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Climate 411 - Environmental Defense Fund (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
We frequently mention the IPCC reports on Climate 411 - often referencing them as the most trustworthy authority on global warming science. In fact, our very first blog post was titled "What is the IPCC, anyway?" But for non-scientists, these rather technical reports are a challenge to read. Climate scientists Michael Mann and Lee Kump published [...]
SARAH Palin on global warming. Says the New York Times editorial: There were also occasional, disturbing flashes of the old, pre-campaign Sarah Palin. When asked about the causes of global warming, Ms. Palin suggested that man had some role — but she wasn’t saying how much. Is anyone? Via Global Warming: Scoring With Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick Global Warming: Vandals For [...]
Renowned Hollywood director Michael Mann has made a stunning video set against the extraordinary natural backdrop of the Californian coastline inspired by the emotions of driving the new Ferrari California.
Everyone in Elite Squad, which won the Golden Bear at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, works the system of pervasive drug trafficking that extends its stranglehold out of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to implicate even the members of BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion), the roughest, toughest and least corruptible ranks of the city’s police corps.
Paramount Pictures has hired veteran screenwriter Steve Zaillian (Schindler's List, Hannibal, Gangs of New York, American Gangster) to adapt Charles Brandt's book "I Heard You Paint Houses" for none other than Martin Scorsese to direct. On top of that good news, Robert De Niro has already signed on to play Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, a reputed criminal who has carried out more than 25 mob murders....
THE on-screen pairing of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro seems to be operating by the law of diminishing returns. First up was Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece, The Godfather: Part II , in which they didn’t actually share any time. Then came Michael Mann’s Heat , a mesmerising cop versus robber thriller that put them together for a cup of coffee and not more besides. Now they’re playing partners in...
"[T]he spirit of the last Depression truly hovers over us now and, as usual," writes John Patterson, "Michael Mann is ahead of the game in dredging its history and imagery for insights into our present pass. He has recently...
Mark Richt as a pitchman is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of execution. His best work probably appeared in the Michael Mann-esque slo-mo of his Ford truck commercials, a controversial piece of work given the deep, ongoing dirty war between Ford and Chevrolet factions in the deep South, and one for which [...]
'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Lone Ranger' roles on tap Disney is keeping Johnny Depp busy with a fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" film and co-starring turns in "The Lone Ranger" and "Alice and Wonderland."
Righteous Kill (15): Seeking to explain the place of royalty in the English constitution, Walter Bagehot urged critics to revere first and ask questions later. “We must not let in daylight upon the magic.”