The Wrestler

Requiem for Nachos #8

Posted 17 years ago

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Review: The Wrestler

Posted 17 years ago

Plot: Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke), has seen better days. Back in the eighties, he was one of the most popular wrestlers in the business, but now, he’s slipped into obscurity. He makes a meager living wrestling in the...

Rourke in 13

Posted 17 years ago

The folks over at “USA Today” have gotten ahold of the first still of Mickey Rourke as a chain smoking West Texas cowboy in the upcoming drama/thriller 13, a remake of a French film centering on a guy getting himself...

Wrestler trailer!!

Posted 17 years ago

It’s a film that has done nothing but rack up the rave reviews since it premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Whether it be kudos for star Mickey Rourke or director Darren Aronofsky, people just can’t get enough of THE...

Wrestler conf. clips

Posted 18 years ago

You’ve probably been hearing a lot about THE WRESTLER, endlessly cool director Darren Aronofsky’s acclaimed film about an aged grappler (played by Mickey Rourke) battling to make a comeback while struggling to win over his daughter and woo a stripper...

Wrestler footage

Posted 18 years ago

With Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming THE WRESTLER winning The Golden Lion at the recent Venice Film Festival and Mickey Rourke racking up all kinds of critical acclaim for his portrayal of tortured, melancholic former wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson trying to...

EXCL: Bruce wrestles!

Posted 18 years ago

Last week I rambled incoherently about my tangential relationship to Bruce Springsteen and how I was looking forward to the new song he had written to close Darren Aronofsky’s THE WRESTLER. Well a kind JoBlo reader saw that article and...

Lil Fox gets Wrestler

Posted 18 years ago

A film that’s rocketing straight up my must see list for later this year is Darren Aronofsky’s THE WRESTLER. Any Aronofsky film will always be on my must see list but after the raves in Toronto and Venice, it’s a...

Wrestler Pins Venice

Posted 18 years ago

After REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, I was convinced that Darren Aronofsky could do no wrong. I anticipated his next film like it was an ice cream sandwich covered in sex. Then he made THE FOUNTAIN. I will say nothing on...

The Wrestler pics

Posted 18 years ago

The cool peeps over at “Bad Taste” recently got ahold of some new pics of the Daren Aronofsky directed THE WRESTLER, courtesy of the Venice Film Festival where THE WRESTLER will be screening. In it, Mickey Rourke plays the titular...

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