Rocky II
After the sensational fight that almost ended Apollo Creed's (Carl Weathers) career, the champ feels humiliated and demands a rematch; Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) refuses… at first. After two box-office failures,…
Rocky: Rise of an Italian Stallion
Sylvester Stallone. Photo: United Artists At the 1977 Academy Awards, Sylvester Stallone and Muhammad Ali staged a comic brawl as a way of showing that Ali had no ill feelings…
Raging Bull: Fists of Fury
Robert De Niro. Photo: United Artists Martin Scorsese doesn't really care about sports movies. The idea of making a film about Jake LaMotta would probably never have hit him were…
The Karate Kid
Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) and his mother (Taraji P. Henson) move to China; the boy is bullied in school by a kid who doesn't like the newcomer, but Dre turns…
Chariots of Fire: For God and Honor
Photo: Allied Stars I have taken up running recently and discovered that it is easy to get hooked. It’s tough in the beginning but some days it is as if…
Sports Night
Aaron Sorkin’s first TV series blew some fresh air into network television, but has since been eclipsed by far greater cable shows. To a certain degree, this story about the…
Rocky Balboa
Aging champ Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) decides to come out of retirement for one final fight against the reigning champion, Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver). That’s the predictable, simple story for…
Million Dollar Baby: No Guts, No Glory
Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank. Photo: Warner As an actor, Clint Eastwood is a genuine American icon. His career as a director on the other hand looked quite uneven in…
Happy Gilmore
The Caddyshack golf movies were popular in the 1980s, and then we got this – but in all honesty, it’s not an improvement. God knows Adam Sandler is no Bill…