Oliver Stone's over-the-top satire on America's worshipful fascination with tabloid criminals stars Woody Harrelson as Mickey Knox and Juliette Lewis as girlfriend-wife Mallory Wilson. Commencing with the dual murder of Mallory's sexually abusive father (Rodney Dangerfield) and grossly negligent mother (Edie McClurg), the .. Read more
| Starring | Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones |
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| Director | Oliver Stone |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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'I'm not naïve, I'm superficial,' Woody Harrelson declares in Paul Schrader's new film, The Walker. Some people would suggest the actor has it the wrong way round. After all, he first planted himself in the public eye playing the dumbest jock on television in eight seasons of the sitcom Cheers. I've met Harrelson twice. The first time he was promoting Natural Born Killers, and I was impressed with how honestly he discussed his own anger issues. He talked about Jung and the need to explore your Read more
In the age of celebrity, there are few stories as irresistible as the self-destruction of a creative artist. Whether it's Britney taking clippers to her hair, Whitney turning her multi-million dollar home into a crack den, or the bad joke that was Anna Nicole Smith's short life, the headlines are as lurid as the lawyers will allow, and we all feel that combination of pity and awe that is said to be the essence of tragedy. Hollywood wisdom has it that audiences won't sit for unhappy endings,... Read more
Nicolas Cage is to star in a new film about the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, which Paramount Pictures hopes to release in 2006. Cage, who has won an Oscar for his role in Leaving Las Vegas, and starred in Adaptation and Matchstick Men, will play the role of Sgt John McLoughlin who was trapped in one of the twin towers. McLoughlin, and officer William J Jimeno, are said to be the last two people who were rescued from the rubble after the attacks. The film, which as yet has... Read more
Oliver Stone's (Alexander, Natural Born Killers) Vietnam war classic Platoon, revered by some as the greatest Vietnam war film of all time, makes it onto DVD as an Ultimate Edition on Monday 6th March. Based on Stone's own experience as a soldier in the Vietnam war, the film stars Charlie Sheen (Young Guns, Scary Movie 3) as a rookie soldier trapped in the nightmare of war who finds himself caught in a rift between two very different veteran sergeants. The Platoon: Ultimate Edition DVD contains Read more