Tag: stallone saturdays
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Stallone Saturdays: Samaritan (2022)
The good news about the new Sylvester Stallone movie, Samaritan? Well, it’s a new Stallone movie, which means we not only get to watch him, but it’s another excuse to dive back into Stallone Saturdays. The bad news? Well, if you’ve ever observed the Stallone Saturdays segment (check it out, good stuff), you’ll notice that…
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Stallone Saturdays: The Expendables (2010)
Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables, as we stand, was his last directorial outing. I saw this movie back in 2010, and haven’t seen it since. I remember the movie’s existence, and of course the novelty of getting this cast together, but I can’t say that I remembered… it. Seeing as my affection for Stallone has grown…
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Stallone Saturdays: First Blood (1982)
Alright, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to save Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo and Rocky movies for the very end of this segment. By that I mean, when it finally came for the time for me to review them, you would know that the end is near. Now that I’ve said this, I suppose it’s…
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Stallone Saturdays: Grudge Match (2013)
Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro made a comedy together. Anybody remember this? A boxing comedy, no less. Anything? I mean, Stallone being Rocky Balboa, and De Niro’s greatest performance as boxer Jake La Motta in Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull. Yeah, they did a comedy together. Anything? Anyone? I think I saw this movie back…
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Stallone Saturdays: Tango & Cash (1989)
Alright, so I just have one question: why wasn’t there a Tango & Cash 2? It’s been about four years since I last saw Tango & Cash, and revisiting it, I just have to know: why? This was made in the 80s, at the height of coked out action movies, starring two cool action movie…
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Stallone Saturdays: Judge Dredd (1996)
Have you seen Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner recently? It’s been a few years, but the last time I watched it, I was blown away by how gracefully it’s aged, considering it came out in 1982. It’s probably been about six years since I last saw Judge Dredd, and if you’ve seen Judge Dredd, you can…
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Stallone Saturdays: Cobra (1986)
I love Sylvester Stallone, hence why I have a whole segment dedicated to him, but one thing that’s stood out about him over the years is the massive ego-trip he went through in the mid-80s/early 90s. James Cameron wrote the script for Rambo: First Blood Part II, and Stallone basically re-wrote it because he could.…
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Stallone Saturdays: Daylight (1996)
1/2 By Christian DiMartino Daylight is, very much and in many ways, a film we have seen before. Here’s the thing though: with a movie like this, I don’t focus so much on the story as much as the craftsmanship and the technical aspects, and in that department, Daylight works well enough. Considering the genre, and how easy…
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Stallone Saturdays: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Zero Stars By Christian DiMartino One of the most respectable qualities about Sylvester Stallone is the fact that the man is more than honest about how he feels towards certain projects. Stallone once told Jonathan Ross that, on a scale of 10, he would rank Rocky V a “0.” Again, at least he’s honest about his…
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Stallone Saturdays: Demolition Man (1993)
1/2 By Christian DiMartino The first time I saw Demolition Man, I couldn’t tell if it was brilliant, or stupid. Turns out, audiences back in 1993 didn’t quite know what to make of it either. It’s an action film, with a great big splash of silly. Was it unintentionally silly, or was its tongue planted, quite…
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