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Watchamania: The Wrestler (2008)
DVD WATCHAMANIA fills a longstanding gap in professional, highbrow art and media criticism by watching movies about pro wrestling and assigning star ratings based on the matches they contain. We watch...
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Mickey Rourke, Daniel Day-Lewis, And Everyone Else Who Was Almost Cast In...
Miramax It’s been 20 years since John Travolta had his film career revived from “that guy from the talking baby movies” to blockbuster movie star. Pulp Fiction’s place is so cemented in modern day pop...
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Mickey Rourke Is Returning To Boxing At Age 62 To Fight A Man Half His Age
Getty Image Mickey Rourke was a gorgeous man once upon a time, but then the allure of a return to the ring (he was an amateur boxer before making it) tore him asunder — like Gollum. Alright, “tore...
View ArticleMickey Rourke Is Putting On Quite The Show In This Training Video
While most of us are stuffing our guts with beef jerky, cheap bourbon and other such classic Thanksgiving Day foods today, Mickey Rourke is over in Moscow preparing for tomorrow’s boxing match against...
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Mickey Rourke ‘Won’ His Boxing Match With This Ridiculous TKO
Via YouTube This morning, while people in the US were trampling each other to get a flatscreen TV for twelve bucks, Mickey Rourke was in Russia, BOXING A DUDE. His opponent, Elliot Seymour, was 1-9...
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Mickey Rourke’s Boxing Match Was Allegedly Fixed And There Might Be Proof
Via YouTube On Friday night, actor and sometimes boxer Mickey Rourke, 62, defeated Elliot Seymour in a match many believe was fixed. At one point during the fight, Rourke faked an injury (heart...
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The Actors Who Were Almost Axel Foley Before Eddie Murphy Turned The Detroit...
Paramount Beverly Hills Cop is a film that almost wasn’t made. The concept of a Detroit cop taking his attitude and tactics with him to California went through several scripts, different ideas for...
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Mickey Rourke’s Boxing Opponent: ‘I Was Told Specifically To Go Down In The...
Via YouTube On November 28th, actor and sometimes boxer Mickey Rourke fought a young man named Elliot Seymour in Russia. Seymour had a career record of 1-9 so this wasn’t exactly Ivan Drago-Rocky...
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Mickey Rourke’s Boxing Opponent Admits To Taking A Dive For $15,000
YouTube/FanBanderes Not that we needed much corroboration beyond our own eyes, but Mickey Rourke’s opponent in a boxing match last month in Moscow admitted to what we already figured was the truth: he...
View ArticleAnna Faris Has A Fascinating Story About An Irate Mickey Rourke Shushing Her...
Mickey Rourke is not a fan of children, apparently! I for one am shocked. On last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, donning her finest white power suit (thanks, Broad City), Anna Faris recounted the time she...
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Comments Of The Week: Superfriends Edition
Getty ImageNic Cage met Axel Rose and it was hard to tell who was more bedazzled. Comments of the Week is back, and I’m giving away FilmDrunk shirts (BUY YOURS HERE) to each week’s winner. We don’t...
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Mickey Rourke Has Fighting Words For Donald Trump, Says He Likes ‘The Black...
Getty Image Lots of people, on both sides of the political aisle, have very strong opinions about Donald Trump. Just in recent weeks, Michael Moore called the candidate “batsh*t crazy,” and Bobby...
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Mickey Rourke Says His Dog Kept Him From Committing Suicide
Getty Image Mickey Rourke’s career was broken, and so was his face. By the mid-1990s, the roughly handsome star of Diner and 9½ Weeks just looked rough — he was a failed boxer who was nominated for two...
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Mickey Rourke Almost Makes You Feel Sorry For Donald Trump With This Vicious...
Getty Image At this point in the presidential race, primary fatigue is settling in. Donald Trump’s shock factor has carved itself a steady routine, and it almost feels normal to hear his ranting voice...
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The Bizarre Story Behind Mickey Rourke Challenging Usain Bolt To A Race At 3...
Getty Image Usain Bolt has been the fastest man on the planet for more than a decade and, as you may imagine, the legendary Jamaican sprinter is often asked about racing other people. In fact, Bolt was...
