Posts Tagged ‘Sylvester Stallone’
The Expendables 2 – PG-13 rating and new image including female member
From the cloud of testosterone that is The Expendables 2, new stills have emerged showing a female member of the cast, and it doesn't look like she will simply be playing the damsel in distress. Chinese actress Yu Nan will be joining a cast packed with male action heroes and will supposedly be giving as good as she gets. Adding a woman...
Rocky to be made into a musical
If you thought boxers couldn't sing and dance, think again. Sylvester Stallone confirmed on Monday, that he is creating an all-singing, all-dancing musical extravaganza from his breakthrough film, Rocky. The 65-year-old actor and director has teamed up with professional heavy-weight boxers, brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, to bring...
It’s a knock-out: top ten best boxing films
With the upcoming release of biographical boxing flick The Fighter, everyone's got their head in the game, their mouth guard in, and the go-get-'em attitude for one more round. But before that, a few inspirational movies,...
I love you, man: top ten buddy-cop films
Two friends, two badges, an army of enemies and a big baddie, and a lot of fire-power - The Other Guys is out this month, to add to the buddy-cop film list. But which are the other ten worth a watch? Most of us are more than happy to settle down and take in a buddy-cop film. The themes of friendship, comedy (sometimes dark, sometimes absent),...
The last action heroes: The Expendables
It's the ultimate action line-up: Willis, Stallone and Schwarzenegger alone could make it a dream film. But does The Expendables match up to the expectation? The main issue with films like this is that you're dealing with a lot of actors who are very unused to playing in any role that isn't the protagonist. So much so, in fact, that the best...
Stallone wants to make The Expendables 2
The Expendables comes with a cast of some of the finest male action stars of the last twenty to thirty years. The star, one Sly Stallone, is eager to do it again. The superstar was speaking to the LA Times this week, and discussed his plans for another Expendables film if this one turned out to be a box office hit. It's got him, Arnie, Jet Li,...
The Expendables: The manliest movie ever?
Sylvester Stallone heads up a cast of some the heftiest movie meatheads ever gathered together on celluloid in The Expendables. Sly's role in the production is not so much expendable as indispensable. Not only is he starring in the film, but he has also produced it and even helped write the script. The plot sees a group of mercenaries who...
Karl Urban may become the new Judge Dredd
Fans of Sly Stallone's Judge Dredd get your whetstones out - the man may have this throne as the ultimate policeman taken from him by newcomer Karl Urban. Judge Dredd is possibly one of the most original, long-running dystopian sci-fi comic universes around. Set in the police state of Megacity One, it follows Dredd, a policeman with the power...
Ten football films you need to see
So, England may have done appallingly in the World Cup, but we still love football and always will. Instead of celebrating our team this summer, we thought we'd remind you about ten great football films to watch that will take your mind off things. The Firm We're talking about the original 1998 TV film version of The Firm, not last year's...
