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The Good, The Bad & the Badass: Mickey Rourke

Posted 12 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of the late, great Mike Nichols. This week, we turn our gaze to an actor who's hard his share of ups and downs, but it still capable of great work...

Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…Mickey Rourke!

Posted 12 years ago

This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...

Dissecting Director Darren Aronofsky!

Posted 12 years ago

DIRECTOR DARREN ARONOFSKY! It's safe to say Darren Aronofsky has become one of the best visual storytellers in the world of cinema today. He really has. As a self described "average" writer, it's clear Aronofsky has become more comfortable and...

The UnPopular Opinion: The Wrestler

Posted 13 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column...

Hulk Hogan says he wants a part in Expendables 3, and then fibs about the lead in The Wrestler

Posted 14 years ago

Now this is interesting… Childhood wrestling icon, Hulk Hogan did an interview with Howard Stern as part of his national press tour, which came about because of his recently released sex tape (gross). Well, his camp may not say that,...

C’mon Hollywood: We need more quality sports films!

Posted 14 years ago

Seeing as the 2012 Summer Olympics was the most watched TV event in US history, there’s obviously more than a little interest in seeing people perform some really cool (and really weird) athletic feats.   For the first time in my...

Grindhouse Wrestler

Posted 17 years ago

   As much as I loved the fake trailers for Tarantino & Rodriguez’s GRINDHOUSE, looking at this thing down there kinda makes me feel that’s exactly what they should’ve done – take well-known movies and turn them into gritty 70s-ploitation...

Requiem for Nachos #8

Posted 18 years ago

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Review: The Wrestler

Posted 18 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 18 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...