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Mickey Rourke thought Moneyball sucked too
Still my favorite red carpet photo of all time I knew there were things Mickey Rourke and I had in common besides a foul mouth, a love of rugby, and a soft spot for dogs. It turns out he also hated...
View Article10 Celebrities Who Look Like Abandoned Mattresses
At first glance over a few comparison photos of celebrities dressed like abandoned mattresses I assumed they were from some new Tumblr that I may or may not write about depending on whether or not one...
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Robert Rodriguez confirms Rourke and Rosario returning for ‘Sin City 2’
Dimension/Troublemaker I guess some of this feels inevitable, but if a decade-plus of covering this industry has taught me anything, it is that common sense rarely rules the day. Just because Robert...
View ArticleRosario Dawson, Mickey Rourke, and Michael Madsen Returning To Sin City
Companion birds and lovably batsh-t actors: a perfect match. Last week Robert Rodriguez announced Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, a sequel to his and Frank Miller’s Sin City. This week he offered a...
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The Lists: Top 10 performances in comic book movies
Warner Bros. Pictures Joss Whedon’s “The Avengers” opens Friday, but it doesn’t merely signal the beginning of the summer movie season. It signals the start of a summer highlighted by comic-based tent...
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‘Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For’ gets release date
Dimension Films Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are itching to get their hands dirty again in Basin City The Dimension Films sequel, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” has set a release date for October...
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Of Course Mickey Rourke Said He Beat Usain Bolt In A Drunken Street Race
I may not know much about the celebrity game, but I do know that if Mickey Rourke wants to tell you a crazy story, you take that phone call every damn time. That’s why the man of the hour is Yahoo!...
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Music Video Breakdown: ‘Hero’ by Enrique Iglesias
Born to legendary Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias is a child of privilege whose success in the music industry seemed almost predetermined. He has sold over 100 million records around...
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Nicolas Cage joins ‘Expendables 3,’ Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford also...
AP Photo/Starpix, Marion Curtis If Avi Lerner gets his way, “The Expendables 3” could come loaded with a slew of A-list actors. The Hollywood producer has revealed that not only will Nicolas Cage...
View ArticleSeven Psychopaths has a secret Mickey Rourke diss
Occasionally, a film will have a semi-secret message hidden inside it, some sort of inside joke for the filmmakers and/or people paying particularly close attention. This is called an “easter egg,” so...
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Jamie Chung and Jaime King join ‘Sin City 2’ as the film starts shooting
AP Photo The sexy cast of “Sin City 2” is about to get even sexier. Easy-on-the-eyes starlets Jamie Chung and Jamie King are joining the starry sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. King played...
View ArticleAnother 'Sin City' Movie Is Still Happening. Here's Who Is (And Isn't) Going...
Hey, there’s a new Sin City movie coming out in 2013! Of course it probably would have been for the best if this had happened five years ago — Mickey Rourke has already re-ruined his career, Frank...
View ArticleMickey Rourke And Kellen Lutz Are Finally Together In ‘Java Heat’
For the past several years, a combination of my secretive hipster nature and my desire to be a 40-something female writer has made 30 Rock my favorite show on TV. But lately, with the emergence of...
View ArticleKellan Lutz Is Super Serious In ‘Java Heat’
The trailer for Java Heat hit the Internet yesterday, and (once again) I thought, “Hell yeah, what’s that about – Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson play rival coffee shop owners who have to band together to...
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Sylvester Stallone: ‘Mighty’ Mickey Rourke is back for ‘Expendables 3’
AP Photo/David Karp Mickey Rourke is seemingly back in the “Expendables” fold. According to franchise producer-star Sylvester Stallone via his official Twitter account (which should not be mistaken for...
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Stallone says Harrison Ford in and Bruce Willis out for ‘Expendables 3’
Denis Poroy/Invision/AP Photo I love how Sylvester Stallone has embraced the immediacy of the Internet over the last few years. When I was at Ain’t It Cool, he first reached out to Harry and did a...
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Our 15 Favorite Near-Misses In Hollywood History
Working in Hollywood is a lot like breakdancing in quicksand. It’s amazing that anything ever gets made considering the square dance that goes on during development and pre-production on every film....
