Glass (2019).
*** SPOILER WARNING! *** Some films don’t do as well at the box office as the studios had banked on and yet some often go on to cultivate a large… Continue reading "Glass (2019)."
Author: Neil Gaskin
Carolco Films present. An article by Neil Gaskin. Father to an amazing son, former husband to an ex wife. And he will have his vegetables, in this life or the next. Neil Gaskin is a co-founder of Film89.co.uk & can be found bringing pretty much every subject back to Sylvester Stallone as a regular co-host on the Film 89 Podcast. A traditional man in many ways, he believes it’s not really Christmas Eve until he’s watching Die Hard & plans on leading the resistance against Skynet. A child of the Video Store revolution and a disciple of Rocky Balboa. He’s still got a little left in the basement and fully intends to crash into the next life yelling “Yippee ki-yay”
Follow him on Twitter @neil_gaskin
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Creed (2015).
Creed is perhaps a telling film for me in more ways than one. As a member of the Film ‘89 Team, I will frequently end up in conversations with the… Continue reading "Creed (2015)."
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Rocky Balboa (2006).
Until 1990’s Rocky V, Rocky Balboa had always been the one guy that Sylvester Stallone could rely on to bring him box office success. Whilst the fifth (and that time,… Continue reading "Rocky Balboa (2006)."
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Rocky V (1990).
With the ending to the fourth film all but cementing the legacy of the character of Rocky Balboa as pretty much an unstoppable force, there was apparently nowhere left to… Continue reading "Rocky V (1990)."
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Rocky IV (1985).
After the success of the third chapter in the Rocky saga had proved that there was life beyond the Creed Vs Balboa rivalry, and that audiences were willing to accept… Continue reading "Rocky IV (1985)."
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Rocky III (1982).
With 1979’s Rocky II now seemingly putting an end to the story, the challenge for Sylvester Stallone to somehow continue to carry on with the character that essentially gave him… Continue reading "Rocky III (1982)."
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Rocky II (1979).
After the surprise runaway success of Rocky it was perhaps a forgone conclusion that a sequel would follow and so it did in the form of 1979’s Rocky II. Once… Continue reading "Rocky II (1979)."
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Rocky (1976).
For many, Rocky is a boxing movie. Widely regarded as one of, if not the best in the sub-genre of boxing films, but for me it will always be so… Continue reading "Rocky (1976)."
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Rumours abound that James Gunn may take the reigns of Warner/DC’s Suicide Squad 2.
In what sounds like a prediction uttered by many a comic book movie nerd in reaction to James Gunn being fired by Disney, it now appears that the writer/director of… Continue reading "Rumours abound that James Gunn may take the reigns of Warner/DC’s Suicide Squad 2."
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Jaws actor Richard Dreyfuss thinks that the 1975 classic could benefit from some CGI tinkering.
Here at Film ‘89 we like to think that we’re a pretty amiable bunch who get along but occasionally even we disagree when it comes to our opinions about certain… Continue reading "Jaws actor Richard Dreyfuss thinks that the 1975 classic could benefit from some CGI tinkering."