Title: Road To Nowhere Director: Monte Hellman Starring: Shannyn Sossamon, Tygh Runyan, Dominique Swain, Waylon Payne, Cliff de Young, John Diehl Monte Hellman’s first film in more than two decades, The Road To Nowhere, is, whatever else one says about it, first and foremost a work that wouldn’t exist were it not for other movies. A referential slice of film noir which enjoyed its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year, recently screened as part of a retrospective of the director’s work at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, and now opens wider in Los Angeles and other markets throughout the summer, The Road To Nowhere takes grab-bag elements and splintered fractions of…

Title: Passion Play Directed by: Mitch Glazer Starring: Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox, Bill Murray, Kelly Lynch and Rhys Ifans Running time: 94 minutes, Rated R, Also available on standard DVD Nate Pool (Rourke), a washed up jazz musician gets himself in a bit of trouble and is left for dead in the desert. He happens upon a traveling carnival where he meets the “angel” Lily Luster (Fox) who is working as a sideshow attraction. Determined to get back on his feet he convinces her to leave the carnival with him, intending is to deliver her to gang boss Happy Shannon (Murray). What he doesn’t count on is falling in love…

Title: The Big Bang Director: Tony Krantz Starring: Antonio Banderas, William Fichtner, Delroy Lindo, Thomas Kretschmann, Robert Maillet, Sienna Guillory, Autumn Reeser, Sam Elliott, Jimmi Simpson, James Van Der Beek, Snoop Dogg, Rebecca Mader The presence of a very recognizable ensemble cast can’t save The Big Bang, a colossally strange film noir misfire that plays like a TV pilot run amok, and is bound to go down in history — to the extent that it’s remembered at all – only as the stumper answer to the niche cinematic trivia question, “In what film does Antonio Banderas have a sex scene with a waitress who spews jibberish about particle physics, and also…

Talking to MTV, “The Day The Earth Stood Still” star Keanu Reeves’ love of the hit anime series “Cowboy Bebop” and his desire to work on an adaptation of the project has come to light. When asked about it recently Reeves said “We’re trying to do that. [...] It’s got a Western quality, a Western film noir aspect to it,” Reeves, on why exactly he loves the franchise, says “It’s got so much style to it, and that’s part of its appeal. That kind of Old West, bordertown, low-tech science fiction aspect.” The project is currently being put together by producer Erwin Stoff, who’s spent the last two decades working…

Universal Home Entertainment recently released the DVD artwork and details for the upcoming 50th Anniversary release of Orson Welles controversial film “Touch of Evil” starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich and Zsa Zsa Gabor. The film which will be released on October 7, 2008 will feature brand new behind-the-Scenes Bonus Features and all three versions of the film. Here’s the official announcement. Universal City, Calif. – August 14, 2008 – Orson Welles’ film noir masterpiece celebrates a home entertainment milestone with the release of the Touch of Evil – 50th Anniversary Edition DVD on October 7, 2008 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. For the first time on…