Mickey Rourke


Mickey Rourke
Would Mickey Rourke Be Able To Make The Transition From Acting To Professional Wrestling? by Wayne K. Wilkins Mickey Rourke is known for his tough guy personas in his movies. His 2008 Oscar runner-up, The Wrestler is no exception to his charismatic hard men. In the movie, Rourke plays an aging wrestler by the name of Randy "The Ram" Robinson who peaked fame... More> Why The 2008 Movie "The Wrestler" Is A Good Thing For Wrestling by Wayne K. Wilkins The wrestler is a 2008 film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring veteran actor and boxer Mickey Rourke. The film is about the life of a wrestler who has been engulfed by the business peaking fame in the 1980's era of wrestling when glam-rock, h... More>
	Movie reviews: A Prayer For The Dying by Spencer Hawken A Prayer For The Dying is a faithful adaptation of Alex Higgins best selling novel. Mickey Rourke stars as Martin Fallon an faithful member of the IRA, but Fallon has been getting a bit disgruntled with the whole whole movement of late and the accid... More> Movie reviews: Angel Heart by Spencer Hawken Harry Angel is a down on his luck private eye working out of the slums of Harlem. Out of the blue he receives a phone call asking him to locate a missing person. Angel enters a community renown for unusual religious practices where he meets with the... More>
Movie reviews: Year of the Dragon by Spencer Hawken In New York's Chinatown the stabbing Jackie Wong triggers off shockwaves across the community; slowly the young Triads make there way through the Chinese quarter and encroach on the neighbouring Italian quarter. Something clearly needs to be done so... More> What were the top celebrity comebacks of 2008? by Andrea Kreidler Mickey Rourke has always been a fighter, though his worst opponent was easily himself. In the early 1980s, Rourke was a respected actor in the Marlon Brando mode, but the late '80s and early '90s saw Rourke turn down roles in films such as Rain Man ... More>
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