The Wrestler

The Wrestler" marks the first time in ages anyone has entrusted Rourke with a lead role, let alone a challenging, sympathetic one. The Wrestler" won top honors at the Venice Film Festival last weekend and was picked up for U.S. distribution at Toronto this week by Fox Searchlight, which plans to release it in December, the heart of Academy Awards season. ... Full Review

T ORONTO - Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," a drama starring Mickey Rourke that won top honors last weekend at the Venice Film Festival, was picked up Monday for U.S. distribution by Fox Searchlight. ... Full Review

That authenticity is the hallmark of the production, with vivid cinematography and set design. The strongest scenes are the opening sections that simply delineate Ram's daily routines. ... Full Review

The Wrestler , a film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Rourke, took home the Golden Lion for best picture at the 2008 Venice Film Festival on Saturday. Venice's other top prize, the Silver Lion for best director, when to Russia's Alexei German Jr. ... Full Review

The Wrestler'' marks the triumphant return of one of America's talented and most underrated actors, Mickey Rourke, in a tour-de-force performance as retired professional wrestler, Randy "The Ram" Robinson. Gigantic is an entertaining merger of romantic comedy and quirky family dramedy. ... Full Review

"The Wrestler," which was written by Robert Siegel, a former editor in chief of the satirical newspaper The Onion. "The Wrestler," directed by Darren Aronofsky (whose bleak oeuvre will never be confused with Mel Brooks 's), stars Mickey Rourke in... ... Full Article

Back in the late '80s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around... ... Full Article

Fox Searchlight Pictures have released a fresh trailer of " The Wrestler ". With a thundering cheering of people in a distance, the video footage begins with a sole shot of Mickey Rourke as Randy "The Ram" Robinson in a... ... Full Article

The Wrestler is an incredible achievement that will hopefully be coming to a theater near you in its limited release run. The parallels between The Ram and Mickey Rourke are unmistakable, but the real story is that the film itself... ... Full Article

The Wrestler , winner of this year's Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, will open the 49 th Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Friday, November 14 th . ... Full Article