Mickey Rourke

“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” arrives in November

October 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company have just announced the upcoming release of Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill on Blu-Ray Disc and DVD in November. In the movie, scandal, murder, betrayal and mystery surround the lives of those [...]

The Expendables

November 17, 2010 // 0 Comments

With a movie like "The Expendables, " you simply can't go wrong. The concept is sheer brilliance on Sylvester Stallone's part, showing once again that there is so much more brains to his brawn than one might expect. Bringing together [...]

Sin City

April 15, 2009 // 0 Comments

While it had been anticipated with some trepidation initially, Robert Rodriguez proved that he was the right man to put Frank Miller's comic book "Sin City" onto celluloid. Since its release it has converted even the most comic-book-averse [...]

Sin City

January 27, 2006 // 0 Comments

Sin City: the movie is proof that picking a winner is not always obvious in Hollywood. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller respectively (with Quentin Tarantino coming in as a "special guest director" for one of the scenes), Sin City is [...]

Sin City

August 29, 2005 // 0 Comments

Let's think for a minute about the potentially disastrous career move that Robert Rodriguez made when taking on "Sin City". First of all, there are the fans. The die hard fans who know the comics inside and out will be judging every scene [...]

They Crawl

October 30, 2002 // 0 Comments

Nothing says Halloween like a grimy cockroach flick. ‘The Nest’, ‘Creepy Crawlers’, ‘Mimic’, ‘Bugged’ and the classic ‘Creepshow’ segment ‘They’re Creeping Up On You’, are roach-infested treats. ‘They Crawl’, the latest foray [...]

The Pledge

June 27, 2001 // 0 Comments

After directing only three films, I don’t know if Sean Penn can qualify as an auteur, but his movies certainly have a signature style. Penn tends to make films featuring realistic characters, which have a fatal flaw and find themselves facing [...]

Diner

April 17, 2000 // 0 Comments

For many of us, the passage from youth to adulthood is difficult at best. By the time we’re expected to become responsible adults we’ve become so accustomed to the rituals of adolescence that we resist leaving the comfort of our chosen family of [...]

Angel Heart

June 1, 1998 // 0 Comments

It has been a long time since I last saw "Angel Heart", yet I remembered it well. It is a striking movie, expertly blending elements of the horror genre with classic film noir, resulting in a film that defies clichés, creating uniquely [...]