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Aug 27, 2008 | Kansas.com

Pop culture Q&A: Movies try to create buzz with earlier release

Question: Movies used to come out on Saturday. Then Friday. Now it's Wednesday. What gives? Answer: There are still plenty of movies that open on Friday.

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Mon Aug 11, 2008

The Courier-Journal

TV on DVD

'Centennial Miniseries' -- This 1978 NBC epic from the heyday of miniseries, which adapted James Michener's novel chronicling two centuries of life in what becomes a Colorado town, ran 26 hours.

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Related Topix: Robert Conrad, Sharon Gless, Centennial, Entertainment, Television, Barbara Carrera

Mon Jul 28, 2008

Hollywood.com

Michael Hayden

The boyishly handsome Hayden earned rave reviews in 1993 headlining the London revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel". The following year, he repeated the role of Billy Bigelow in the Lincoln Center ...

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Murder One, In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy, Laura Leighton

Sat Jul 26, 2008

DVD Verdict

Dirty Money

Our review of Un Flic , published October 10th, 2001, is also available. "The only feelings mankind has ever inspired in policemen are those of indifference or derision." - Francois Eugene Vidocq With Richard ...

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Tue Jul 22, 2008

DVD Verdict

Dirty Money

Our review of Un Flic , published October 10th, 2001, is also available. "The only feelings mankind has ever inspired in policemen are those of indifference or derision." - Francois Eugene Vidocq With Richard ...

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Sun Jul 06, 2008

Entertainment Insiders

Sand Pebbles, The

You'd better pop an extra bowl of popcorn. You're going to be here a while. A three-hour epic that falls into the category of "they don't make 'em like this anymore," The Sand Pebbles is a military epic that ...

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Related Topix: Steve McQueen, Mako

Mon Jun 30, 2008

DVD Verdict

The Sand Pebbles

Judge Dave Ryan hates it when he gets sand pebbles in his shoe. "Hello, engine. I'm Jake Holman." When Fox released its 1966 epic The Sand Pebbles in a special collector's edition format last year, you knew it ...

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Related Topix: Steve McQueen, Western, Drama, Junior Bonner, Comedy Movies

Tue May 27, 2008

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

DVDs

Since drawing First Blood in 1982, John Rambo, a taciturn, nihilistic Vietnam vet who favors a bow and arrow and a knife over modern weaponry, became the ultimate symbol of action-movie excess.

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Related Topix: Sylvester Stallone, Video Games

Thu May 15, 2008

Independent Weekly

First Blood; more

Raleigh First Blood Brier Creek and North Hills Theaters - Action movie fans beware: The one-night-only revival of 1982's First Blood isn't the same as Rambo: First Blood Part II , the action thriller that gave ... via Independent Weekly

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Related Topix: Sylvester Stallone, Brian Dennehy, Pittsboro, NC, Durham, NC

Thu Apr 24, 2008

IGN DVD

Sand Pebbles Crush Blu-ray

On June 3, 2008, MGM Home Entertainment will release The Sand Pebbles on Blu-ray. The classic war drama is mostly known for its heavy performances, including from Steve McQueen, and it will contain bonus ... via IGN DVD

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Related Topix: Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Mako

Fri Feb 08, 2008

Telegraph.co.uk

Indiana Jones versus Rambo

“First Blood', 'Rambo: First Blood Part II”

Two towering movie icons are heading back to the big screen - 20 years after their original action-packed adventures. via Telegraph.co.uk

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Related Topix: Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Action, Rambo: First Blood Part II

Wed Jan 30, 2008

The Beaufort Gazette

POP: Greatest movie mullets ever

Submitted by poppulse on Mon, 2008-01-28 15:24. Here's this week's box office top 10: 1. "Meet the Spartans," 18.7 million 2. "Rambo," $18.2 million 3. "27 Dresses," $13.6 million 4. "Cloverfield," $12.7 ... via The Beaufort Gazette

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Related Topix: National Treasure, Action, Adventure

Tue Jan 29, 2008

ScrippsNews

Rambo franchise a winner from the start

“Many prominent actors and directors, including Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen, Nick Nolte, Michael Douglas, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, had passed on it for one reason or another”

Imagine how different the film franchise might have looked with Al Pacino or Michael Douglas as John Rambo, a Vietnam vet stitching a cut in his own biceps. via ScrippsNews

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Related Topix: Sylvester Stallone, Sport, Drama, Action, Rocky, Rambo: First Blood Part II

Mon Jan 28, 2008

FilmStew

The Kingdom of the Caricatured Numbskull

Back to basics for Ford after the K-19 debacle Even though Harrison Ford is older than Sylvester Stallone and his big jungle action adventure franchise predates Sly's , it is Stallone who has been largely ... via FilmStew

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Related Topix: Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Lucas, Comedy Movies, Drama

Rotten Tomatoes

Total Recall: Journey to the Center of Rambo

“Stallone's dogged tale of survival seems so fresh you'd swear it was made last week...except for the sad truth that they don't make 'em like that anymore.”

This week, Sly Stallone revives one of his most iconic characters. In Rambo , John Rambo is back , after a short twenty year break. via Rotten Tomatoes

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Related Topix: Thriller, Drama, Action, First Blood, Movie Reviews

Sun Jan 27, 2008

HeraldTribune.com

Older 'Rambo' still on rampage

“My Favorite Year": "I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!”

Since drawing "First Blood" in 1982, John Rambo, a taciturn, nihilistic Vietnam vet who favors a bow and arrow and knife over modern weaponry , became the ultimate symbol of action-movie excess. via HeraldTribune.com

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Related Topix: Video Games, Drama, Action, Thriller, First Blood

Sat Jan 26, 2008

Hampton Roads Daily Press

After nearly 20 years, Rambo is back

“I could have killed them all. I could have killed you. In town, you are the law. Out here, it's me. Don't push it. Or I'll give you a war you won't believe.”

It worked with "Rocky." Sylvester Stallone went back to that film franchise after a 16-year hiatus to make the 2006 release "Rocky Balboa." Now, Stallone is going back to the only other film franchise that has ... via Hampton Roads Daily Press

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Related Topix: Sylvester Stallone, Sport, Drama, Action, Rocky, The Rambo's, Folk, Entertainment

Fri Jan 25, 2008

KansasCity.com

GRAMPO! At 61, Rambo is in fighting form, but does America still care?

John Rambo tries to live in solitary retirement in Thailand - until missionaries get kidnapped across the border in Myanmar. via KansasCity.com

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Related Topix: Sylvester Stallone, Action, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Drama, Thriller, First Blood

Thu Jan 24, 2008

Montreal Gazette

Archive: Review of Rambo: First Blood

Published:A 7 hours ago This review originally appeared in the Gazette on Oct. 23, 1982: First Blood Rating: Two stars Playing at: Loews, Van Horne, Dorval, Greenfield, Laval Directed by: Ted Kotcheff; ... via Montreal Gazette

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Related Topix: Sylvester Stallone, Sport, Drama, Action, Rocky, Thriller, First Blood

Detroit News

Movie may give him new relevance -- or just blow things up

“What you choose to call Hell, he calls home”

John Rambo, that muscle-bound, monosyllabic relic of 1980s action movies, returns to screens Friday in "Rambo," his first on-screen adventure in 20 years. via Detroit News

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Related Topix: Sylvester Stallone, Crime Movies, Action, Judge Dredd, Science Fiction Movies, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Drama, Thriller, First Blood

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