Showing posts with label rocky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rocky. Show all posts
Friday, August 26, 2016

THE SYLVESTER SEMESTER PART II: Creed (2015)

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Rocky Balboa’s story ended in, well, “Rocky Balboa.” Even someone as sequel happy as Sylvester Stallone realized continuing the story bey...
Monday, August 22, 2016

THE SYLVESTER SEMESTER PART II: Rocky Balboa (2006)

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There was a time when jokes were often told about how long running and increasingly unlikely the “Rocky” series had become. Yet, by 200...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

THE SYLVESTER SEMESTER PART II: Rocky V (1990)

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The “Rocky” series was hugely financially successful and beloved in the seventies and eighties. This, however, didn’t stop people from ma...
Monday, August 15, 2016

THE SYLVESTER SEMESTER PART II: Rocky IV (1985)

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It’s hard to believe that Sylvester Stallone once envisioned “Rocky” as simply a three part story. The continued box office success of th...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

THE SYLVESTER SEMESTER PART II: Rocky III (1982)

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During the production of “Rocky II,” Sylvester Stallone gave an interview where he talked about the possibility of a third film. He sa...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

THE SYLVESTER SEMESTER PART II: Rocky II (1979)

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In the final minutes of “Rocky,” after Balboa goes the distance with Apollo Creed, a reporter asks him if there’s going to be a rematch. ...
Monday, August 8, 2016

THE SYLVESTER SEMESTER PART II: Rocky (1976)

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I devoted most of last August to THE SYLVESTER SEMESTER , a two and a half week marathon of the films of Mr. Sylvester Stallone. Consider...