Sylvester Stallone’s career took off after writing and starring in the first Rocky. The actor was in the process of carving out a nice career for himself after the Oscar-winning drama. But despite his growing film resume, many considered Rocky II his comeback film. It wasn’t an attitude that Stallone appreciated.
Sylvester Stallone didn’t think his career needed saving with ‘Rocky II’ Sylvester Stallone | Mark Thompson/Getty Images
Stallone once owed a lot of his success to the Rocky franchise. Both the movie’s titular character, and the actor himself, became household names after it first hit theaters. But ironically, Stallone felt that Rocky’s momentum made it easier to fail in the eyes of critics. He felt the film might’ve set expectations way too high for his career. Stallone believed that other films he’d done were measured with the same metrics used for Rocky.
Sylvester Stallone didn’t think his career needed saving with ‘Rocky II’ Sylvester Stallone | Mark Thompson/Getty Images
Stallone once owed a lot of his success to the Rocky franchise. Both the movie’s titular character, and the actor himself, became household names after it first hit theaters. But ironically, Stallone felt that Rocky’s momentum made it easier to fail in the eyes of critics. He felt the film might’ve set expectations way too high for his career. Stallone believed that other films he’d done were measured with the same metrics used for Rocky.
- 11/17/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
With Expend4bles more than likely bringing to a close the franchise Sylvester Stallone created over 13 years ago, we wanted to know what movie in the legendary actors filmography is your favorite? Does his original creation of Rocky remain your favorite all these years later or do you find some of his iconic 90’s action films more your speed? Or perhaps you a true purist and find Italian Stallion to be quintessential Stallone! If you don’t see your favorite listed, please click other and let us know what it is (and why) in the comments.
What is your Favorite Sylvester Stallone Film?Italian Stallion (1970)Death Race 2000 (1975)Rocky (1976)F.I.S.T (1978)Paradise Alley (1978)Rocky II (1979)Nighthawks (1981)Rocky III (1982)First Blood (1982)Rhinestone (1984)Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)Rocky IV (1985)Cobra (1986)Over The Top (1987)Rambo III (1988)Lock Up (1989)Tango & Cash (1989)Rocky V (1990)Oscar (1991)Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)Cliffhanger (1993)Demolition Man (1993)The Specialist...
What is your Favorite Sylvester Stallone Film?Italian Stallion (1970)Death Race 2000 (1975)Rocky (1976)F.I.S.T (1978)Paradise Alley (1978)Rocky II (1979)Nighthawks (1981)Rocky III (1982)First Blood (1982)Rhinestone (1984)Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)Rocky IV (1985)Cobra (1986)Over The Top (1987)Rambo III (1988)Lock Up (1989)Tango & Cash (1989)Rocky V (1990)Oscar (1991)Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)Cliffhanger (1993)Demolition Man (1993)The Specialist...
- 9/24/2023
- by Brad Hamerly
- JoBlo.com
Terry Funk, the the hardcore wrestling icon who set a new standard for brutality in entertainment, has died at the age of 79.
His death was confirmed by World Wrestling Entertainment on Wednesday. A cause of death was not given at this time.
Born on June 30, 1944, in Hammond, Indiana, his father, Dory Funk, Sr., was a professional wrestler, and the family relocated to Amarillo, Texas. Following in their father’s footsteps, Terry began wrestling in the Sixties as a tag-team with his brother Dory Funk, Jr., according to WWE.
Funk’s...
His death was confirmed by World Wrestling Entertainment on Wednesday. A cause of death was not given at this time.
Born on June 30, 1944, in Hammond, Indiana, his father, Dory Funk, Sr., was a professional wrestler, and the family relocated to Amarillo, Texas. Following in their father’s footsteps, Terry began wrestling in the Sixties as a tag-team with his brother Dory Funk, Jr., according to WWE.
Funk’s...
- 8/24/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Terry Funk, the man Ric Flair called today, “A Great Wrestler, Entertainer, Unbelievably Fearless, And A Great Friend!” died Wednesday, according to Flair and fellow WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley. He was 79.
In his tribute, Foley, a multiple time WWE champion, called Funk “the greatest wrestler I ever saw.”
“If you get the chance, look up a Terry Funk match or a Terry Funk promo, and give thanks that this incredible man gave so much, for so long, to so many,” Foley continued. “There will never be another like him. May God bless Terry, his friends, family and all who loved him. Rip my dear friend – it was an honor to know you. #RIPTerryFunk
Championships held by Funk include the Ecw World Heavyweight Championship, Nwa World Heavyweight Championship, Uswa Unified World Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, and Ecw World Television Championship. He headlined Ecw’s premier annual pay-per-view event,...
In his tribute, Foley, a multiple time WWE champion, called Funk “the greatest wrestler I ever saw.”
“If you get the chance, look up a Terry Funk match or a Terry Funk promo, and give thanks that this incredible man gave so much, for so long, to so many,” Foley continued. “There will never be another like him. May God bless Terry, his friends, family and all who loved him. Rip my dear friend – it was an honor to know you. #RIPTerryFunk
Championships held by Funk include the Ecw World Heavyweight Championship, Nwa World Heavyweight Championship, Uswa Unified World Heavyweight Championship, WWF World Tag Team Championship, and Ecw World Television Championship. He headlined Ecw’s premier annual pay-per-view event,...
- 8/23/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Pro wrestler Terry Funk has died, according to WWE and pro wrestler Mick Foley. Funk was 79 years old.
Along with wrestling, the highly respected performer worked in film, including multiple Sylvester Stallone projects as far back as 1978’s “Paradise Alley.” Funk also appeared in “Over the Top,” did stunts in “Rocky III” and choreographed the climactic fight in “Rocky V.”
Funk was also featured in the cult classic film “Road House” and Johnny Knoxville’s “The Ringer.” He also had TV roles on shows such as “Quantum Leap” and “Swamp Thing.”
Funk was best known in his later years for pioneering “hardcore” wrestling, which involves using weapons and sharp objects, such as barbed wire, to both simulate and cause actual damage in order to increase the drama in a match. This often involved copious amounts of bleeding. Funk was also infamous for wrestling multiple “retirement” matches before quickly coming back afterward.
Along with wrestling, the highly respected performer worked in film, including multiple Sylvester Stallone projects as far back as 1978’s “Paradise Alley.” Funk also appeared in “Over the Top,” did stunts in “Rocky III” and choreographed the climactic fight in “Rocky V.”
Funk was also featured in the cult classic film “Road House” and Johnny Knoxville’s “The Ringer.” He also had TV roles on shows such as “Quantum Leap” and “Swamp Thing.”
Funk was best known in his later years for pioneering “hardcore” wrestling, which involves using weapons and sharp objects, such as barbed wire, to both simulate and cause actual damage in order to increase the drama in a match. This often involved copious amounts of bleeding. Funk was also infamous for wrestling multiple “retirement” matches before quickly coming back afterward.
