Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Mickey Rourke"

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Iron Man 2 **** (2010, Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson) – Classic Movie Review 3442

Robert Downey Jr continues his highly expert and entertaining turn as Tony Stark/ Iron Man in this exciting but nicely relaxed and easy-going sequel to the 2008 original blockbuster. It is reliable stuff that takes […]

Mar, 02

Sin City A Dame to Kill For **** (2014, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Eva Green) – Movie Review

Taking hard boiled to the max, the amazing Sin City A Dame to Die For is extremely nasty but very nice. Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller reunite from the 2005 original to bring Miller’s […]

Aug, 20

Diner **** (1982, Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Daniel Stern) – Classic Movie Review 1548

Writer-director Barry Levinson’s 1982 breakthrough movie focuses poignantly and incisively on a group of half-dozen college-age Baltimore buddies who spend the last days of 1959 trying to work out their problems with girls, money and their future […]

Aug, 15

Animal Factory *** (2000, Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mickey Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 1467

Director Steve Buscemi’s janglingly edgy 2000 movie stars Willem Dafoe as a shaven-headed old lag takes drug-dealing rich lad Edward Furlong under his wing. Furlong ‘s slight, privileged kid Ron Decker has landed up in San Quentin jail […]

Jul, 24

Buffalo ’66 **** (1998, Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, Jan-Michael Vincent, Kevin Pollak) – Classic Movie Review 1074

Co-writer-director Vincent Gallo stars in his own 1998 movie as a ex-con called Billy Brown, who goes on the run with (at first) reluctant teenage student hostage-lover Layla (Christina Ricci), getting her to masquerade as […]

Apr, 09

The Expendables *** (2010, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 804

‘We are the shadows and the smoke, we rise. We are the ghosts that hide in the night.’ – Barney Ross (Stallone). Mercenaries Sylvester Stallone (aged 64), Jason Statham (38) and Jet Li (47) team […]

Feb, 05

The Rainmaker **** (1997, Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, Mary Kay Place, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 382

Francis Ford Coppola’s magnetic 1997 thriller makes its case to win the award for the best film adaptation of a John Grisham legal mystery novel. It’s as tense, atmospheric, characterful and intriguing as they come. […]

Nov, 09

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