Had he been lucky enough to have been born just ten years earlier, and come to prominence in the 70's, Mickey Rourke would today be spoken of in the same breath as Pacino, DeNiro and Nicholson. Luck was never something Mickey Rourke ever se…
It has been reported that talented director Stuart Rosenberg has passed away. Much like the Hollywood studio directors that he grew up watching Rosenberg worked in a wide variety of genres. He began his career in television directing progra…
Over the weekend I got a nice email from Lashane who runs the great "Mickey Rourke Walls" site alerting me that he had added a link to my tribute to Mickey that I had written in the early days of this blog.It is always nice to get support f…
This next week at Moon In The Gutter will be a special one as I am going to be honoring one of my all time favorite actors with a poll based on his career and a long look at one of his greatest films and possibly more. He's been called a tr…
I am happy to report that this weeks Mickey Rourke poll turned out to be the most popular one I have hosted. Special thanks to LaShane who provided a link to it at her fabulous Mickey Rourke Walls and to my fellow Mickey fans who stopped by…
J.D. at Radiator Heaven continues to write some of the most interesting and insightful articles online and his most recent post on Francis Ford Coppola's ridiculously underrated Rumble Fish is one of his best. J.D. gives a sharp critical an…
Mickey Rourke, an actor I have championed since nearly day one at Moon in the Gutter stunned audiences over the weekend with his performance in Darren Aronofsky's upcoming The Wrestler, which took home the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Fes…
Congratulations to Mickey Rourke for getting his first Golden Globe nomination this morning for his role in The Wrestler. While the nomination isn't a surprise at all, I was thrilled when I saw his name on the list a bit ago. It is amazing
"I cared as deeply about Randy the Ram as any movie character I've seen this year. I cared about Mickey Rourke, too. The way this role and this film unfold, that almost amounts to the same thing. Rourke may not win the Oscar for best actor.…
While it was almost a sure thing, I am freaking thrilled that Mickey Rourke finally has an Oscar nomination for Best Actor on his resume. Otherwise, the main thing that stood out for me about the nominations was that there were very few rea…
J.D. LaFrance over at the always awesome Radiator Heaven was kind enough to let me know that the essential Mickey Rourke film Homeboy is finally heading to Region 1 DVD. According to this link, Lionsgate is putting out a Widescreen version
My Fantasy Criterion Collection Volume 7: Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980)Ideal Specs for a Six Disc Set:Widescreen Transfers Supervised By Michael CiminoCimino's Original 325 Minute CutThe United Artist 219 Minute CutCimino's 149 Minu…