Blackhat

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Men with no name: the return of the existential hero
From Sean Penn’s The Gunman to Michael Mann’s Blackhat, the thinking man’s action hero is back, and attempting to put the art back in Sartre

Rowan Righelato

16, Mar, 2015 @3:10 PM

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Fifty Shades of payday: film is highest-earning 18-certificate ever
Tight grip maintained on UK box office as Sam Taylor-Johnson’s S&M tale whips past The Wolf of Wall Street to claim record – and there’s good news for Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Never Beast

Charles Gant

24, Feb, 2015 @4:38 PM

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Blackhat review – joyless cyber-thriller
Michael Mann’s cyber-thriller labours under a burden of visual cliches, dated high-def aesthetic and tedious square-jawed hero

Jonathan Romney

22, Feb, 2015 @8:00 AM

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Blackhat review – mostly ridiculous cyber-thriller from Michael Mann
Chris Hemsworth is the convicted hacker strongarmed into working with the Chinese in Michael Mann’s dependably macho but disappointing thriller

Peter Bradshaw

19, Feb, 2015 @10:00 PM

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Michael Mann: the crime drama kingpin on murder and malware
With Miami Vice and Heat he defined the genre in its contemporary form. Unsurprisingly he’s not short of a great anecdote

Jonathan Bernstein

16, Feb, 2015 @9:00 AM

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American Sniper takes out records with $90.2m opening weekend
Film starring Bradley Cooper earns Clint Eastwood’s highest-ever opening weekend, adding to its Oscar nominations success

Ben Child

19, Jan, 2015 @9:31 AM

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