Heat (1986)

Not to be confused with the cops-and-robbers epic starring DeNiro and Pacino, Heat (1986) is based on a novel written by William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid and The Princess Bride. I remember reading about it in his book, Adventures In The Screen Trade, and how the film adaptation went […]

Miami Vice (2006)

For a film version that didn’t give the 1980s pastel aesthetic that fans of the TV series grew up with, switching it up for intense drug enforcement research and grainy digital cameras, I’m always heartened by the cult love that Michael Mann’s Miami Vice (2006) generates for film lovers and Michael Mann fans. I completely […]