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The first feature for this Los Angeles-based screenwriter-director, "Fresh" , was a gritty depiction of a 12-year-old Brooklyn drug runner.

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Like it or not, John Travolta is a bonafide Hollywood legend. After a career spanning four decades he's the true embodiment of the Hollywood success story.

Nice guy John Travolta plays a rare role as a full-blown evil villain in Columbia Pictures' The Taking Of Pelham 123.

Mark Collie, performing at Kickers Saturday, won film festivals galore with his 1998 portrayal of Johnny Cash in 'I Still Miss Someone.' 'He asked me to play him,' Collie says about Cash, who died in 2003.

Born into a long line of female actresses, Samantha Mathis made her name initially in the classic brat-pack teen rebellion story "Pump up the Volume" . As Christian Slater's on-screen love interest, she began a number of patterns that would persist throughout her career - " including choosing films that made her an honorary pin-up for the geek ...

According to Variety , Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer have joined the cast of Code Entertainment's The Irishman .

Run a Quick Search on "The Punisher" starring Thomas Jane to Browse Related Products: Review New York Times, 04/16/2004, p.E20, "Jonathan Hensleigh's movie version of the Punisher's origins stays true to its hero by being similarly stripped-down, efficient and mean." Chicago Sun-Times, 04/16/2004, p.33, "[T]he film, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, ...

Punisher: War Zone Posted by Chad Webb on 03.27.2009 The Commando of comic book movies.

Punisher: War Zone DVD Review Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 03.22.2009 Is the third time the charm for this comic book anti-hero, or has Marvel finally struck out? Directed by: Lexi Alexander Written by: Nick Santora, Art Marcum & Matt Holloway Starring: Ray Stevenson - Frank Castle / The Punisher Dominic West - Billy Russoti / Jigsaw Doug Hutchison - ...

Punisher: War Zone : On the third try, Hollywood finally got Marvel's grim comic-book character The Punisher right.

There are times when studios completely drop the ball and need to remake movies, or reboot franchises.

Dark Reprieve A fashion model is questioned by police, while another beautiful woman is tortured and terrorized in prison by wolf monsters and zombie doctors.

ABC's pilot "Eastwick" has completed its trio of witches, adding former "Ugly Betty" actress Rebecca Romijn to its cast.

This is not accurate, and scriptwriter Tim Boyle has set the record straight on his MySpace Page : This film is NOT a 'Sequel'. It is a 're-launch' or 're-boot' of the comic franchise to the big screen.

"The Punisher: War Zone" shows what happens when you shoot a man at near point-blank range with two large pistols: His head explodes like an overripe melon into innumerable slimy pieces.

Punisher: War Zone is the latest film reincarnation based on the Marvel Comics Dark Knight.

How many attempts will Hollywood producers make at recreating the Marvel Comics anti-hero the Punisher before retiring him to the collectible seals he came from? In less than a decade we've seen Dolph Lundgren ...

Without a consistent style, 'Punisher: War Zone' never establishes a real identity.

In this current age of rebooting one comic franchise or horror franchise after another, it is still something of a milestone that we have a single property, The Punisher , that has been rebooted twice in just ...