At a time when relations between the West and Islam are dangerously tense, Java Heat opens amidst the aftermath of a terrorist attack in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation. Java Heat centers ...

Java Heat is an action movie for serious action movie buffs. Neither outrageous nor self-conscious, it looks and moves like any number of good late-’80s/early ...

Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke square off in this Indonesian-set action movie. By THR Staff His recent Oscar nomination notwithstanding, Mickey Rourke’s unfortunately grotesque current appearance seems ...

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Films has picked up the U.S rights to Java Heat. They plan a nationwide theatrical release for the action thriller in 2013. Java Heat is directed by Conor Allyn, who wrote the ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

After speaking with Kellan Lutz, star of the newly released actioner Java Heat, one thing becomes clear: he’s having a lot of fun. Yet, he isn’t afraid of the hard work, even going so far as saying ...

For the past several years, a combination of my secretive hipster nature and my desire to be a 40-something female writer has made 30 Rock my favorite show on TV. But lately, with the emergence of ...

Unfortunately, this silencer didn’t work on Mickey Rourke’s dialogue. Mickey Rourke has had an interesting career. He was an A-list actor in the ‘80s, doing movies like 9 ½ Weeks, Angel Heart, The ...

“Java Heat” is a good-looking thriller made of rickshaws and machine guns, with Mickey Rourke as a French villain and “Twilight” actor Kellan Lutz a hyper-buff art student who isn’t everything he ...

Head film critic for Mountain Xpress from December 2000 until his death in June 2016. Author of books "Ken Russell's Films," "Charlie Chan at the Movies," "A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series," ...