Film Review: The Wrestler – Darren Aronofsky 8/10 My irrational levels of excitement concerning Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Wrestler’ were not due to the hype concerning Mickey Rourke’s latest comeback, but rather from a misguided obsession with American wrestling from my adolescence. Not just the glossier WWF (now WWE) end, but the dingier minor leagues that [...]
Mickey Rourke on the canvas?
March 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Film
Tags:comeback·Directed by Darren Aronofsky. With Mickey Rourke·Evan Rachel Wood·Marisa Tomei·Minor League·naturalistic·Professional Wrestling·small town America·steroids·USWA·WWE·WWF
Before The Devil Knows Your Dead – Sydney Lumet
January 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Film
Before the devil knows you’ve made a terrible film 5/10 Why Sydney Lumet doesn’t get the recognition that the likes of Coppola and Scorcese receive for their 1970s output is a mystery. ‘Serpico‘ (1973), ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ (1975) and ‘Network’ (1976) all feature among lists of the key films in that decade yet somehow Lumet [...]
Tags:Albert Finney·crime·Ethan Hawke·heist movie·Marisa Tomei·Philip Seymour Hoffman·violence