
Missing Mickey Rourke
Don’t worry. Mickey Rourke is not dead. Today (September 16) is Mickey Rourke’s birthday. When I say I miss Mickey, … Continue reading Missing Mickey Rourke
Don’t worry. Mickey Rourke is not dead. Today (September 16) is Mickey Rourke’s birthday. When I say I miss Mickey, … Continue reading Missing Mickey Rourke
If you’ve seen the madcap first trailer for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, you might expect it to be an unconventional, … Continue reading The Eyes of Tammy Faye
There is a version of Ali that would have pleased almost everyone. A safe version that played like a ‘greatest hits’ record … Continue reading Ali
I was born in the very small town of Pikeville, Kentucky. At the age of 4 my mother took us … Continue reading The Crying Game
After Do The Right Thing, black cinema could no longer be ignored or marginalized. Certainly, there were significant films by … Continue reading Do The Right Thing
“I’m goin’ back to Cali, Cali, Cali…” To fully appreciate Less Than Zero as a film requires the viewer to understand the … Continue reading Less Than Zero
The way most of us will (and should) remember Larry McMurtry is as a novelist. Beginning with Horsemen Pass By in 1961 … Continue reading Larry McMurtry’s Hard-Won Beauty
For more than two hours of Paris, Texas’ two hour and twenty-five minutes of running time, you will likely have … Continue reading Paris, Texas
It must have seemed so obvious in the summer of 2002. Put Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg together in a … Continue reading Minority Report
In the year of its 30th anniversary, legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has revised the third film in his Godfather … Continue reading The Godfather Part III