- 8/23/2023
- by Mike Roe
- The Wrap
Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone had his career jump-started back in the 1970s as underdog boxer Rocky Balboa. The franchise earned him three Academy Award nominations — two for the original “Rocky” — and a third for his reprisal in the film sequel “Creed.” He received the same three noms for the Golden Globe Award, and this last time won with the HFPA for his Rocky reprisal in “Creed.” Take a photo gallery tour of his 12 greatest films, ranked from worst to best, including “Rambo,” “Cliffhanger,” “Paradise Alley,” “F.I.S.T.” and more.
- 7/1/2023
- by Tom O'Brien, Chris Beachum and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
1995 – it was the best of times; it was the worst of times. While the peak era of action movies was beginning to wane, multiplexes were still packed with decent action films, and icons like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone were still packing them in. Meanwhile, second-tier action heroes like Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme still tried to punch their way onto the A-list. It would never quite happen for those two, with both starring in direct-to-video movies by the decade’s end. But 1995 was arguably the last year in the nineties when Stallone and Schwarzenegger were at the top of their game. Schwarzenegger’s career would only really falter at the end of the decade, with him never really able to recapture his former box office glory following his run as the Governor of California. Stallone would be luckier, with him able to reinvent himself in the mid-2000s...
- 4/20/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Long before "Beverly Hills Cop" became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time (a record the film held for almost 20 years until "The Matrix Reloaded" claimed the crown), it was a problem project for Paramount. Birthed in 1975 by a young studio exec named Michael Eisner, the film was to be a fish-out-of-water actioner about a streetwise Detroit cop who busts up the ritzy Los Angeles neighborhood while trying to track down the murderer of his best friend. The film went through multiple drafts over many years before Daniel Petrie Jr. basically cracked the story in 1983.
Though the project was at last moving forward, something still wasn't right. Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, red hot off the success of "Flashdance," were now shepherding the movie, and, despite their high studio profile, couldn't get a firm commitment from a leading man. Initially, they wanted Mickey Rourke for the part of Axel Foley,...
Though the project was at last moving forward, something still wasn't right. Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, red hot off the success of "Flashdance," were now shepherding the movie, and, despite their high studio profile, couldn't get a firm commitment from a leading man. Initially, they wanted Mickey Rourke for the part of Axel Foley,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Frank Pesce, a character actor who appeared in the first two “Beverly Hills Cop” movies, “Top Gun,” “Midnight Run” and “Miami Vice,” died on Feb. 6 due to dementia complications. He was 75.
Born in 1946 in New York City, Pesce’s circle of friends included Sylvester Stallone, Tony Danza and Robert Forster, among others. Known for his big smile and colorful personality, Pesce first appeared on screen in 1976 as a guest star on “Police Story.” Throughout his career, he appeared on other series such as “Kojak,” “Knight Rider,” “Blue Thunder,” “The Greatest American Hero,” “Matlock,” “Who’s the Boss?” and “The Master.”
Pesce landed small roles in Stallone films “Rocky” and “Paradise Alley,” as well as Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer’s smash hits “Flashdance” and “Top Gun.”
In a statement to Variety, Pesce’s girlfriend Tammy Scher said, “I met Frank at a very low point in my life. He always said...
Born in 1946 in New York City, Pesce’s circle of friends included Sylvester Stallone, Tony Danza and Robert Forster, among others. Known for his big smile and colorful personality, Pesce first appeared on screen in 1976 as a guest star on “Police Story.” Throughout his career, he appeared on other series such as “Kojak,” “Knight Rider,” “Blue Thunder,” “The Greatest American Hero,” “Matlock,” “Who’s the Boss?” and “The Master.”
Pesce landed small roles in Stallone films “Rocky” and “Paradise Alley,” as well as Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer’s smash hits “Flashdance” and “Top Gun.”
In a statement to Variety, Pesce’s girlfriend Tammy Scher said, “I met Frank at a very low point in my life. He always said...
- 2/16/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Frank Pesce, a colorful character actor whose dozens of credits range from Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun and Midnight Run to Miami Vice, Matlock and Kojak, has died. He was 75.
His girlfriend Tammy Scher told Deadline that Pesce died February 6 in Burbank of dementia complications.
Born on December 8, 1946, in New York City, Pesce put the “character” in character actor. A longtime close friend of Sylvester Stallone, Tony Danza, the late Robert Forster and many other industry players, he was known for his big smile, big stories and bigger personality.
“They make movies about guys like me,” he always said. That quote — more about it below — will be written on his epitaph, Scher said.
Pesce began his screen career in the mid-1970s, guesting on such series as Police Story and Kojak and playing bit roles in the early Stallone films Rocky and Paradise Alley. He went on to work in...
His girlfriend Tammy Scher told Deadline that Pesce died February 6 in Burbank of dementia complications.
Born on December 8, 1946, in New York City, Pesce put the “character” in character actor. A longtime close friend of Sylvester Stallone, Tony Danza, the late Robert Forster and many other industry players, he was known for his big smile, big stories and bigger personality.
“They make movies about guys like me,” he always said. That quote — more about it below — will be written on his epitaph, Scher said.
Pesce began his screen career in the mid-1970s, guesting on such series as Police Story and Kojak and playing bit roles in the early Stallone films Rocky and Paradise Alley. He went on to work in...
- 2/16/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
With Peter Jackson’s re-cut of The Beatles: Get Back coming at the end of November, we are reminded the Beatles were cinematic stars as well as musical artists. Beyond the group’s films, John Lennon played Private Gripweed in Richard Lester’s How I Won the War, and Ringo Starr acted in quite a few films. His choices were far more in keeping with the underground and independent air of the time. Starr starred with Peter Sellars in the anti-capitalist satire The Magic Christian, as the villain in the Spaghetti Western Blindman, and the voyeuristic Mexican gardener Emmanuel in the sex farce Candy. But his most counterculture and independent nod was as Frank Zappa in the film 200 Motels (1971). A special edition of its soundtrack, Frank Zappa 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition, is coming out on Dec. 17.
Written by Zappa, who co-directed with Tony Palmer, 200 Motels is a musical...
Written by Zappa, who co-directed with Tony Palmer, 200 Motels is a musical...
- 11/17/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
The extraordinary Jonathan Ross discusses his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Kick-Ass (2010)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) – Dennis Cozzalio’s 2015 year-end list
The Woman in Black (2012)
Stardust (2007)
The Green Knight (2021) – Our podcast interview with director David Lowery, Dennis Cozzalio’s best-of-2021-so-far list
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
The Astro-Zombies (1968) – Dennis Cozzalio’s drive-in director list
The Corpse Grinders (1971) – Dennis Cozzalio’s drive-in director list
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Zombies (1964) – Dennis Cozzalio’s drive-in director list
Blood Feast (1963) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Wizard of Gore (1970)
Police Story (1985) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989)
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Society (1989)
Eraserhead (1977) – Karyn Kusama’s Blu-ray review
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill (1965) – Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Kick-Ass (2010)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) – Dennis Cozzalio’s 2015 year-end list
The Woman in Black (2012)
Stardust (2007)
The Green Knight (2021) – Our podcast interview with director David Lowery, Dennis Cozzalio’s best-of-2021-so-far list
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
The Astro-Zombies (1968) – Dennis Cozzalio’s drive-in director list
The Corpse Grinders (1971) – Dennis Cozzalio’s drive-in director list
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Zombies (1964) – Dennis Cozzalio’s drive-in director list
Blood Feast (1963) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Wizard of Gore (1970)
Police Story (1985) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989)
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Society (1989)
Eraserhead (1977) – Karyn Kusama’s Blu-ray review
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill (1965) – Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy...
