Posts tagged Blackhat
PODCAST: Episode 142 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast
PODCAST: Episode 142 of "The Cinephile Hissy Fit" Podcast

For their 142nd episode, two hack critics, two hack-ish dads, and two hacker teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, begin the first episode of a two-part guest arc with Jordan Puga and Paul Keelan of the Cinematic Underdogs podcast. Both Will and Don have been on their show, it was our time to get them on ours. Our target was a Michael Mann double feature. This first episode covers Mann's maligned 2015 geo-techno thriller Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth. With a four-man room, the opinions and pixels fly!

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Cinephile Hissy Fit, Podcast, 25YL, Media Appearance, 2023Don ShanahanCinephile Hissy Fit, Podcast, Will Johnson, Film Obsessive, Michael Mann, Blackhat, Chris Hemsworth, Cinematic Underdogs, Cinematic Underdogs podcast, Paul Keelan, Jordan PugaComment
COLUMN: 2015 Winter Movie Preview
COLUMN: 2015 Winter Movie Preview

It has to be said every year, but the slowest season of the box office year are the months of January and February.  It's a dumping grounds for studios in slow months of cold weather and foot traffic at the multiplexes.  These are movies that aren't good enough for awards qualification and the holiday audiences of December or for the chipper personality of spring.  It's cold, slow, and drop off from awards frenzy.

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2015, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanWinter Movie Preview, 2015 Winter Movies, 2015 Winter Movie Preview, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Leviathan, A Most Violent Year, Taken 3, Selma, Blackhat, The Wedding Ringer, Paddington, Spare Parts, Still Alice, American Sniper, Mordecai, The Boy Next Door, Strange Magic, Black Sea, Red Army, Wild Card, Jason Statham, Mark Wahlberg, Liam Neeson, Jupiter Ascending, Sevent Son, Seventh Son, Shaun the Sheep Movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Fifty Shades of Gray, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Last 5 Years, The Last Five Years, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, MacFarland USA, Lazarus, Wild Tales, Focus, Maps to the Stars, Little BoyComment
CHECKLIST: 2015 Winter Movie Calendar
CHECKLIST: 2015 Winter Movie Calendar

Here is your lineup of films coming your way in the slow months of January and February.  Add these to your calendar or print and slip this list on the fridge.  As always, release dates shift all of the time, so be aware.  Enjoy!

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2015, Column, EditorialDon ShanahanChecklist, Calendar, 2015 Winter Movies, 2015, 2015 movies, Winter Movies, Winter Movie Preview, A Most Violent Year, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, Leviathan, Taken 3, Selma, Blackhat, The Wedding Ringer, Paddington, Spare Parts, Still Alice, American Sniper, Mordecai, The Boy Next Door, Strange Magic, Black Sea, Red Army, Max, Coming Home, Seventh Son, Shaun the Sheep, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Fifty Shades of Gray, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Last 5 Years, The Last Five Years, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, MacFarland USA, MacFarland, Lazarus, Janes Got a Gun, Wild Tales, Focus, Maps to the Stars, Little Boy, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald ShanahanComment