’61*’ review
NDSU Spectrum: Movie review Pepper’s flawless portrayal of Maris makes ‘61*’ a hit By JOHN HANSEN April 27, 2001 Amazingly, prior to “61*,” there had never been a film made about Roger Maris’s and Mickey […]
NDSU Spectrum: Movie review Pepper’s flawless portrayal of Maris makes ‘61*’ a hit By JOHN HANSEN April 27, 2001 Amazingly, prior to “61*,” there had never been a film made about Roger Maris’s and Mickey […]
Executive producer Dan Fogelman threw a perfect game earlier this week with “This Is Us,” but he doesn’t quite pull a Johnny Vander Meer with his second outing of the season, the premiere of “Pitch” (8:59 p.m. […]
“Creed” — the seventh entry in the “Rocky” series — respects its elders while also doing its own thing. As the saga’s first film not written by Sylvester Stallone, and the first not directed by Stallone […]
Rightly ranked by IMDB voters as the best of the “Rocky” sequels (with a 7.2 rating), “Rocky Balboa” (2006) is a beautiful grace note to the fighting portion of the Italian Stallion’s career. (His training career appears […]
The “Rocky” films never drifted into the arena of spectacle as much as their reputation suggests. Even the most over-the-top entry, “Rocky IV,” includes acknowledgements of the heightened plot, like when the commentators note the […]
With its montages and Eighties arena-rock songs, not to mention the “U.S. versus U.S.S.R.” foundation that begs for the hoariest of subtexts to be added, “Rocky IV” (1985) is unquestionably the most stylized film in the series […]
Are the “Rocky” films more spectacle or substance? At first blush, the opening act of “Rocky III”(1982) suggests spectacle. Rocky fights professional wrestler Hulk Hogan – OK, technically “Thunderlips” – in a charity bout. It’s unclear […]
Life doesn’t become easy after your first success: Blowing up one Death Star doesn’t mean you’ve defeated the Empire. Dumping Shredder into a garbage truck doesn’t mean he won’t come back as a supermutant. And […]
The buzz is heating up for the seventh movie in a legendary film franchise that dates back to the 1970s. I’m referring, of course, to the “Rocky” series, which will continue with “Creed” on Nov. […]
With the fall TV season off to a rough start, it’s beginning to look like this might be a good time to catch up on older shows. Although I started watching “Hellcats” (2010-11, The CW) on its […]