- 10/5/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The veteran character actor shared the screen with Timothy Dalton, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Frank McRae, a mainstay of action blockbusters including “License to Kill” and “Last Action Hero,” has died. He was 80.
McRae died of a heart attack on April 29 in Santa Monica, Calif., his daughter-in-law confirmed.
Born in Memphis, McRae excelled in high school sports before attending Tennessee State University, where he double-majored in history and drama. He played defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears’ 1967 season before deciding to transition into acting.
McRae’s work on the big screen would quickly overshadow his football accomplishments, with the actor going on to appear in over 40 films. His breakout role came in the 1973 gangster flick “Dillinger,” a part he got by standing in a studio exec’s parking space until he was granted a meeting, according to IMDb.
The actor shrewdly leveraged his 6-foot-5 frame into a run of...
Frank McRae, a mainstay of action blockbusters including “License to Kill” and “Last Action Hero,” has died. He was 80.
McRae died of a heart attack on April 29 in Santa Monica, Calif., his daughter-in-law confirmed.
Born in Memphis, McRae excelled in high school sports before attending Tennessee State University, where he double-majored in history and drama. He played defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears’ 1967 season before deciding to transition into acting.
McRae’s work on the big screen would quickly overshadow his football accomplishments, with the actor going on to appear in over 40 films. His breakout role came in the 1973 gangster flick “Dillinger,” a part he got by standing in a studio exec’s parking space until he was granted a meeting, according to IMDb.
The actor shrewdly leveraged his 6-foot-5 frame into a run of...
- 5/6/2021
- by Alex Noble
- The Wrap
Frank McRae, an NFL player-turned-actor who appeared in the James Bond film Licence to Kill and in the Last Action Hero, died April 29 of a heart attack in Santa Monica. He was 80, The news was confirmed by his daughter-in-law, Suzanne McRae.
Born in Memphis, he attended Tennessee State University as a double major in drama and history, then moved on to the NFL as a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams.
After his football career, he became a character actor in the entertainment industry, appearing in more than 40 movies. His résumé includes Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hard Times, Norma Rae, Red Dawn, Big Wednesday and F.I.S.T. with Sylvester Stallone, with whom he also appeared in Paradise Alley, Lock Up and Rocky II.
McRae also appeared in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill as Sharkey, a close friend of Timothy Dalton’s Agent 007...
Born in Memphis, he attended Tennessee State University as a double major in drama and history, then moved on to the NFL as a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams.
After his football career, he became a character actor in the entertainment industry, appearing in more than 40 movies. His résumé includes Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hard Times, Norma Rae, Red Dawn, Big Wednesday and F.I.S.T. with Sylvester Stallone, with whom he also appeared in Paradise Alley, Lock Up and Rocky II.
McRae also appeared in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill as Sharkey, a close friend of Timothy Dalton’s Agent 007...
- 5/6/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Frank McRae, the actor who appeared in films such as “Licence to Kill” and “Last Action Hero,” has died. He was 80.
McRae died in Santa Monica, Calif. on April 29 as a result of a heart attack, his daughter-in-law confirmed to Variety.
The NFL player-turned-actor was born in Memphis, Tenn. A star athlete in high school, he went on to Tennessee State University as a double major in drama and history. McRae had a brief career as a professional football player and was the defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams.
Making the pivot to a new kind of stage, McRae found his calling in the entertainment industry. In his 30-plus years as a character actor, he appeared in over 40 movies. Standing at approximately six-and-a-half feet tall, McRae took advantage of scooping up tough guy roles in movies like “Hard Times,” “Big Wednesday” and “F.I.S.T.” with Sylvester Stallone.
McRae died in Santa Monica, Calif. on April 29 as a result of a heart attack, his daughter-in-law confirmed to Variety.
The NFL player-turned-actor was born in Memphis, Tenn. A star athlete in high school, he went on to Tennessee State University as a double major in drama and history. McRae had a brief career as a professional football player and was the defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams.
Making the pivot to a new kind of stage, McRae found his calling in the entertainment industry. In his 30-plus years as a character actor, he appeared in over 40 movies. Standing at approximately six-and-a-half feet tall, McRae took advantage of scooping up tough guy roles in movies like “Hard Times,” “Big Wednesday” and “F.I.S.T.” with Sylvester Stallone.
- 5/5/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Jeremy Ivey follows up his 2019 debut The Dream and the Dreamer with the new album Waiting Out the Storm. Due October 9th, it’s inspired by the glut of crises currently affecting the planet and arrives with the first single “Someone Else’s Problem.”
A Dylan-like stream of multiple verses about climate change, wrongfully detained immigrants, and racist authority figures, “Someone Else’s Problem” is an indictment of those who pass the buck. “So you drive your car to work and you watch the climate change/You think of all...
A Dylan-like stream of multiple verses about climate change, wrongfully detained immigrants, and racist authority figures, “Someone Else’s Problem” is an indictment of those who pass the buck. “So you drive your car to work and you watch the climate change/You think of all...
- 8/18/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The martial arts icon talks about some of his favorite action movies. Josh challenges him to a fight.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Armaggeddon (1998)
Innerspace (1987)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Matinee (1993)
The Debt Collector (2018)
Triple Threat (2019)
Avengement (2019)
Ip Man 4: The Finale (2020)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Debt Collectors (2020)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky IV (1985)
Paradise Alley (1978)
First Blood (1982)
Rambo — First Blood Part II (1985)
Enter The Dragon (1973)
Giant (1956)
Game Of Death (1978)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
Marlowe (1969)
Road House (1989)
Grosse Point Blank (1997)
Hard Boiled (1992)
The Killer (1989)
Death Wish (1974)
Seconds (1966)
Face/Off (1997)
Heat (1995)
Under Fire (1983)
True Lies (1994)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Raid (2011)
The Raid 2 (2014)
Die Hard (1988)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Munich (2005)
Point Break (1991)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Armour of God (1986)
The Protector (1985)
Under Siege (1992)
Hard To Kill (1990)
Billy Jack (1971)
John Wick (2014)
Other Notable Items
Michael Bay
Our Jesse V. Johnson podcast episode
The Ip Man franchise
Donnie Yen
Dolph Lundgren
Anthony De Longis...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Armaggeddon (1998)
Innerspace (1987)
The ’Burbs (1989)
Matinee (1993)
The Debt Collector (2018)
Triple Threat (2019)
Avengement (2019)
Ip Man 4: The Finale (2020)
Masters of the Universe (1987)
Debt Collectors (2020)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky IV (1985)
Paradise Alley (1978)
First Blood (1982)
Rambo — First Blood Part II (1985)
Enter The Dragon (1973)
Giant (1956)
Game Of Death (1978)
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
Marlowe (1969)
Road House (1989)
Grosse Point Blank (1997)
Hard Boiled (1992)
The Killer (1989)
Death Wish (1974)
Seconds (1966)
Face/Off (1997)
Heat (1995)
Under Fire (1983)
True Lies (1994)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Raid (2011)
The Raid 2 (2014)
Die Hard (1988)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Munich (2005)
Point Break (1991)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Armour of God (1986)
The Protector (1985)
Under Siege (1992)
Hard To Kill (1990)
Billy Jack (1971)
John Wick (2014)
Other Notable Items
Michael Bay
Our Jesse V. Johnson podcast episode
The Ip Man franchise
Donnie Yen
Dolph Lundgren
Anthony De Longis...
