The early 1990’s weren’t particularly kind to Sylvester Stallone. Rocky V (1990) received lukewarm reviews and underperformed at the box office. Sly then starred in a couple of poorly received comedies—Oscar (1991) and Stop or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)—before…
With its fourth entry, The Expendables franchise introduces a new generation of stars to the fray, as action legends Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, and Randy Couture are joined for the first time by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan…
After months of discussion, March marked the arrival of the newest format for home theater aficionados, 4K UHD Blu-rays. The roll out has been a bit slow, with just a handful of titles available as of this writing, but for…
Light on plot, and heavy on testosterone, Sylvester Stallone returned to action genre relevancy with The Expendables series. With each film. Stallone assembles an all-star cast of action heroes for two hours of high octane mayhem. There’s not really much…
Though it’s likely that few people in Middle America recognize the name Shep Gordon, in Hollywood, few people have more friends than him. A longtime talent manager, he has handled some of the biggest names in show business, everyone from…
Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone starred in two of the greatest boxing films in movie history: Raging Bull and Rocky. Grudge Match, directed by Peter Segal and credited to three screenwriters, may have intended to recapture the magic of…
MGM’s recently released Rocky Heavyweight Collection contains all six films in the Rocky franchise, similarly to 2009’s Undisputed Collection. The main reason fans may want to invest in the latest release is a new transfer of the original—and by far,…
Coming off the two successful Expendables films, action legend Sylvester Stallone teamed with producer Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard) and director Walter Hill (48 Hours, The Warriors) for Bullet to the Head, a film that opens with a CGI…
Whether or not you’ll enjoy The Expendables 2 is a very easy question to answer. If you’re an action junkie, Sylvester Stallone and the rest of his buddies have provided the perfect medicine. For the rest of you, have aspirin…
Shout Factory | 1975 | 78 mins. | Rated R Sometimes nicknamed “King of the B-movies” for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects it), director and film producer Roger Corman has gained both critical and commercial success with…