PUBLIC ENEMIES Review
Director Michael Mann marches to the beat of his own drummer and I dig him for that.

Review: -Public Enemies'
Striving for cinematic greatness is always a risky proposition. The risk is that when you fall short there’s no mistaking the swing-and-a-miss. To his credit, this is the position Director Michael Mann

Christian Bale Interview PUBLIC ENEMIES
Opening today is director Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies”. The film is set during the Depression-era’s great crime wave and it’s the story of the government’s attempt to stop legendary criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd. This operation transformed the FBI into the first federal police force. By now you’ve seen the trailers and commercials, so you know the cast is filled with famous faces like Johnny Depp, Christian Bale,...

Critics Consensus: Solid Public Enemies Doesn't Quite Bring The Noise
This week at the movies, we've got crime and punishment ( Public Enemies , starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale ) and prehistoric domesticity ( Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , with voice work from Ray Romano and Queen Latifah ). What do the critics have to say? 59% Rotten Public Enemies Public Enemies hits theaters with an impressive pedigree -- it's directed by Michael Mann and stars two of contemporary cinema's biggest names, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. And although critics say the...

Capone vs. Dillinger--A gangsterrific review of PUBLIC ENEMIES!!!
--> Hey everyone. Capone in Chicago here. Although the trailers for Michael Mann's latest slice of magnificence emphasize the more action-oriented scenes from his film about the latter days of bank robber and cultural icon John Dillinger, in truth the strength of Public Enemies is not entirely in those moments. There are certainly a handful of bank robberies and moments where law enforcement corner Dillinger and his gang that feature some ferocious gunplay, but it's what happens between the...

Is Michael Mann's Public Enemies historically accurate?
Did FBI agents shoot and kill John Dillinger on the streets of Chicago on July 22, 1934? Or was it the cops from East Chicago who fired the fatal rounds, the very officers who later received the reward money? Did the famous bank robber pull his gun at the

Review: Depp is great in 'Public Enemies'
Early in Michael Mann's vivid, incisive, but half-cocked gangster opus "Public Enemies," Johnny Depp's John Dillinger returns to jail a few scant months after leaving it.

Public Enemies' True Crimes
Johnny Depp’s new gangster movie may be stylish, but if director Michael Mann doesn’t break the bank at the box office, Hollywood will be gunning for him.

"Public Enemies"
Johnny Depp may be the sexiest gangster ever in Michael Mann's stylish, brutal heist movie

Mr. Beaks Presents An Interview With PUBLIC ENEMIES' Johnny Depp!
--> Okay, gang. I didn't get the fancy-shmancy one-on-one interview like that kneecappin' bastard Capone did with Michael Mann (and read that sucker if you ain't done so already), but I did get to hang out with a small group of smart online journalists and fire off questions at Johnny Depp, who stars as bank-robbing maestro John Dillinger in Public Enemies. I'd never interviewed Depp before, and, honestly, didn't know what to expect. I also didn't know how to bring up the topics that really...

Public Enemies: Depp Shines Through a Shower of Bullets
The reason to see Public Enemies is the same as the reason to see any Johnny Depp movie: Johnny Depp. The story is engaging enough

Crudup to play Hoover in 'Public'
Billy Crudup has been set to play FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in "Public Enemies," the Michael Mann-directed crime drama for Universal that stars Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Mann has also set Stephen Lang to play Winstead, the leader of the Texas Rangers who joins the manhunt for John Dillinger and his gang. Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard also star. Crudup most recently starred in the romantic comedy "Dedication." Lang, a regular on Mann's "Crime Story" series, also worked with the...

'Public Enemies' Premiere In London Attracts 'New Moon' Star
For the London premiere of her latest film, Public Enemies, French actress Marion Cotillard opted for a traffic-stopping red satin dress and a pair of retro-style black high heels. The Oscar winner posed alongside director Michael Mann at the Empire Leicester Square with a subtle smile on her face....

Robots Not the Big Fear for 'Ice Age,''Enemies'
Fox’s first 3-D movie, “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” will finally hit theaters starting Wednesday, in 3,994 venues, 1,606 of them in digital 3D.   Opening alongside the same day, Universal’s John Dillinger biopic “Public Enemies,” starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, will start in 3,319 venues.   Both films arrive a week after Paramount’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” embarked on what was nearly a five-day record,...