- 5/26/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Having previously worked on developing Cobra and other properties into series, Sylvester Stallone has now moved on to rebooting his 1981 movie Nighthawks. Replying to questions about his career on an Instagram Live chat, the actor mentioned Nighthawks as a project that’s being developed at Universal as a streaming show, making it potentially part of the new Peacock platform. Universal Pictures were behind the original Nighthawks, of course, making it a sensible choice, at least in IP terms, to recycle.
Discussing which of his films were perhaps underrated, Stallone identified Paradise Alley as being overlooked, before going on to comment that:
“Same thing happened to Nighthawks. Love that film. By the way: we’re remaking that as a streaming series, also at Universal. I’m really proud that all these things are coming back around, because they’re holding up.”
The original Nighthawks had a difficult production, having been intended...
Discussing which of his films were perhaps underrated, Stallone identified Paradise Alley as being overlooked, before going on to comment that:
“Same thing happened to Nighthawks. Love that film. By the way: we’re remaking that as a streaming series, also at Universal. I’m really proud that all these things are coming back around, because they’re holding up.”
The original Nighthawks had a difficult production, having been intended...
- 5/4/2020
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy this new episode of The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we examine movies from established movie stars that have flopped at the box office, been forgotten by time, or remain hidden gems. These aren’t the films that made them famous or kept them famous. These are the other ones.
And, man oh man, does Sly have a bunch of other ones. We cover one movie from each decade of the movie star’s career: his directorial debut Paradise Alley in 1978, the prison drama Lock Up from 1989, James Mangold’s Cop Land (1997), the remake Get Carter and, finally, Bullet To The Head from 2013.
We get a bad impression from podcast producer Conor O’Donnell and some sharp insight from our guest Chadd Harbold, an accomplished filmmaker with two films in theaters right now: Depraved, directed by Larry Fessenden, and Villains, starring Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe.
And, man oh man, does Sly have a bunch of other ones. We cover one movie from each decade of the movie star’s career: his directorial debut Paradise Alley in 1978, the prison drama Lock Up from 1989, James Mangold’s Cop Land (1997), the remake Get Carter and, finally, Bullet To The Head from 2013.
We get a bad impression from podcast producer Conor O’Donnell and some sharp insight from our guest Chadd Harbold, an accomplished filmmaker with two films in theaters right now: Depraved, directed by Larry Fessenden, and Villains, starring Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe.
- 9/26/2019
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
With the 23rd annual Fantasia International Film Festival kicking off in Montreal this July, the first wave of programming has now been revealed, giving horror fans plenty of must-see titles to add to their watch lists this year, including Fangoria's Satanic Panic, the world premiere of Critters Attack!, Come to Daddy, Little Monsters, Phantom of Winnipeg, and many more movies!
Check out Fantasia's full first wave of programming below, visit their website for more information, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on the festival!
"Montreal, Quebec - 29 May 2019 - The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 23rd Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 11 - August 1, with its Frontières International Co-Production Market being held July 18 - 21. The festival’s full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a selected first wave of titles,...
Check out Fantasia's full first wave of programming below, visit their website for more information, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on the festival!
"Montreal, Quebec - 29 May 2019 - The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 23rd Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 11 - August 1, with its Frontières International Co-Production Market being held July 18 - 21. The festival’s full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a selected first wave of titles,...
- 5/29/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
All day today in Cannes is dedicated to Sylvester Stallone whose 43-year plus storied career is being lauded by the fest. The three-time Oscar nominated filmmaker/actor was at the Hotel du Cap for a junket about Rambo V, sat down for a Masterclass at the Salle Debussy, and will be feted tonight with an early glimpse of the latest Rambo along with a 4K restoration of First Blood.
Mobs of people akin to the throngs at Comic Con crowded the Croisette to get into the Debussy this afternoon for Stallone’s sit-down with Didier Allouch. In typical Cannes fashion, Stallone was greeted with a full house standing ovation as he walked up the aisle to the stage and greeted the audience with a big “Yo”.
While today’s “Rendez-vous with Stallone” was largely about his career, Stallone got a chance to talk up Rambo V: Last Blood which opens on Sept.
Mobs of people akin to the throngs at Comic Con crowded the Croisette to get into the Debussy this afternoon for Stallone’s sit-down with Didier Allouch. In typical Cannes fashion, Stallone was greeted with a full house standing ovation as he walked up the aisle to the stage and greeted the audience with a big “Yo”.
While today’s “Rendez-vous with Stallone” was largely about his career, Stallone got a chance to talk up Rambo V: Last Blood which opens on Sept.
- 5/24/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Rocky Balboa is back! Sylvester Stallone has returned to his iconic role as the Philadelphia brawler in Steven Caple Jr.‘s “Creed II,” the follow-up to Ryan Coogler‘s original “Creed.” Stallone’s “Rocky” franchise has six films under its umbrella, plus he has created four films under the “First Blood”/”Rambo” label.
During his career as Rocky, Stallone has earned three Academy Award nominations — two for the original “Rocky” — and a third for his reprisal in the original “Creed.” He received the same three noms for the Golden Globe Award, and this last time, Stallone won the Globe for his Rocky reprisal in “Creed.”
As we anticipate Rocky hitting the ring once again in “Creed II,” let’s take a photo gallery tour of his 12 greatest films, ranked from worst to best.
SEEOscars 2019: Warner Bros. has red-hot remake of ‘A Star is Born’ and ‘Creed II’
12. Oscar (1991)
“Oscar...
During his career as Rocky, Stallone has earned three Academy Award nominations — two for the original “Rocky” — and a third for his reprisal in the original “Creed.” He received the same three noms for the Golden Globe Award, and this last time, Stallone won the Globe for his Rocky reprisal in “Creed.”
As we anticipate Rocky hitting the ring once again in “Creed II,” let’s take a photo gallery tour of his 12 greatest films, ranked from worst to best.
SEEOscars 2019: Warner Bros. has red-hot remake of ‘A Star is Born’ and ‘Creed II’
12. Oscar (1991)
“Oscar...
- 11/22/2018
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Stars: Chris Marquette, Amanda Crew, Michael Eklund, Niall Matter, Gwynyth Walsh, Mick Foley, Harry Smith, Laurel Van Ness, Lance Storm, Paul James Saunders, Graham Bell, Agam Darshi, Meghan Heffern | Written by Robert Cuffley, Jason Long | Directed by Robert Cuffley
Corey Swanson has problems. He’s almost 30, still lives in his mom’s basement, doesn’t date, and his career amounts to slicing meat in an archaic deli that no one ever comes to – unless they want to rob it. After a chance encounter with a popular former classmate, Corey learns that his high school crush Sheena Halliday will soon be in town for their 10-year reunion. Sheena, now a world-famous athlete, has been dubbed “the Lindsay Lohan of the wrestling world”. She twists and pounds people into oblivion for a living – the same thing she did to Corey’s heart back in high school. Corey puts his broken heart (and punched face) aside,...
