ali" and "Collateral") directs.

I'm seriously salivating here. The cast is brillz. The costumes look amazing. Plus, it has that true-life gritty drama/action thing going for it. (It's actually adapted from Bryan Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34").

Check back for details. You know I'm slapping the trailer up the second it leaks.