8 Movie Clips From PUBLIC ENEMIES - Starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard in a Michael Mann Film
Universal has sent over eight movie clips from director Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” and they’re all after the jump. While I saw the film the other night I’m still under embargo, so I can’t tell you what I think…. But I don’t think I’m breaking anything when I say the HD cinematography is either going to work for you…or it won’t. For me, some of the gun battles looked amazing. But I’m still not sold on HD. Anyway, if you...

Sidewalk Showdown
After last Thursday night's all-media screening of Public Enemies , I was praising Michael Mann 's gangster flick while two formidable critics -- Entertainment Weekly 's Owen Gleiberman and renowned essayist and filmmaker Godfrey Cheshire -- were putting it down, wearing faint grins of dismissal as they implied that, for them, it really didn't deliver. "I hear you," I said. "You're saying it doesn't do the thing you wanted to see it do. But...you know, it's an art film!" Gleiberman's reply was...

'Public Enemies': Johnny Depp brings outlaw John Dillinger to life
"He might be sitting among you," intones a narrator, urgent and dramatic, in a newsreel at a crowded 1930s movie house. "Turn to your right. Turn to your left." Everybody turns, except John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), a very Public Enemy cheerfully hiding in plain sight — at the movies. Michael Mann's stylish "Public Enemies" takes us through the eventful last 14 months of Dillinger's life: a prison breakout of his crew in 1933, a spree of bank robberies and high living (through which he...

David Denby: "Public Enemies" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen."
Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies” is a ravishing dream of violent gangster life in the thirties—not a tough, funny, and, finally, tragic dream like “Bonnie and Clyde” but a flowing, velvety fantasia of the crime wave that mesmerized the nation early in the decade. The scowling men in long dark coats and hats, led by the fashion-plate bandit John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), march into a grand Midwestern bank with marble floors and brass railings, take over the...

Depp unleashes inner outlaw in 'Public Enemies'
Public Enemies provides a welcome shock to the system. This tough-minded, visually electric movie about Great Depression bank robber John Dillinger ( Johnny Depp ) takes audiences into the center of the action in its opening minutes. It keeps them there as it expands into a bristling chronicle of a country in flux. Without ever telling viewers what to think or how to feel, it raises more questions about the corruption of crime and crime fighting than any expose or thesis. And if it sometimes...

Depp's 'Public Enemies': Dillinger captured at last
This technically proficient, visually enthralling crime drama is a welcome adult alternative to summer's sophomoric blockbusters. The only transforming going on here is actors skillfully taking on roles of '30s-era gangsters and lawmen.

Public Enemies' Johnny Depp Gets 'Spiritual Visit' From John Dillinger?
Johnny Depp was visited by the spirit of a gangster on his new movie. The Hollywood star portrays John Dillinger in 'Public Enemies' and insists the notorious bank robber was watching over him while he was filming scenes. He told BANG Showbiz: "It was magical to be able to literally walk in the same steps that he took. You could almost feel him. I did feel him, not to be spooky or anything, but there were moments when I felt his presence. There were moments when I felt a certain level of...

Could 'Public Enemies' be on Oscars' hit list?
"Public Enemies " opened today to decidedly divided reviews but may have enough fans among film critics to still be in the mix of movies cited at year's end. The pedigree of talent behind " Public Enemies " is certainly first-rate. And biopics have long been a favorite of the various groups that fete filmmakers. Johnny Depp , who portrays '30s gangster John Dillinger , has picked up three Oscar nods in the last six years

5 For Fighting: A Conflicted Assessment Of Public Enemies
I assume that this is exactly how my high school teachers felt about me all those years ago. Public Enemies was good, but it could’ve been so much better. It could’ve graduated with honors, gone to a really nice, private college like USC, walked away from there in four years rather than five. Instead, it settled for being what it was: a better-than-average biopic about a really interesting guy that most everyone already knows about. As a viewer, I couldn’t have been more torn about the ou

Oshkosh, Wis., fetes 'Public Enemies' role
The Wisconsin city of Oshkosh, where key scenes of the 1930s gangster movie "Public Enemies" were filmed, is celebrating its role, observers say.

The Oscar Race Begins
Public Enemies , the terrific cops-and-robbers summer blockbuster that opens today, shows director Michael Mann at the top of his game, and Johnny Depp coming into his fullest range yet.