Corey Swanson has problems. He’s almost 30, still lives in his mom’s basement, doesn’t date, and his career amounts to slicing meat in an archaic deli that no one ever comes to – unless they want to rob it. After a chance encounter with a popular former classmate, Corey learns that his high school crush Sheena Halliday will soon be in town for their 10-year reunion. Sheena, now a world-famous athlete, has been dubbed “the Lindsay Lohan of the wrestling world”. She twists and pounds people into oblivion for a living – the same thing she did to Corey’s heart back in high school. Corey puts his broken heart (and punched face) aside,...
- 11/14/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
If you liked Star Wars, you'll have some fun in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, too. Although by comparing the two -- as inevitable as it is -- I'm already setting you up to be disappointed. Which is unfair, since the first installment of Valérian and Laureline, Pierre Christin's landmark sci-fi comic, was published 10 years prior to George Lucas introducing us to his galaxy far, far away, and still...
The titular City of a Thousand Planets, or Alpha, is pieced together over many decades in a prologue dreamily set to David Bowie's "Space Oddity." The sequence begins with footage from the end of the space race in 1975, onward to 2020, when the U.S. and Russia start a global amalgamation of space stations, and then so on through the years until aliens come in peace in 2150. Alpha is a utopian society founded on values of unity and some seriously fun creature creation.
More:...
The titular City of a Thousand Planets, or Alpha, is pieced together over many decades in a prologue dreamily set to David Bowie's "Space Oddity." The sequence begins with footage from the end of the space race in 1975, onward to 2020, when the U.S. and Russia start a global amalgamation of space stations, and then so on through the years until aliens come in peace in 2150. Alpha is a utopian society founded on values of unity and some seriously fun creature creation.
More:...
- 7/11/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Actress and former model Joyce Ingalls has died. She was 65. The Hollywood star passed away Aug. 5 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., her husband's rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. Ingalls may best be known for her role in the 1978 film Paradise Alley where she played a prostitute who tried to console Sylvester Stallone's character. She also appeared in successful films including The Man Who Would Not Die, Deadly Force and Lethal Weapon 4. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, the wife of Emmy-nominated producer Darrell Fetty got a big break back in 1966 when she won a Cover Girl contest. She later became a highly sought after model for the Eileen Ford...
- 8/20/2015
- E! Online
Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away.
While everyone's favorite subscription streaming service is adding a ton of awesome movies and TV shows in December, it's also yanking a huge list of popular titles from its library. Below is said list. I'm especially sad to see "Dirty Dancing" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" go. Those movies are the sh...
Watch them while you can!
Movies Being Dropped by Netflix on December 1st
"1941" (1979)
"The Apostle" (1997)
"Audrey Rose" (1977)
"The Believers" (1987)
"Better than Chocolate" (1999)
"Blood & Chocolate" (2007)
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (2008)
"Chaplin" (1992)
"The Choirboys" (1977)
"The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County" (1970)
"Coffee and Cigarettes" (2003)
"The Cold Light of Day" (1996)
"The Constant Gardener" (2005)
"Count Yorga, Vampire" (1970)
"Cry-Baby" (1990)
"Dirty Dancing" (1987)
"Double Indemnity" (1944)
"En la Cama" (2005)
"Event Horizon" (1997)
"Eye for an Eye" (1996)
"Fairy Tale: A True Story" (1997)
"First Knight" (1995)
"Five Easy Pieces" (1970)
"Foreign Student" (1994)
"Free Men" (2011)
"Funny Lady" (1975)
"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" (1947)
"The Girl from Petrovka...
While everyone's favorite subscription streaming service is adding a ton of awesome movies and TV shows in December, it's also yanking a huge list of popular titles from its library. Below is said list. I'm especially sad to see "Dirty Dancing" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley" go. Those movies are the sh...
Watch them while you can!
Movies Being Dropped by Netflix on December 1st
"1941" (1979)
"The Apostle" (1997)
"Audrey Rose" (1977)
"The Believers" (1987)
"Better than Chocolate" (1999)
"Blood & Chocolate" (2007)
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (2008)
"Chaplin" (1992)
"The Choirboys" (1977)
"The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County" (1970)
"Coffee and Cigarettes" (2003)
"The Cold Light of Day" (1996)
"The Constant Gardener" (2005)
"Count Yorga, Vampire" (1970)
"Cry-Baby" (1990)
"Dirty Dancing" (1987)
"Double Indemnity" (1944)
"En la Cama" (2005)
"Event Horizon" (1997)
"Eye for an Eye" (1996)
"Fairy Tale: A True Story" (1997)
"First Knight" (1995)
"Five Easy Pieces" (1970)
"Foreign Student" (1994)
"Free Men" (2011)
"Funny Lady" (1975)
"The Ghost and Mrs Muir" (1947)
"The Girl from Petrovka...
- 11/28/2014
- by Tim Hayne
- Moviefone
This 1926 poster for a little-known tenement-set silent drama Sunshine of Paradise Alley grabbed my attention recently. Though it conforms to a lot of the conventions of 1920s movie posters, especially in the billing, there is something ineffably not-of-its period about the image. Maybe it’s the coloring (that yellow face, reminiscent in its oddity of Tretchikoff’s Chinese Girl, painted 26 years later) or maybe it’s the tousled hair of star Barbara Bedford, so unlike 1920s movie star styles. And then there’s that beautiful title treatment (the same color as the face) with its unconventional “S”s and stacked “L”s.
Another unusual aspect of the poster is that it is signed—a quite uncommon occurrence in the 20s. (I wrote previously about Henry Clive who was an exception to the rule). The artist was Josef Bakos (1891-1977), a New York-born son of Polish immigrants who was a founding member of “Los Cinco Pintores,...
Another unusual aspect of the poster is that it is signed—a quite uncommon occurrence in the 20s. (I wrote previously about Henry Clive who was an exception to the rule). The artist was Josef Bakos (1891-1977), a New York-born son of Polish immigrants who was a founding member of “Los Cinco Pintores,...
- 3/15/2014
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Odd List Ryan Lambie 17 Mar 2014 - 06:02
With Escape Plan out today, we look back at the strange prominence of prisons in Sylvester Stallone movies...
In his blockbuster movies, Tom Cruise likes to ride motorcycles and run with his fingers outstretched. Jean-Claude Van Damme likes to wear tight lycra and do the splits a lot. Arnold Schwarzenegger likes to make that sort of guttural "graargh" noise when he gets into fights.
Sylvester Stallone, on the other hand, has his own set of interests and habits. He likes to fire machine guns one-handed, scream while flying helicopters, and making a "hurgh!" noise when he does something athletic. Also, he has a tendency to star in films that involve prisons.
Now, admittedly, Stallone's appeared in lots of films where there's no sign of jail cells, sadistic prison wardens or metal trays with hideous food piled up on them. But then again, he has appeared in these.
