In fact, there really is something quite inspiring about the casting of Rourke. As a washed-up old actor battling his demons with myriad personal issues, playing a washed-up old wrestler battling his ...

A steely-eyed lead in the '80s and early '90s, Mickey Rourke stood out first as a good actor in bad films (bedding Kim Basinger in the soft-core psychobabble 9 1/2 Weeks), then as a bad actor in worse ...

The winners of the 10th Annual Golden Trailer Awards, which honor the best movie previews of the past year, were announced last night at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. “Star Trek” took ...

The Wrestler doesn’t open till Wednesday, and already Mickey Rourke has won Best Actor from the Boston and Washington, D.C., critics groups and earned a Golden Globe nomination in that category. His ...

Actor Mickey Rourke teamed up with filmmaker Darren Aronofsky for the Oscar-nominated film The Wrestler. The movie marked a bit of a comeback for Rourke after years of controversy briefly stalled his ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb 21 (Reuters) - "The Wrestler" pummeled its opponents at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, winning three awards, including best feature at the independent film world's equivalent of the ...

In addition to “Changeling” and “The Wrestler,” other American titles include Antonio Campos‘s “Afterschool,” Kelly Reichardt‘s “Wendy and Lucy,” and Alexander Olch‘s “The Windmill Movie.” A group of ...