Rex’s Mikey is a former porn star who returns to his wife Lexi (the excellent Bree Elrod) in a small Texas town as the film opens. Lexi and her mother (Brenda Deiss) don’t want Mikey around but when ...

Brenda Deiss, the breakout star of Sean Baker’s Red Rocket indie movie in 2021, has died. She was 60. The unexpected movie actress who appeared alongside Simon Rex in the drama about a washed-up actor ...

Brenda Deiss, the Texas City local who made her acting debut in Sean Baker’s 2021 film “Red Rocket,” has died of complications after suffering a stroke. She was 60. The former secretary appeared in ...

Red Rocket is a 2021 American dark comedy-drama film. It follows Mikey Saber, a former porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown after being kicked out of Los Angeles. With no money and ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is from the official trailer for “Red Rocket,” distributed by A24. “Red Rocket” is one ...

Summary Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket” is a very fun but adequately uncomfortable film which follows the homeward bound journey of down-on-his-luck porn star Mikey Saber. Great editing and filmwork, ...

Simon Rex, the star of the Cannes Film Festival-acclaimed indie effort “Red Rocket,” has something in common with the protagonist he plays in the film. He, too, got his start in pornographic films.

Set amid the oil refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast, Sean Baker’s propulsive “Red Rocket” adds to the writer-director’s growing resume of exploring forgotten Americans on the fringe of a society that ...

It’s never a good sign when someone gets off a bus after two days without any bags. That’s how we meet Mikey Saber (Simon Rex) in “Red Rocket.” He’s back in his hometown, Texas City, on the Gulf Coast ...

Red Rocket comes from the brilliant mind of filmmaker Sean Baker and follows a washed-up porn star who returns to his hometown in Texas. Mikey crosses paths with his estranged ex-wife Lexi, played by ...

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Filmmaker Sean Baker (The Florida Project) had an ...

Deiss, after a chance encounter with writer-director Sean Baker, starred with Simon Rex in Baker's indie drama about a washed-up actor looking to reboot his Texas hometown. By Etan Vlessing Canada ...