With Escape Plan out today, we look back at the strange prominence of prisons in Sylvester Stallone movies...
In his blockbuster movies, Tom Cruise likes to ride motorcycles and run with his fingers outstretched. Jean-Claude Van Damme likes to wear tight lycra and do the splits a lot. Arnold Schwarzenegger likes to make that sort of guttural "graargh" noise when he gets into fights.
Sylvester Stallone, on the other hand, has his own set of interests and habits. He likes to fire machine guns one-handed, scream while flying helicopters, and making a "hurgh!" noise when he does something athletic. Also, he has a tendency to star in films that involve prisons.
Now, admittedly, Stallone's appeared in lots of films where there's no sign of jail cells, sadistic prison wardens or metal trays with hideous food piled up on them. But then again, he has appeared in these.
- 3/14/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Feature Nicholas Higton 14 Jan 2014 - 06:37
Action star, writer and director Sylvester Stallone gave an evening of anecdotes at the London Palladium on Saturday. Here's what went on...
Sylvester Stallone was on fine form as he entertained a near capacity crowd at London’s famous Palladium theatre last Saturday night. The evening was compèred by an excellent Jonathan Ross (here far removed from his usual television interview persona), who talked with Mr Stallone over the remarkable highs and lows of his film career to date.
Stallone spoke about his way into the acting world, performing in Death Of A Salesman while teaching physical education at a boarding school in Switzerland. Sly even sang a short duet with Jonathon Ross from the main theme of Paradise Alley, written by brother Frank Stallone, and impressed the audience with a quotation from Shakespeare’s Comedy Of Errors.
Discussing one of his most famous characters portrayed on the screen,...
Action star, writer and director Sylvester Stallone gave an evening of anecdotes at the London Palladium on Saturday. Here's what went on...
Sylvester Stallone was on fine form as he entertained a near capacity crowd at London’s famous Palladium theatre last Saturday night. The evening was compèred by an excellent Jonathan Ross (here far removed from his usual television interview persona), who talked with Mr Stallone over the remarkable highs and lows of his film career to date.
Stallone spoke about his way into the acting world, performing in Death Of A Salesman while teaching physical education at a boarding school in Switzerland. Sly even sang a short duet with Jonathon Ross from the main theme of Paradise Alley, written by brother Frank Stallone, and impressed the audience with a quotation from Shakespeare’s Comedy Of Errors.
Discussing one of his most famous characters portrayed on the screen,...
- 1/13/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
On Saturday the celebrated London Palladium played host to a true Hollywood heavyweight. Following a week in town doing the publicity rounds for new comedy Grudge Match, an enthusiastic and energised Sylvester Stallone took to the stage to chat about his life and career in an evening which proved to be inspiring as expected. Stallone’s incredible success really is the embodiment of the American Dream, and very much reflects the rags-to-riches, going the distance world of his most famous creation and the character which put him on the road to international success, Rocky Balboa.
After a brief montage of his work, Stallone arrived to great fanfare, accompanied by (surprise, surprise) Bill Conti’s iconic Gonna Fly Now from Rocky. Relaxed and loose, the actor had an easy rapport with the audience of dedicated fans, and his jovial, good-natured journey through his life and filmography was part amusing reminiscences, part self-help-style anecdotal wisdom.
After a brief montage of his work, Stallone arrived to great fanfare, accompanied by (surprise, surprise) Bill Conti’s iconic Gonna Fly Now from Rocky. Relaxed and loose, the actor had an easy rapport with the audience of dedicated fans, and his jovial, good-natured journey through his life and filmography was part amusing reminiscences, part self-help-style anecdotal wisdom.
- 1/13/2014
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
London, Jan 13: Sylvester Stallone has admitted that the success of the film 'Rocky' made him insufferable, and made him think he had an authority on everything.
The 67-year-old actor told host Jonathan Ross in an interview at the London Palladium that he abused power badly, BBC reported.
Stallone claimed that he read some of the interviews that he had given earlier and wishes now if he could go back and punch himself in the face.
However, he added that once when he went to attend a first-day showing of 1978 drama 'Paradise Alley', he found only two people at the audience, of which one was sleeping.
He.
The 67-year-old actor told host Jonathan Ross in an interview at the London Palladium that he abused power badly, BBC reported.
Stallone claimed that he read some of the interviews that he had given earlier and wishes now if he could go back and punch himself in the face.
However, he added that once when he went to attend a first-day showing of 1978 drama 'Paradise Alley', he found only two people at the audience, of which one was sleeping.
He.
- 1/13/2014
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
The London Palladium welcomed a Hollywood legend last night (January 11) as Sylvester Stallone fielded questions from host Jonathan Ross and an enthusiastic audience for an entertaining 'Evening with...'.
Number one box office hits across each of the last five decades show Stallone as a star with big screen endurance, but this weekend's West End appearance highlighted his skills as a raconteur. Spanning from his early student years in Switzerland right up to his forthcoming boxing return in Grudge Match, Sly took the audience from the highs of Rocky and Rambo to the lows of Rhinestone with charm, wit and charisma.
He even treated the crowd to a great Robert De Niro impersonation, a Shakespeare recitation and sang 'Too Close to Paradise' (from his 1978 drama Paradise Alley) with Ross. Digital Spy rounds up 10 of the best bits from An Evening with Sylvester Stallone below...
1. If Rocky Balboa is a hero to film fans,...
Number one box office hits across each of the last five decades show Stallone as a star with big screen endurance, but this weekend's West End appearance highlighted his skills as a raconteur. Spanning from his early student years in Switzerland right up to his forthcoming boxing return in Grudge Match, Sly took the audience from the highs of Rocky and Rambo to the lows of Rhinestone with charm, wit and charisma.
He even treated the crowd to a great Robert De Niro impersonation, a Shakespeare recitation and sang 'Too Close to Paradise' (from his 1978 drama Paradise Alley) with Ross. Digital Spy rounds up 10 of the best bits from An Evening with Sylvester Stallone below...
1. If Rocky Balboa is a hero to film fans,...
- 1/12/2014
- Digital Spy
Chicago – Sylvester Stallone is a difficult man to comprehend, unless if doing a thesis on male menopause. The one time screenwriter of gritty soul pictures like “Rocky,” “Paradise Alley” and “First Blood” is spending his later years pumping out undistinguished boom-boom pictures like “Homefront.”
Rating: 2.5/5.0
This film – which Stallone adapted from a novel – has been on the shelf for a number of years, as Sly himself had passed the appropriate age to portray the main character. So “Expendables” costar Jason Statham has stepped up, and the taciturn British action star can’t breath any life into the ex-dea agent role, now undercover as a single Daddy in a small Louisiana town. In what looks like a takeoff of 1970s southern-fried action movies like “Gator” and “Walking Tall” lacks any air of that culture or grindhouse energy. It feels like a high school production, carefully costumed and slickly produced, but with...
