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Awards Daily: The Wrestler Gets Raves
Jezebel: The Wrestler : "Rourke Gives The Performance Of His Life" [Critical Mass]
Hollywood Insider: Mickey Rourke talks about 'Wrestler,' previews new project, '13'
PopWatch: Spice up your day with a dramatic headline!
Oh No They Didn't!: Oscar Nominees: Portraits of the Class of '09
The Wrestler Gets Raves
Awards Daily —
... It is pretty amazing to see a film earn such unanimous praise. The Wrestler currently enjoys a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Metacritic still hovers at a chilly 83 and it’s debatable that the Edelstein review is really that bad - he did offer it up as a Critics’ pick.
EW’s Owen Gleiberman gives the film a solid A and writes about Rourke:
That’s something Mickey Rourke must know a lot about. As a young star, he was a bow-lipped bad boy who wooed women on screen with his soft voice and twinkly, knowing smile. ...
The Wrestler : "Rourke Gives The Performance Of His Life" [Critical Mass]
Jezebel —
... it worked for Sin City, in which the makeup for his monster-man avenger Marv brought out the freakish poetry in his distended physiognomy. In The Wrestler, his face has that poetry without the makeup. Rourke has long blond hair that makes him look like a battered lion, and his tight, swollen mask makes Randyâs struggle to bare his soul even more momentous. Itâs dumb, itâs outlandish, but smashing other peopleâs heads and getting his own smashed back really does complete him. Entertainment Weekly : Certain movies about losers have a special, desperately moving appeal. By ...
The Look of The Wrestler
Awards Daily —
... Could The Wrestler be emerging as stealth Best Picture contender on the strength of Micky Rourke’s performance and solid backing from critics in its corner? It currently stands at 82 on metacritic, and Owen Gleiberman says: ...
Mickey Rourke talks about 'Wrestler,' previews new project, '13'
Hollywood Insider —
Mickey Rourke talks about 'Wrestler,' previews new project, '13' Mickeyrourke_l Though it would've been hard to predict just a year ago, Mickey Rourke is having a moment. Critics are heaping praise on the actor for his role as a broken-down professional wrestler in the Darren Aronofsky-directed drama The Wrestler ( EW's Owen Gleiberman says the role depicts Rourke as at once a tabloid curiosity and a "great actor") , and earlier this month, he received a Best Actor ...
Spice up your day with a dramatic headline!
PopWatch —
... prospects ( click here for the full story) got me thinking that it's time we all wrote headlines about our own mundane lives -- complete with an unexpected denouement. I'll go first: Michael Slezak recommits to diet excellence -- right after he finishes cinnamon-raisin bagel with cream cheese! Your turn. More on your headline-writing skills, 'The Wrestler': Overenthusiastic tabloid headline of the day!!! Overenthusiastic tabloid headline of the day!!! (Vol. 2) EW's official review of 'The Wrestler' See where 'The Wrestler' falls on our critic Owen ...
Moviefone's 50 Best (and 10 Worst) Films of the Year: How many have you seen?
PopWatch —
... Taxi to the Darkside 22. Shine a Light 21. Revolutionary Road 20. Kung Fu Panda 19. In Bruges 18. Doubt 17. JCVD 16. Role Models 15. Surfwise 14. Vicky Cristina Barcelona 13. The Counterfeiters 12. The Reader 11. The Visitor 10. Tropic Thunder 9. Milk 8. Man on Wire 7. WALL-E 6. Frost/Nixon 5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 4. The Wrestler 3. The Dark Knight 2. Slumdog ...
Five ways Kate Hudson can earn back my trust
PopWatch —
... would be a great fit in a well-written, quirky movie, like Winslet's Eternal Sunshine , or a female-driven period piece like Blanchett's Elizabeth, instead of playing the one-dimensional girlfriend/ex/best friend in every film. The two Oscar nominated actresses take roles in which women are portrayed as the complex creatures we actually are, and Hudson would be smart to follow their example. 5. More Supporting Roles: Sandra Bullock did it in Crash ; Marisa Tomei just did it in The Wrestler . Something similar to the Amy Adams role in ...
Oscar Nominees: Portraits of the Class of '09
Oh No They Didn't! —
... than the emotional challenge of playing an ordinary man living an extraordinary life. ''Benjamin was never going to be a proactive action hero,'' says director David Fincher. ''But Brad found a beauty in the serenity of this character.'' UP NEXT Pitt is currently at work on Quentin Tarantino's WWII film Inglourious Basterds. —Josh Rottenberg BEST ACTOR MICKEY ROURKE The WrestlerAGE 56 ROLE Randy ''The Ram'' Robinson, a pro wrestling star ...
