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Remembering The Great Tony Scott

Director Tony Scott was born on June 21st 1944. He followed in the footsteps of his older brother, director Ridley Scott, by attending Art College. He then made his way into the advertising industry, working for his brother’s company, Ridley [...]

August 19, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Alan Parker & Mickey Rourke On The Set Of ANGEL HEART

Angel Heart differs from William Hjortsberg’s source material in many ways (the book plays out in New York, never going to New Orleans), but it keeps the rich and textured central conceit. Alan Parker had a great run in the 1980 and 1990s, [...]

May 30, 2021

Review: ADVERSE Is Gritty Neo-Noir With A Great Turn From Mickey Rourke

Brian A. Metcalf has crafted a solid neo-noir with Adverse. The writer-director-producer offers a glimpse into the underbelly of Los Angeles as this dark thriller prowls the after hours streets of the City of Angels. Metcalf has managed to snag a [...]

May 14, 2021

Remembering When Mickey Rourke And Don Johnson Were HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN

Simon Wincer’s Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man isn’t a very good film – but it is a fun one. The 1991 action film sees Mickey Rourke and Don Johnson team-up as branded bikers to take on Tom Sizemore and Daniel Baldwin’s [...]

July 21, 2020

Blu-ray Review: Alan Parker’s ANGEL HEART Sees Mickey Rourke & Robert De Niro In A World Of Murder, Mystery & Voodoo

Alan Parker’s 1987 film Angel Heart is a wonderful cinematic gumbo. This New Orleans set tale is a genre melding-pot of a film, stirring together elements of mystery, thriller, noir and horror. Based on author William Hjortsberg’s 1978 novel, [...]

October 13, 2019

Mayhem Film Festival 2018: Days One & Two

Kicking-off in Nottingham’s Broadway Cinema, the first two days of the 14th Mayhem Film Festival brought together a wonderful selection of genre films introduced by Chris Cook and Steven Sheil. Movies In Focus was once again on-hand to bring [...]

October 13, 2018

Roger Donaldson Interview Part One: Embracing Documentary Filmmaking With McLAREN

Roger Donaldson is a secret directing weapon. You may not be overtly familiar with his name, but you’ve surely seen and enjoyed at least one of his films. He’s able to flit from one genre to the next, navigating his way around film [...]

May 25, 2017

Born Again Actors: Alternative Hollywood Careers

It’s no secret that many actors feel they were born to act; that they wouldn’t know what they’d do if they couldn’t go on set or grace the silver screen any longer. Actors such as former child star turned cinematic chameleon Daniel Radcliffe [...]

October 26, 2016

Blu-ray Review: SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR Has A Cast To Die For… But Not Much Else

Nobody had ever seen anything like Sin City when it hit screens back in 2005. Ten years later, the impact of this sequel is much less. Robert Rodriguez created an original visual language that brought Frank Miller’s comic book to life, paving the [...]

December 13, 2014

DVD Review: Kellan Lutz And Mickey Rourke Taste The JAVA HEAT

Java Heat is a buddy action film, with an oddly ‘80s feel, featuring Kellan Lutz, Ario Bayu and Mickey Rourke. It’s not an amazing film by any stretch of the imagination, but it does have enough silliness to make it something of a guilty [...]

July 13, 2013

Obituary: Director Tony Scott Dead At 68

Tony Scott, the hugely successful Hollywood producer and director of films such as Top Gun and Enemy of the State has passed away at the age of 68. Reports indicate that Scott took his own life by leaping from a bridge in Los Angeles, California. He [...]

August 20, 2012

Caution To The Wind: Cage & Rourke In MARBLE CITY

Nicolas Cage keeps knocking out movie after movie, after movie. Pretty soon audiences get sick and tired of paying cash to see the same person. It’s one of the reasons why television stars find it difficult to make the transition to the big [...]

May 18, 2012

Robert Downey Jr. To Earn $50 Million From THE AVENGERS

The Avengers is smashing box office records left, right and center – making a lot of money for Marvel, Disney and Paramount Pictures. The $220 million budgeted adventure (at the time of writing) is closing in on $400 million at the domestic box [...]

May 12, 2012