Rating: 2.5/5.0
This film – which Stallone adapted from a novel – has been on the shelf for a number of years, as Sly himself had passed the appropriate age to portray the main character. So “Expendables” costar Jason Statham has stepped up, and the taciturn British action star can’t breath any life into the ex-dea agent role, now undercover as a single Daddy in a small Louisiana town. In what looks like a takeoff of 1970s southern-fried action movies like “Gator” and “Walking Tall” lacks any air of that culture or grindhouse energy. It feels like a high school production, carefully costumed and slickly produced, but with...
- 11/27/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Gene Kirkwood is one of those true originals which are hard to come by these days within the film industry. A legend in his own right, he’s produced the likes of Rocky, New York New York, the Pope of Greenwich Village, The Keep and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. Originally an actor, Kirkwood then moved into producing and intends to do it “’til [he] drops”. Recently he and producing partner Ross Elliot folded their production company into Bitesize Networks, with the intention to create cutting-edge new content across a variety of platforms.
Kirkwood’s view on the industry is a refreshing one, and in the interview was prone to go off on tangents this writer was enjoying too much to divert. Read on for an insight into a fascinating personality that celebrates everything British, his admiration of Harvey Weinstein, his slew of exciting new projects and reveals things about the...
Kirkwood’s view on the industry is a refreshing one, and in the interview was prone to go off on tangents this writer was enjoying too much to divert. Read on for an insight into a fascinating personality that celebrates everything British, his admiration of Harvey Weinstein, his slew of exciting new projects and reveals things about the...
- 11/16/2013
- by Oscar Harding
- Obsessed with Film
At the Zurich Film Festival back in 2008, they had muscle-bound multi-hyphenate Sylvester Stallone as special guest to talk about his career as an actor, writer and director. After a couple of seconds of cheesy photo-ops (with Stallone striking some Rocky-esque) poses, it becomes a thoughtful look at his career and about the filmmaking process in general, with the host, claiming that Stallone exists in a small fraternity of writer/director/actors who have had as long and varied a career (among them Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier).Stallone begins by saying that writing is the hardest part of the process for him, and describes it as "the most singular of arts," while directing is "the most rewarding." He then goes on to describe, over the course of about forty surprisingly articulate minutes, about his experiences on various films, why he employs certain aesthetics or tics (like his love of montages,...
- 7/30/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Sylvester Stallone Bullet to the Head box office: Worst Stallone opening weekend in more than three decades? The Sylvester Stallone action movie Bullet to the Head is about to become the worst-performing Stallone star vehicle opening in wide release in North America since — at least — the box-office bomb Victory back in 1981, or possibly going all the way back to Paradise Alley in 1978. Opening-weekend figures for Victory, which cumed at $10.85m (approximately $30.5m today), are unavailable at Box Office Mojo, but Bullet in the Head is expected to gross an abysmal $5m by Sunday evening, after collecting $1.73m at 2,404 locations. (Photo: Sylvester Stallone Bullet to the Head.) Once inflation is factored in, in the last three decades no other Sylvester Stallone movie in wide release has opened as disastrously as Bullet to the Head; not even the John Landis’ crime comedy Oscar (1991), the Stallone-written action drama Over the Top (1987), the Stallone-...
- 2/3/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
By now you've probably seen the ad for Sylvester Stallone's "Bullet to the Head" in which the following exchange happens:
[Stallone murders a bad guy.]
Stallone sidekick (aghast): "You don't just kill a guy like that!"
Stallone (satisfied): "I just did."
This type of scene is ubiquitous in the Stallone canon; either a nobody supporting character serves up an alley-oop that Stallone confidently finishes (not unlike the above exchange) or Stallone delivers the gold by himself. Either way, we're all winners.
With so many cheesy lines, it was tough to choose just ten. But someone had to do it.
(Special thanks to this video for most of the material, even though its midpoint is unfortunately a creepy shot of Stallone's character in "Spy Kids 3D.")
10. 'Lock-Up' (1989)
The Scene: A guard at a prison threatens to rape Sly's girlfriend. In turn, bad things happen to the guard's genitals.
9. 'Cobra' (1986)
The Scene:...
[Stallone murders a bad guy.]
Stallone sidekick (aghast): "You don't just kill a guy like that!"
Stallone (satisfied): "I just did."
This type of scene is ubiquitous in the Stallone canon; either a nobody supporting character serves up an alley-oop that Stallone confidently finishes (not unlike the above exchange) or Stallone delivers the gold by himself. Either way, we're all winners.
With so many cheesy lines, it was tough to choose just ten. But someone had to do it.
(Special thanks to this video for most of the material, even though its midpoint is unfortunately a creepy shot of Stallone's character in "Spy Kids 3D.")
10. 'Lock-Up' (1989)
The Scene: A guard at a prison threatens to rape Sly's girlfriend. In turn, bad things happen to the guard's genitals.
9. 'Cobra' (1986)
The Scene:...
- 1/31/2013
- by Nick Blake
- NextMovie
HollywoodNews.com: The 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce that Hollywood icon and Academy Award-nominated Sylvester Stallone will receive the “Hollywood Career Achievement Award,” Oscar-winning Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary will be recognized with the “Hollywood Innovator Award,” and director Tom Hooper will be honored with the “Hollywood Director Award” at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony.
“It is a privilege to honor and to celebrate Sylvester Stallone’s extraordinary talent and remarkable career, as well as the great innovative work of Morgan Freeman and Lorie McCreary in the convergence of technology and filmmaking, and the outstanding directing talent of Tom Hooper in his new film “The King’s Speech,” said Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala..
Previously announced honorees for this year’s Hollywood Awards Gala include: Sean Penn for the “Humanitarian Award”; Annette Bening for the “Actress...
“It is a privilege to honor and to celebrate Sylvester Stallone’s extraordinary talent and remarkable career, as well as the great innovative work of Morgan Freeman and Lorie McCreary in the convergence of technology and filmmaking, and the outstanding directing talent of Tom Hooper in his new film “The King’s Speech,” said Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala..
Previously announced honorees for this year’s Hollywood Awards Gala include: Sean Penn for the “Humanitarian Award”; Annette Bening for the “Actress...
- 10/5/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
Marion ‘Cobra’ Cobretti. John Matrix. Frank Shatter. Action cinema history is littered with terrible hero names, and here’s our list of the most memorably awful...
Weird accents and bizarre amounts of muscle have become staples of the action movie genre, and the latter certainly makes sense, because no one's going to believe that some nine-stone weakling could save the world from terrorists or a bus full of innocent people from Dennis Hopper.
Why, though, do the protagonists in these films so often have utterly ridiculous names? In Die Hard, the totally ordinary sounding John McClane did just fine without having a moniker with any kind of alliteration, rhyming or jokes in it. No one sat there watching it thinking, "This film would be so much better if Bruce Willis was called 'Buck Shot'."
Still, though, Hollywood persists with the daft action hero names, and we've put a selection of...
Weird accents and bizarre amounts of muscle have become staples of the action movie genre, and the latter certainly makes sense, because no one's going to believe that some nine-stone weakling could save the world from terrorists or a bus full of innocent people from Dennis Hopper.
Why, though, do the protagonists in these films so often have utterly ridiculous names? In Die Hard, the totally ordinary sounding John McClane did just fine without having a moniker with any kind of alliteration, rhyming or jokes in it. No one sat there watching it thinking, "This film would be so much better if Bruce Willis was called 'Buck Shot'."
