...Mickey Rourke has been here for years. While not the volatile, young handsome fella he was a the start of his career, a hard fought life (and Robert Rodriguez) has brought him some recent character roles he could sink his teeth into - he was fun as the tired out gangster with his tiny dog in Once Upon A Time in Mexico, and was the tough guy with a heart of gold in Sin City.
Now, an unlikely director, Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain) has made Rourke his title character in The Wrestler. Much like what the fantastic JCVD did for Jean-Claude Van Damme, The Wrestler looks poised to make us see a fading actor regain his dignity with a role that pushes his acting chops to the limit. Here's some trailer action...
Well, it's civic election day here in the Vancouv, so on a grey and miserable day, get out and vote. Vote for some new crumbums to replace old crumbums. Or vote for the old crumbums. Either way vote, and know that either way Sam Sullivan won't be the mayor no mo'. Yay!
So watch this vid, and come in before 6 today to Happy Bats and tell me the name of the singer of this little ditty. Hint, it's not Green from Scritti Politti. Nor is it that dude from Blancmange. And I don't mean Grace Jones. First person to do so gets a free rental from me. Bon chance!
We are opening the new store today! Unless you have lived under a rock or are a shut-in or don't live anywhere nearby or don't know what I'm on about...you know we have been planning to move the store to some nice new (and yes, larger) digs.
So bear with us as we get the kinks out, and as we try to remember where we put stuff. A lot of nice folks were very helpful in getting us ready to open...and a lot more nice folks got us to where we are today. And in appreciation, if you come in today before 7pm and say "Wong Kar-Wai is awesome" directly to me (the beardy guy), I'll give you a free regular rental. And if you actually rent the movie this quote comes from, you'll get that free too. I mean, I've taken a day off from slagging bad character actors and terrible Vice President candidates...no mean feat. So take advantage of my good nature, why dontcha ?
So drop in to check us out, even if it's just to see what we've been working on. Renting DVDs in this weather is a pretty good idea too.
