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Posts Tagged "Sylvester Stallone"

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Creed ***½ (2015, Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Tony Bellew, Phylicia Rashad, Graham McTavish) – Movie Review

Michael B Jordan stars as Adonis Johnson, son of former heavyweight champion boxer Apollo Creed, who tracks down former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) at his Italian restaurant, Adrian’s, named in honour of […]

Jan, 07

Rocky ***** (1976, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers) – Classic Movie Review 2,389

Director John G Avildsen’s 1976 prize-winning champion boxing movie Rocky is a great old-style, feel-good film, directed with a lot of punch by the Oscar-winning film-maker. A triple Oscar-winner, it was the highest-grossing movie of 1976. Best […]

Apr, 15

First Blood **** (1982, Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna) – Classic Movie Review 1599

Director Ted Kotcheff’s 1982 action thriller First Blood profitably started Sylvester Stallone off on a new career as his iconic character, Vietnam veteran John J Rambo, rivalling his Rocky character for popularity. Indeed its success […]

Aug, 28

Antz **** (1998, voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman) – Classic Movie Review 1557

Directors Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson find an ingenious way to find new work for old Woody Allen – as the cartoon voice of an ant! Allen voices neurotic ant Z-4195, a New York Central Park […]

Aug, 17

The Expendables 3 ** (2014, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mel Gibson, Kelsey Grammer, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas) – Movie Review

Sylvester Stallone is back as Barney Ross in the lacklustre third part of the trilogy that spends a large chunk of its time setting up a New Generation franchise, not giving enough for the new […]

Aug, 07

Taxi 3 ** (2003, Sami Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Marion Cotillard, Bernard Farcy, Bai Ling) – Classic Movie Review 1386

The entire star cast is back from Taxi 2 (2000) for writer/co-producer Luc Besson’s jolly and impressively silly 2003 second sequel, Taxi 3. It proves another daft, fast-paced, high-energy French all-action crime comedy adventure, with […]

Jul, 02

Bullet to the Head *** (2012, Sylvester Stallone) – Movie Review

Sylvester Stallone returns to his roots as an iconic action star to play Jimmy Bobo, a jaded New Orleans hitman who reluctantly teams up with a Washington DC police detective (Sung Kang) to bring down the […]

May, 03

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