Jamie Foxx

Miami Vice (1 1/2 out of 4 stars)

source: hollywooddejavu (WordPress)

The Verdict: I want my MTV cops, not these VH1 Classics doppelgangers director Michael Mann passes off as Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. In his long, tedious and predictable big-screen rendering of his flashy 1980s TV series, Mann makes the assumption that we already know and love his...

Published Mon, Aug 24

Conversations with . . . Jamie Foxx

source: filmgordon (WordPress)

Foxx has since appeared in “Dreamgirls,” “Miami Vice,” “Jarhead” and “The Kingdom,” and will next star in the drama “Law Abiding Citizen” directed by F. Gary Gray. Besides his outstanding work in front of the camera, Jamie has also achieved a thriving career in music. His eagerly-anticipa...

Published Thu, Apr 23

HD-DVD Review: Miami Vice

source: Blogcritics

While lead characters Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) are understandably not as well developed as they were in the classic ‘80s TV series, there’s no excuse for not developing them at all. There’s no sense as to who they are or why they’re doing what they do. A meaningless lov...

Published Tue, Mar 13

Jamie Foxx's Fear Of Stray Bullets Changes 'Miami Vice' History

source: Defamer

Over at Slate, NPR's Kim Masters offers a fairly lengthy recounting of the many problems that plagued the set of Michael Mann's Miami Vice, such as a) its crazy, exacting director, b) disastrous weather events that threatened production (who could have seen that coming while filming in...

Published Thu, Jul 13