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Why Creed needs to leave Rocky Balboa behind

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Tom Jolliffe on Creed III, and why it’s time to sever ties with Rocky… When Ryan Coogler made Creed in 2015, diving into Rocky Balboa’s cinematic universe, he managed to smash all expectations. The prospect of a Rocky spinoff, focused on the son of Apollo Creed (Adonis, as played by Michael B. Jordan), piqued curiosity […]

The Expendables 4: How To Get It Right

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the impending production of The Expendables 4, long-delayed but now seemingly ready to rumble… Eleven years on from the first film, the time seems nigh for the fourth instalment in a somewhat unexpected franchise. The faded appeal of a collection of action icons from the 1980s was the starting point in […]

Rocky IV: Original Cut vs. Director’s Cut

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Tom Jolliffe pits Sylvester Stallone’s recent Directors Cut of Rocky IV up against the original theatrical cut… Much like the iconic villain within it, Rocky IV defeats all man. A much treasured film which was always rated highly among Rocky fans, even if it might not have been objectively considered a great film. A wonderful […]

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 […]