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‘The Expendables 3’ begins shooting: Official cast and synopsis revealed
Lionsgate Films (CBR) After all kinds of speculation, pre-shooting talk and teases, The Expendables 3 finally has some official information – including a synopsis – courtesy of a press release from...
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10 actors and actresses back from the brink
AP Photo/Netflix Maintaining an even keel seems like a particularly taxing challenge when navigating the unpredictable waters of Hollywood, and there have been plenty of stars (and future-stars) who,...
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Jessica Alba dances for you in new ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ images
Dimension Films Jessica Alba dances for you as Nancy Callahan in these brand new B&W images from Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.” Franchise veteran Mickey Rourke...
View ArticleAt Long Last: Here is the titillating trailer for ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’
Do you like the senseless objectification of women? How about violence that is made to look sexy? If so, then you are going to love the new trailer for “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.” I remember...
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The First Trailer For ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ Is Here To Injure Groins
Via youtube Robert Rodriguez just tweeted the first trailer for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (AKA Crotch Injuries Aplenty, Part Two), set to The Glitch Mob’s “Can’t Kill Us” off their new album. We...
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Watch The First Trailer For ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ Because Jessica Alba
YoutubeWords By DrHipHop85 It’s been nearly a decade since Frank Miller’s Sin City brought its mix of sex, neo-noir, and uber-violence to the big screen by way of Miller and Robert Rodriguez. At times...
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A Very Scientific Ranking Of The 29 Worst Celebrity Guests In WrestleMania...
Tim Taylor’s kids got really weird looking in the later seasons. Last week we kicked off our totally unnecessary, subjective coverage of WrestleMania XXX with a very scientific ranking of all 29...
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Jessica Alba and Mickey Rourke get sexy in new ‘Sin City 2’ posters
File under: You know what to expect. Jessica Alba and Mickey Rourke do their thing (she exotic dances in a bar, he brandishes a large firearm…probably outside of a bar) in the latest posters from...
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Jessica Alba and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in new ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”...
Dimension Films It has taken several years to make it to the big screen, but finally, the release of the sequel to 2005's “Sin City” is right around the corner. Directed by Frank Miller and Robert...
View ArticleWhet your bloodlust with these new ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ images
Jessica Alba is stripping again. Yep, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” is almost here, and to prove it The Weinstein Company has released several “new” images from the film in which Mickey Rourke sits...
View ArticleJessica Alba and Josh Brolin let the monster out in new ‘Sin City 2’ trailer
Fans of the original “Sin City” can experience even more monochromatic mayhem in the latest trailer for Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's belated sequel “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” starring...
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Rosario Dawson and Jamie Chung go in for the kill in new ‘Sin City 2’ photos
Dimension Films “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” the upcoming sequel to Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 hit, features plenty of femme fatales, and a new pair of photos give fans a closer look...
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‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ offers red band trailer
Dimension Films “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” may not have had the best of Comic Con panels this past weekend, but that doesn't mean that audiences won't be in for a treat when the movie finally opens...
View ArticleEva Green Is Full-On Naked In This ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ Red Band...
At Hall H of San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, Dimension Films premiered an extended red band trailer for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. It’s now here for all of us to see in the privacy of our own...
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Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on visiting ‘Sin City’
Dimension Films It's been nearly a decade since “Sin City” hit theaters, but fans will soon be able to return to the seedy, crime-ridden cesspool known as Basin City in the upcoming “Sin City: A Dame...
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Mickey Rourke And His Awesome Hair Explain Why Vlad Putin Is A Real Swell Guy
Getty Image Last night’s episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon was supposed to feature Jessica Alba plugging Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, but she ended up pulling out at the last second...
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Review: ‘Sin City’ sequel serves up ugly stories, no fun, and even wastes Eva...
The Weinstein Company There's a moment early on in “Sin City: A Dame To Kill For” where we find Frank Miller seated in the bar where Nancy (Jessica Alba) is dancing, looking very much like the sort of...
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The Story Of Mickey Rourke Quitting Hollywood And Returning With A Busted Up...
Shutterstock It was 2006 when I met Mickey Rourke. I had friends in the professional wrestling industry and I would occasionally hang out with them at their shows. This particular time, we were in...
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