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A Forgotten Sylvester Stallone Gem: Lock Up

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at Lock Up, one of Sylvester Stallone’s less heralded peak era films… 1989. Sylvester Stallone had topped the mountain in the 80’s. It all came to a head in 1985 when Rocky IV and Rambo: First Blood Part II dominated the box office. In today’s world, it was akin to having […]

Sylvester Stallone says The Expendables 3’s PG-13 rating “was a horrible miscalculation”

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The Expendables 3 didn’t do too well at the box office, saved only by international takings. It didn’t do too well with us here at Flickering Myth either, and you can see why here and here. And it seems that the big man himself, Sylvester Stallone, agreed. In an interview with Crave Online (which you […]

Sylvester Stallone is going to own the city in new Tulsa King trailer

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Paramount+ has released a new trailer for the upcoming Taylor Sheridan crime drama series Tulsa King which stars Sylvester Stallone as New York mobster who is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa after being released from a 25-year stretch in prison. Check it out below… TULSA KING follows New York mafia […]

Tulsa King featurette takes us behind-the-scenes of Sylvester Stallone’s new mob drama

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Paramount+ has released a new featurette for Tulsa King which takes us behind the scenes of the crime drama and features interviews with stars Sylvester Stallone, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, A.C. Peterson, Annabella Sciorra, Jay Will, Garrett Hedlund, Max Casella, Andrea Savage, Martin Starr, creator Taylor Sheridan, and executive producers David Glasser and Terence Winter […]

Movie Review – Samaritan (2022)

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Samaritan, 2022. Directed by Julius Avery. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Javon Walton, Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco, Moisés Arias, Martin Starr, Jared Odrick, Michael Aaron Milligan, Sophia Tatum, Michael Aaron Milligan, Henry G. Sanders, Abraham Clinkscales, Shameik Moore, Frederick Williams, Kevin Mikal Curry, Roger Payano, Dwayne A. Thomas, and Aria Seymore. SYNOPSIS: A superhero long thought dead, […]

Movie Review – Samaritan (2022)

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Samaritan, 2022. Directed by Julius Avery. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Javon Walton, Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco, Moisés Arias, Martin Starr, Jared Odrick, Michael Aaron Milligan, Sophia Tatum, Michael Aaron Milligan, Henry G. Sanders, Abraham Clinkscales, Shameik Moore, Frederick Williams, Kevin Mikal Curry, Roger Payano, Dwayne A. Thomas, and Aria Seymore. SYNOPSIS: A young boy learns that […]

Sylvester Stallone turns superhero in Samaritan clip

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Ahead of its premiere this Friday on Prime Video, a new clip has been released for the superhero thriller Samaritan which sees Sylvester Stallone’s reclusive former hero almost blowing his cover when he comes to the aid of a young girl; watch it below… Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his mysterious and […]

Sylvester Stallone and Javon “Wanna” Walton talk Samaritan in new featurette

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With its premiere just a week away, a new featurette has been released for Prime Video’s superhero thriller Samaritan which sees star Sylvester Stallone discussing his character and young co-star Javon “Wanna” Walton expressing his excitement over working with the action icon. Check it out below… Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his […]

Sylvester Stallone superhero thriller Samaritan gets a trailer

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Ahead of its premiere on Prime Video this August, the first trailer has been released for the superhero thriller Samaritan. Directed by Julius Avery, the film follows 13-year-old Sam (Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton) as he learns that his mysterious neighbour Mr. Smith (Sylvester Stallone) is actually a super-powered vigilante who was reported dead 20 years earlier, […]