Wow. It’s hard to believe it’s been 45 years since a struggling, unknown actor out of New York City shocked the world on November 21, 1976, with a “sleeper hit” made for $960,000 that would go on to make $225 million in box office receipts — the highest grossing film of 1976 that received ten […]
Every creative force has projects that they either turn down or work hard to get made, but ultimately never make it to light. Sylvester Stallone is no different, as there have been several films — some a long time in development — that have never made it to the silver screen. I was inspired by […]
Unlike many actors, Sylvester Stallone has been fortunate enough in his career to have not just one or two characters appear in more than one movie, but several. And even though some of his roles may have only appeared in one film, you can totally see how they could have future adventures. Consider this article […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on August 31, 2018. There are people that say there’s no such thing as a perfect movie. Those people have never seen Death Race 2000, a film that’s packed with pop culture references, ultraviolence, black humor, political commentary and great character moments. After the “World Crash of ’79”, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on August 21, 2019. Rambo: First Blood Part II was not produced by Cannon but was released on video by HBO/Cannon Video. When it came time to do a sequel to First Blood, there was a thought that Rambo needed a partner. Producers wanted John Travolta, but Stallone vetoed the […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was originally on the site on August 16, 2019. First Blood was not produced by Cannon but was released on video by HBO/Cannon Video. The first of the Rambo films has an interesting pedigree. It comes from director Ted Kotcheff (the original Fun With Dick and Jane, North Dallas Forty, Uncommon Valor, Weekend at Bernie’s) and was […]
25 years ago, Samaritan and Nemesis — twin superhuman brothers whose parents died in a fire — fought to the death in Granite City. Today, graffiti of both of their logos can be seen all over, but if anything, the city has gotten worse. A gang leader named Cyrus (Pilou Asbæk) has found the weapon […]
Jake Wyer (Peter Weller) and Sam French (Robert Hays) are mercenaries who have been recruited by CIA agent Martin (director Charles Martin Smith) to overthrow a power-mad Tenggaran dictator named Bosavi (Dom Magwili). Weller and Hays were not the first actors picked for the film, as originally this was a Chuck Norris and Michael Dudikoff team-up, […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on September 2, 2019. Despite the teaming of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Escape Plan underperformed at the U.S. box office. So how have there been three of these films? Simple. International box-office success, as this movie debuted in first place in several foreign markets, with the total […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This was first on the site on February 28, 2020. After Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the monolith known as Arnold Schwarzenegger could do no wrong. But where do you go after you move from Austria to here with no money, take over the world of bodybuilder and then become the biggest movie star in […]
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