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There is perhaps no greater sports underdog story in the history of cinema than "Rocky." Sports dramas had existed long before the 1976 classic, but Sylvester Stallone's beloved boxing flick has become the de facto blueprint for the genre ever since it was released. The film smartly and realistically portrays Rocky Balboa not as a reigning champion, but a down-on-his-luck amateur looking for his big break. It's fitting, then, that the character's primary inspiration, Chuck Wepner, was mostly known for his ability to take beatings instead of giving them.
Rocky Balboa has become so famous that it seems as if he was a real person, his statue proudly standing in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and drawing more visitors than the Liberty Bell. The boxer may have climbed the ranks in the sequels, but the original film's charm was the Italian Stallion's loss in the ring contributing to a victory in the soul.
Rocky Balboa has become so famous that it seems as if he was a real person, his statue proudly standing in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and drawing more visitors than the Liberty Bell. The boxer may have climbed the ranks in the sequels, but the original film's charm was the Italian Stallion's loss in the ring contributing to a victory in the soul.
- 3/25/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
Cinematical has just received this exclusive look inside the pages of the fourth issue of the comic Push, which is a prequel miniseries leading up to the live-action film due out on February 6. Push, which stars Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle and Djimon Hounsou, tells of a group of paranormal operatives who must band together to take out the sketchy U.S. government agency (simply called Division) that brought them all together in the first place. And all these operatives have a different name, based on their special ability. We have the Pusher, Mover, Watcher, Stitch, Bleeder, Sniff, Shifter, Shadow and Wiper. Phew. I know, it may seem confusing, which is why we also have this very sweet character feature that explains the character, their powers and tells you who's playing them in the film. Click here to check that out.
I've already read the first three comics in the miniseries,...
I've already read the first three comics in the miniseries,...
- 1/12/2009
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
Lest any of you have missed it when I’ve made this claim from time to time I hereby make it again: Nicholas Winding Refn’s Pusher films are quite possibly the very best trilogy of crime films ever made. And, yes, I think they’re better as a whole than the Godfather movies. And Refn’s Bleeder aint half bad, either. So if his fake-crime movies are so strong what do you think is going to happen when he sets his sights on making a true-crime film? Brilliance, that’s what.
Before going into production on his viking epic Valhalla Rising Refn shot Bronson for UK outfit Vertigo Films. It’s the true story of notorious British criminal Charles Bronson, imprisoned now for over thirty years, and we’ve been waiting for whatever scraps we could get from it ever since first catching wind. Well, we’ve got better than scraps now.
Before going into production on his viking epic Valhalla Rising Refn shot Bronson for UK outfit Vertigo Films. It’s the true story of notorious British criminal Charles Bronson, imprisoned now for over thirty years, and we’ve been waiting for whatever scraps we could get from it ever since first catching wind. Well, we’ve got better than scraps now.
- 8/23/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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