Tom Jolliffe looks back at the early career of Mickey Rourke… When you think back through cinema you can easily think of an array of icons. Brando, Stewart, De Niro, Pacino, Sandler (okay…maybe not)… I could go on. The role of Acting Deity includes being a point of comparison. When De Niro first broke through […]
River Phoenix as Joker? Parallel Universe Castings
Tom Jolliffe looks at the idea of River Phoenix as the Joker and other parallel universe castings… It’s 2019. It’s an era of perpetual rebooting. For some, we’d barely settled on the idea that Jared Leto was cast as the clown prince, before it was announced that Joaquin Phoenix would don the make up in […]
Horror anthology Nightmare Cinema gets a new poster and trailer
Good Deed Entertainment as released a new poster and trailer for the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. The film consists of five instalments directed by Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), Joe Dante (The Howling), Ryûhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train), David Slade (30 Days of Night), and Mick Garris (The Stand) and features a cast […]
Horror anthology Nightmare Cinema gets a trailer
A trailer has arrived online for the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. The film features five segments, directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Mick Garris (Sleepwalkers), Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus) and Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead) and stars Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlain, Adam Godley, Orson Chaplin, Eric Nelsen, Kevin Fonteyne, and Maurice […]
‘Cities of Love’ continues with first Berlin, I Love You trailer
The first trailer has debuted for the romance anthology film Berlin, I Love You, the fourth instalment in the ‘Cities of Love’ series after Paris, je t’aime (2006), New York, I Love You (2008) and Rio, I Love You (2014). It features an ensemble cast that includes Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Luke Wilson, Jim Sturgess, Mickey […]
Boxing drama Tiger gets a poster and trailer
R3M Productions has unveiled a poster and trailer for director Alister Grierson’s boxing drama Tiger, which stars Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars), Prem Singh (Breakaway), and Michael Pugliese (Occupants). Check them out here, along with the official synopsis… Tiger is inspired by the true story of Pardeep Nagra, a practicing Sikh man […]
Blu-ray Review – Animal Factory (2000)
Animal Factory, 2000. Directed by Steve Buscemi. Starring Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mickey Rourke, Tom Arnold, Mark Boone Junior, Edward Bunker, John Heard, and Steve Buscemi. SYNOPSIS: A privileged young man is sent to prison for drug dealing and falls under the wing of a lifer who takes a shine to him. Sometimes […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 22 – Angel Heart (1987)
Angel Heart, 1987. Directed by Alan Parker. Starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, and Charlotte Rampling. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1955, and New York-based private investigator Harry Angel is hired by the mysterious businessmen Louis Cyphre to track down Johnny Favourite, an elusive lounge singer who owes Cyphre a very large debt. As he investigates, […]
Mick Garris, Joe Dante, David Slade and more set for horror anthology Nightmare Cinema
Deadline is reporting that Cinelou Films and Good Deed Entertainment have enlisted genre filmmakers Mick Garris, Joe Dante, David Slade, Ryuhei Kitamura and Alejandro Brugues for the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema. The feature will follow a “series of down-on-their-luck individuals who enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought […]
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and other stars’ strange paths to fame
With the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of Central Intelligence starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart, we take a look at a cluster of actors who didn’t take the normal path to stardom. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Hart’s co-star in Central Intelligence and all round big screen titan, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson started […]