Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Sylvester Stallone: The Unstoppable Force

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the upcoming offerings from Sylvester Stallone, who is still going strong at 76…For many, Sylvester Stallone is an icon. A hero through childhood and adolescence for several generations of movie fan. I grew up in an era where playgrounds were divided by camps. It might have been a Glaswegian School divided […]

The Overlooked and Under-Appreciated – Demolition Man

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Tom Jolliffe kicks off a new series looking at the overlooked and under-appreciated by revisiting the 1993 action classic Demolition Man…I found myself thinking recently about films that have been repressed to the dark recesses of forgotten cinema. The sort of films where you find yourself snapping a finger and exclaiming “oh yeah…I remember that!” […]

Movie Review – Backtrace (2018)

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Backtrace, 2018.Directed by Brian A. Miller. Starring Ryan Guzman, Matthew Modine, Sylvester Stallone, Meadow Williams, Christopher McDonald, Colin Egglesfield, Lydia Hull, Tyler Jon Olson, Sergio Rizzuto, and Swen Temmel.SYNOPSIS:The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.With Sylvester Stallone giving Rocky Balboa a great […]

Does the world want Rocky to return?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the potential of another outing for Rocky Balboa…If there’s one thing that has rung true with Sylvester Stallone throughout his career, it’s that occasionally large pinches of salt are required when he says something ‘definitive’ about a prospective film or characters arc. Last year, and not for the first time, he […]

Why Rambo: Last Blood could finally fulfil Sylvester Stallone’s Expendables ‘Old School’ promise

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look Rambo: Last Blood and why it could be the ultimate old school action film of the modern era…It was the tail end of 2009. The announcement was made that Sylvester Stallone, having been on something of a comeback with successful rejuvenations for Rocky and Rambo, announced the ultimate old school […]

Movie Review – Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

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Rambo: Last Blood, 2019.Directed by Adrian Grunberg. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Adriana Barraza, Yvette Monreal, Genie Kim, Joaquín Cosío, and Oscar Jaenada.SYNOPSISRambo must confront his past and unearth his ruthless combat skills to exact revenge in a final mission.Sly Stallone has seen his fair share of action as his iconic characters. Between appearing […]

1985: When Sylvester Stallone was King of the World

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Tom Jolliffe goes back in time to a year when Sylvester Stallone was the king of the box office…It might shock some of you to know that it’s now 35 years past 1985. During lockdown time has become an abstract concept to me, but regardless, the fact that a time that and era that still […]

A Look Back at The Expendables Franchise (And a Look Forward…)

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Ten years on from the release of the first movie, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Expendables franchise and then looks at where it can go now (and who needs to join the crew)…When The Expendables was first announced in late 2009, my excitement levels went through the roof. Initially it was Sylvester Stallone, Jason […]

Die Hard with Stallone, Seagal and Van Damme

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Tom Jolliffe ventures back to the 90’s, when three action icons made Die Hard riffs…It’s often said that the buff action specialists of the 80’s, who were larger than life and almost comically unstoppable were slowly pushed out of the forefront of the market by more every man heroes. Die Hard is often pinpointed as […]