THE WRESTLER and GRAN TORINO

THE WRESTLER at the Alamo Ritz
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GRAN TORINO at the Alamo Village
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Two of the most highly acclaimed films of the past year (if not years) are now playing at the Alamo. Though they are completely dissimilar in story, they are bound together by a truth inherent their central characters- old men can kick your ass. These two fundamentally flawed, aging icons of masculinity face off against their own pasts by thumping some skulls in the present in what are the two most unmissable films currently playing in theaters.

THE WRESTLER
At the Alamo Ritz

"As far as I’m concerned, you can keep your Sean Penns and your Brad Pitts and your Frank Langellas; if there’s any justice in the world, this year’s best actor Academy Award will be going home with Rourke." - Josh Rosenblatt, Austin Chronicle

"A kind of harmonic convergence of player and part that happens once in a blue moon- the actor vanishing so completely inside a role that our sense of his "real" identity is permanently altered."
- David Ansen, Newsweek

This may be the first time we've ever seen the toughest critics and fans unanimously deem a new film perfect. With his battle scars and failing heart, retired professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) jumps back into the squared circle to prove to himself that he's more than just a used-up piece of meat. A simple premise, but apparently Rourke's performance and the script are so strong, compelling and real that audiences across the world are going haywire, calling this the best film in the critically acclaimed director's entire career. There hasn't been a new American drama this exciting since the WWF was king!

GRAN TORINO
At the Alamo Village

"Eastwood plans to go on making more movies, but it's doubtful any will be as satisfying a career culmination as Gran Torino."
-Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle (read the 4-star review here)

The film has been garnering such attention and praise, it could possibly be Eastwood's finest achievement in decades. And the fact that it's a gripping, two-fisted, down-to-earth story of a flawed man facing off against the world makes it all the more exciting.