Diane Venora

Date of Birth

1952-08-10

Place of Birth

East Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Known for

Romeo + Juliet, Heat, The 13th Warrior, Hamlet, The Jackal

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The Jackal: Is Bruce Willis’s 1997 Thriller Better Than Its Reputation?

Posted 25 minutes ago

1997's The Jackal teamed two box office heavyweights, Bruce Willis and Richard Gere, but has largely sunk into obscurity.

Horror Movie News

The Test Of Time: Wolfen (1981)

Posted 5 years ago

We all have certain movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? Do they remain must-see? So…the...

F/X (1986) – The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 6 years ago

What would happen if a horror movie special fx artist was framed for murder? That's the question F/X (1986), a movie I absolutely loved as a child of the eighties asks in this week's edition of "The Best Movie You...

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Michael Mann wants to transform his Heat prequel novel into a film

Posted 6 years ago

One of the finest films of the 1990s, Micheal Mann's HEAT starred Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley, a seasoned thief, and Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna, an LAPD robbery-homicide detective tasked with tracking down Neil and his crew....

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Boba Fett, Heat, True Detective

Posted 7 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Alien, Daredevil, Heat, Rear Window

Posted 7 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: F/X

Posted 8 years ago

Chris Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was...

Heat prequel novel coming from Michael Mann & Reed Farrel Coleman

Posted 9 years ago

Praises cannot be over-sung for the masterpiece thriller HEAT. Director Michael Mann delivered some of his best work on the heist thriller with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, creating a classic for the ages. Mann’s work in the HEAT...

Heat returns to theaters for one night only with special livestreamed Q & A

Posted 9 years ago

If you're a fan of Michael Mann's 1995 crime drama HEAT, and happen to find yourself chilling out in Los Angeles, California on May 2nd, you might consider clearing your calendar for a special event that's sure to be a night...

Cool Videos: Video essay on Heat puts scene and script side-by-side

Posted 10 years ago

HEAT is one of the great movies of the 90’s. We got Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Michael Mann and, hell, we can even give a shout out to Val Kilmer. Kinetic heist scenes, terrific performances an absorbing script all...

Cool Videos: Batman & The Joker remake Heat

Posted 10 years ago

With all the oxygen of the day being sucked up by SUICIDE SQUAD talk and not much else going on, I thought I'd throw you a DC Cinematic bone of sorts to help you make it to the other side....

Michael Mann to launch his own line of novels including a prequel to Heat

Posted 10 years ago

There's no question that Michael Mann's films are studied extensively beforehand. The quality of the end result is up for debate, but Mann has a knack for detail. It looks like that scrutiny is going to pay off as the...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Michael Mann

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of internationally acclaimed action icon Chow Yun-Fat. While Chow’s known mostly for his work with John Woo, he’d no doubt be right at home in a movie directed by this...

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