Convoy (1978) – Review

If someone grabbed me while I was walking down the street and suddenly demanded to know the best and easiest way to describe Convoy, Sam

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Blood Beach (1981) – Review

Blood Beach aficionados would probably “um, actually” my lumping in of 1980’s Jaws wannabe Blood Beach into the killer animals genre and I’m loathe to

Rocky II (1979) – Review

Back in 1979 sequels weren’t exactly the booming business it is now (example: pretty much every franchise ever made INCLUDING this one) but Sylvester Stallone

Rocky (1976) – Review

Regardless of which sport manages to float your boat (including boating), surely the most cinematic sport of them all must surely be boxing: a literal

Rocky Balboa (2006) – Review

There’s a bit fairly late in this, the sixth movie in the Rocky franchise, that perfectly encapsulates what it was like to watch this movie

Rocky V (1990) – Review

After the fist pumping, USA chanting, cartoony foolishness of his fourth outing, the powers that be decided that maybe it was time to reign Rocky

Rocky III (1982) – Review

At some point in the life of a franchise that started off gritty and achieved the devoted love of an audience, there’s an inevitable change

Rocky IV (1985) – Review

In no sane world does Rocky IV get more than 2 stars…Oh sure, a less gritty, more blockbuster approach to “Robert” Balboa’s boxing career had