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The Expendables Gets Better

by Furious
January 7th, 2009

sylvester-stallone-punchI previously posed that Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables might be the greatest movie ever made. With every tidbit of news that seeps out about the movie, that idea moves from postulate to fact.

The latest news on the greatest movie is that Mickey Rourke is joining the cast. He’ll play an arms dealer that outfits the mercenaries in their attempt to overthrow a South American dictator. Rourke will join Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham, and Randy Couture, with Forest Whitaker and Sir Ben Kingsley also contemplating roles.

The buzz surrounding Rourke’s performance in The Wrestler couldn’t have hurt, but Stallone and Rourke have been on good terms since Get Carter, Rourke’s return to legitimate movies. It’s hard calling Get Carter a legitimate movie, but compared to stunners like Shergar and Cousin Joey,

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Paradise Lost Movie Details From The 12-Year Old Director

by Furious
December 9th, 2008

paradise lost luciferJohn Milton’s Paradise Lost is one of the great works of Western literature. It details Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the Garden of Eden by way of their eating of fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil after a little nudging by Satan. Milton’s purpose for the story was to “justify the ways of God to men.” The book is separated into 12 ‘books.’ 1-4 cover Satan’s plotting and journey to Eden, 5-6 give the back-story on Satan’s war in Heaven, and 7-12 deal with the aftermath of Adam and Eve’s disobedience.

Scott Derrickson, director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose and the upcoming The Day the Earth Stood Still remake, found himself a script for Paradise Lost and gave an interview to Sci Fi. Both the director and the

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We Can Remake Angel Heart- We Have The Technology

by Furious
October 1st, 2008

Rather than try to capitalize on the buzz of Mickey Rourke’s career rejuvenating performance in The Wrestler and find a way push his older movies, we’ll just get remakes instead. The always interesting Michael De Luca is going to lead the charge on an Angel Heart remake.

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Mickey Rourke, The Comeback Kid

by Furious
September 6th, 2008

So, the awards for this year’s Venice International Film Festival have been announced, and the Golden Lion for best film went to Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler.

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