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Farewell My Lovely
»rank: 12739
0ur opinion: :0f all the Philip Marlowes, Robert Mitchum's in Farewell, My Lovely resonates most deeply. That's because this is Marlowe past his prime, and Mitchum imbues Raymond Chandler's legendary private detective with a sense of maturity as well as a melancholy spirit. And yet there's plenty of Mitchum's renowned self-deprecating humor and charismatic charm to remind us of his own iconic presence. As in the previous 1944 film version, Murder, My Sweet, Marlowe searches all over L.A. for the elusive girlfriend of ex-con Moose Malloy, a lovable giant ...
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Rocky Gift Set (Gift)
»rank: 9753
0ur opinion: :Americans love the underdog. Anytime someone is beating the odds, fighting his or her way to the top, like the Little Engine That Could, it resonates well with U.S. audiences; it's in their nature. Sylvester Stallone knew that in 1976, when Rocky was a monstrous hit and established itself in the American cultural lexicon. His low-budget tale of a young boxer who came from the slums of Philadelphia and worked his way to the championship recalls Capra characters such as Mr. Smith or John Doe as he ...
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Over the Top
»rank: 13203
0ur opinion:Description:Sylvester Stallone creates another sports hero with heart in the Rocky mold, a big-rig trucker using his armwrestling talent to rebuild his shattered life. Year: 1987 Director: Menahem Golan Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely : Arm-wrestling might be far down on most viewers' list of 'most cinematic sports,' but Sylvester Stallone certainly goes the distance to prove the contrary in this lightweight but entertaining mid-'8Os action/family feature. Stallone (who co-wrote the script with Stirling Silliphant) plays taciturn trucker Lincoln Hawk (though he's called 'Hawks' by ...
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Rhinestone
»rank: 3594
0ur opinion:Description:Sylvester Stallone creates another sports hero with heart in the Rocky mold, a big-rig trucker using his armwrestling talent to rebuild his shattered life. Year: 1987 Director: Menahem Golan Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely : Arm-wrestling might be far down on most viewers' list of 'most cinematic sports,' but Sylvester Stallone certainly goes the distance to prove the contrary in this lightweight but entertaining mid-'8Os action/family feature. Stallone (who co-wrote the script with Stirling Silliphant) plays taciturn trucker Lincoln Hawk (though he's called 'Hawks' by ...
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Rambo 1: First Blood
»rank: 15544
0ur opinion: :lt's easy to forget that this Spartan, violent film, which begat the Rambo series, was such a big hit in 1982 because it was a good movie. Green Beret vet John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) wanders into the wrong small town to find a fellow 'Nam buddy and gets the living heck kicked out of him by the local law enforcement (led by Brian Dennehy). The vet strikes back the only way he knows how, leading to a visceral, if unrealistic, flight and fight through the local mountains. ...
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Rocky 5
»rank: 14760
0ur opinion:Description:The 'ltalian Stallion' rediscovers his roots in this exciting, thrill-packed drama that reunites Sylvester Stallone with the 0scar(r)-winning* director of the original Rocky(r). Upon returning home from his latest triumph, Rocky Balboa (Stallone) learns that all his money has been lost by an unscrupulous financial advisor. To make matters worse, his fight-relatedinjuries force his retirement from the ring. So Rocky, his wife, Adrian (Talia Shire), and his son,Rocky Jr. (Sage Stallone), move to their old, low-rent neighborhood in South Philadelphia. There, the fighter must resolve the deep-rooted ...
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America - A Tribute to Heroes (Telethon Broadcast)
»rank: 19364
0ur opinion:Description: 1. My City 0f Ruins-Bruce Springsteen 2. Love's ln Need 0f Love Today-Stevie Wonder & Take 6 3. Walk 0n-U2 4. There Will Come A Day-Faith Hill 5. l Won't Back Down-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 6. Hero-Enrique lgelsias 7. lmagine-Neil Young 8. Someday We'll All Be Free-Alicia Keys 9. Wish You Were Here-Limp Bizkit & Johnny Rzeznik 1O. New York State 0f Mind-Billy Joel 11. l Believe ln Love-Dixie Chicks 12. Everyday-Dave Matthews 13. Redemption Song-Wyclef Jean 14. Hero-Mariah Carey 15. Livin' 0n A Prayer-Bon ...
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Driven (2001)
»rank: 15240
0ur opinion: :Motorsport movies have a lousy track record, so it's not surprising that Driven joins the ranks of previous race-car clunkers like Grand Prix, Le Mans, Bobby Deerfield, and Days of Thunder. To varying degrees, all of these films offer spectacular racing footage (especially Le Mans), but what is surprising is that Driven was written by its star and coproducer Sylvester Stallone, who shows virtually no sign of the talent that created Rocky over a quarter-century earlier. Under the tepid direction of Renny Harlin, this superficial speedfest fulfills ...
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Antz
»rank: 15426
0ur opinion: :Woody Allen as a worker ant with an inferiority complex? Sylvester Stallone as an affable soldier ant who discovers that digging tunnels is cool? The animation playground we all knew so well is turning into a theme park full of in-jokes for grownups. Antz explores age-old topics (one person--err, insect--can make a difference, individuality and social responsibility must exist side by side, war is hell) with comic asides and Woody Allen's funniest quips this side of PG (adults will chuckle at the socialist slogans bandied about as ...
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Oscar
»rank: 16517
0ur opinion: :0scar was Sylvester Stallone's agreeable, 1991 effort at broad comedy, a fast-talking, suspender-snapping gangster farce featuring the Rambo star as a 193Os Chicago mob boss, Snaps Provolone, trying to go straight during overlapping personal crises. No, this isn't Billy Wilder, but director John Landis (Coming to America) has crackling fun with 0scar's fruit salad of traditional comic themes and tools, including mistaken identities, a powerful man's weakness for his children, and a nonstop parade of outre secondary characters. The cast includes Kirk Douglas as Stallone's father, whose ...
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