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Tag Archives: Mickey Rourke
Mickey Rourke Homework From Michael
Quoted from one of the many emails that have been flying back and forth: MUST-SEE MICKEY MOVIES YOU HAVEN’T COMMENTED ON YET (that i’m sure you’ve either seen or know you should): POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE: most guys love this … Continue reading
The Relationship in 9 1/2 Weeks
Ultimately, I think it is her sadness that makes the movie. She is sad from the start. She is sad before she met him. She’s got a good game-face, and she’s gorgeous in a head-turning way, but she’s not really … Continue reading
Mickey Rourke as James Tyrone?
In this post about Laurette Taylor and her comeback, MrG and I start to discuss Mickey Rourke in the comments, and the possibility of his giant comeback – which seriously, if it actually happens, will be like a man resurrecting … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene O'Neill, Ireland, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Mickey Rourke
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Ludicrous (and Not So Ludicrous) Things About Prayer For the Dying (1987)
This was the film where Mickey Rourke played an IRA terrorist, haunted by an explosion gone awry, who now wants out of the terror business – but oh, it won’t be that easy, will he? There is just one more … Continue reading
There Is No Such Thing As “Too Far”
Someone just got to my site by typing into Google: “taking a celebrity crush too far.” I beg your pardon? I have absolutely NO idea what you are talking about at ALL.
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Cary Grant, Dean Stockwell, Ewan McGregor, Mickey Rourke, Russell Crowe
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The Dark Side of Fame: Mickey Rourke
4-part interview with Mickey Rourke below. Riveting. One of the things that strikes me is the long-percolating faith of his former colleagues and friends, and how they all seem so so eager to talk about him in a positive way … Continue reading
Johnny Handsome: My Own Personal “Book of Laughter and Forgetting”
Prologue here, in which Michael remembers more than I do, an unheard-of situation in my personal experience. Me to Michael in response to first email: What??? I had already seen Johnny Handsome? What am I, on crack? I remember EVERYTHING … Continue reading
9 1/2 Weeks: The Strip Scene
Believe it or not, I think this scene was a difficult one to pull off effectively, at least in terms of the goals of the film. I do want to talk more about the film and the fine line the … Continue reading
In Which Michael, An Ex-Boyfriend, Remembers More Than I Do
Mitchell has always referred to me as “the Homer in our group of friends”, due to my propensity to write everything down and to retain EVERYTHING. I have a tendency to shock my friends with my memory about THEIR lives. … Continue reading