Still, though, Hollywood persists with the daft action hero names, and we've put a selection of...
- 9/2/2010
- Den of Geek
One of my fondest childhood memories involved a thrilling trip to a dank, grimy, old sewer tunnel, climbing in and placing my head between its enormous, seemingly razor sharp fan blades. Of course, I was in no real danger and everything had been constructed from wood. Still, it was an experience I wouldn’t forget – albeit a bizarre one. I was touring the set of a new Sylvester Stallone action opus. Yet, all was not well.
Our insightful tour guide explained the nightmarish production problems. Personnel changes (including the replacement of the film’s director and cinematographer at different points in production) and ever-changing script were leading to severe cost overruns. Executives were nervous because of tepid box office returns for the Stallone vehicle Lock Up. As such, the movie’s title, The Set Up, was being changed to Tango & Cash, to eradicate any association.
When it opened in December...
Our insightful tour guide explained the nightmarish production problems. Personnel changes (including the replacement of the film’s director and cinematographer at different points in production) and ever-changing script were leading to severe cost overruns. Executives were nervous because of tepid box office returns for the Stallone vehicle Lock Up. As such, the movie’s title, The Set Up, was being changed to Tango & Cash, to eradicate any association.
When it opened in December...
- 8/22/2010
- by Glenn Kay
- newsinfilm.com
The stars of The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Jason Statham, turned out for the explosive movie's press conference and premiere...
It's not every day you get to meet one of your heroes, let alone three of them. My day of The Expendables is almost indescribable, as my body endlessly pumped out adrenalin in an attempt to keep me conscious.
The press conference took place around noon and, to give you an insight, lasted about half an hour and involves giving a hand gesture to the panel adjudicator at the front, to request a chance to ask a question, much like an auction bid.
The main problem I had was facing off the absolute need to ask questions against the sheer prospect of getting a coherent sentence out in front of Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Jason Statham.
With everyone keen to ask questions, you also have to hope...
It's not every day you get to meet one of your heroes, let alone three of them. My day of The Expendables is almost indescribable, as my body endlessly pumped out adrenalin in an attempt to keep me conscious.
The press conference took place around noon and, to give you an insight, lasted about half an hour and involves giving a hand gesture to the panel adjudicator at the front, to request a chance to ask a question, much like an auction bid.
The main problem I had was facing off the absolute need to ask questions against the sheer prospect of getting a coherent sentence out in front of Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Jason Statham.
With everyone keen to ask questions, you also have to hope...
- 8/16/2010
- Den of Geek
Last week, London’s Leicester Square saw the biggest influx of action hero’s it had seen for a very, very long time. I am of course talking about the premiere of Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables. Starring Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Mickey Rourke, Steve Austin and Eric Roberts, the film is an homage to action films of a bygone era.
As well as storming the red carpet in Leicester Square, the cast were also on hand for the official press conference, take a look below for the full Q&A from the session:
Q: At the screening last week there was a massive round of applause before the film even started, and as each star name appeared there were whoops of joy. To what extent does that level of excitement and expectation bring extra challenges or responsibilities to do something really special with The Expendables?...
As well as storming the red carpet in Leicester Square, the cast were also on hand for the official press conference, take a look below for the full Q&A from the session:
Q: At the screening last week there was a massive round of applause before the film even started, and as each star name appeared there were whoops of joy. To what extent does that level of excitement and expectation bring extra challenges or responsibilities to do something really special with The Expendables?...
- 8/15/2010
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
When Eric Roberts, dressed as Vince McMahon, summarizes the insecure-dictator-with-a-daughter-conspiring-against-him plot of The Expendables as "bad Shakespeare," he's just touching the tip of the iceberg: bad pacing, bad timing, bad greenscreens, bad ideas. And yet, and yet, and yet. The first thing you notice about The Expendables is what a disarmingly casual movie it is. Like some later Hawks, it feels like an excuse for the cast to hang out together and shoot the shit; it's a low-key El Dorado with James Glickenhaus' McBain taking the place of Rio Bravo. Some old friends put on an exhibition match; some will be faces, some will be heels, and after a day's filming they'll all go out for drinks. Everybody does their own thing: Sylvester Stallone turns himself into John Wayne, doing it all for a girl he knows he's too old for; Jason Statham reprises the killer-worrying-about-his-unsuspecting-girlfriend bit from Crank...
- 8/14/2010
- MUBI
Top Gun, the Smiths, The A-Team … popular culture reached its height in the 1980s – didn't it? Toby Litt on a decade he hated at the time, but is reluctantly starting to admire
There's a fantastically annoying ad on Spotify at the moment for yet another Hits of the 80s compilation CD. Voiceover man hails "the decade that just won't die" – which is true, even though, along with a large number of like-minded people, I spent most of the 80s doing my best to kill them. But with shoulder pads and bad prints being the order of the day summer-fashion-wise, with Wire magazine championing a genre of music they call "hypnagogic pop" ("it refashions 80s chart pop-rock into a hazy, psychedelic drone") and with the release of two blockbusting remakes on the same day – The Karate Kid and The A-Team – it seems that the 80s zombie everpresence is being reaffirmed, in pop culture and,...
There's a fantastically annoying ad on Spotify at the moment for yet another Hits of the 80s compilation CD. Voiceover man hails "the decade that just won't die" – which is true, even though, along with a large number of like-minded people, I spent most of the 80s doing my best to kill them. But with shoulder pads and bad prints being the order of the day summer-fashion-wise, with Wire magazine championing a genre of music they call "hypnagogic pop" ("it refashions 80s chart pop-rock into a hazy, psychedelic drone") and with the release of two blockbusting remakes on the same day – The Karate Kid and The A-Team – it seems that the 80s zombie everpresence is being reaffirmed, in pop culture and,...
- 7/30/2010
- by Toby Litt
- The Guardian - Film News
Here is the first three minute promo trailer for “The Expendables” featuring lots of great action scenes.
After years of coruption, murder of american hostages and betrayal of foreign policies, The Us with the help of other Nations secretly put together a squad of its most trained millitary personal to finaly over throw the dictator who has caused devastation in South America for over 20 years.
The team sets out on its mission to complete the assasination but with little help from the nations as they try to keep the mission secret. After they realize that there will be no outside help they rely on their own sources to fight not only the dictator’s army but also the Governments that set them up.
“The Expendables” is both written and directed by Sylvester Stallone (Paradise Alley, Rocky 2, Rocky 3, Rocky 4). Stars Sylvester Stallone , Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture,...
After years of coruption, murder of american hostages and betrayal of foreign policies, The Us with the help of other Nations secretly put together a squad of its most trained millitary personal to finaly over throw the dictator who has caused devastation in South America for over 20 years.
The team sets out on its mission to complete the assasination but with little help from the nations as they try to keep the mission secret. After they realize that there will be no outside help they rely on their own sources to fight not only the dictator’s army but also the Governments that set them up.
“The Expendables” is both written and directed by Sylvester Stallone (Paradise Alley, Rocky 2, Rocky 3, Rocky 4). Stars Sylvester Stallone , Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture,...
- 10/15/2009
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
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