Author: Craig

“Rocky” One of the Most Powerful

Craig / / 2010, Honors, Rocky

On December 8, 2010, SignOnSanDiego posted Christy Lemire choices for the Five Most Powerful Boxing Movies.  As one would expect, Rocky made the cut and here is why…

  • “Rocky” (1976): Again, from the what-more-can-we-say? department. We went with the first “Rocky” here, tempting as it was to dredge up later installments featuring Mr. T and Dolph Lundgren, because it set the precedent for the franchise. It was the little movie that could, the one that came out of nowhere with no budget and shocked the world by winning the best-picture Oscar over bigger and more traditional contenders: “Network,” “All the President’s Men,” “Bound for Glory” and “Taxi Driver.” Sylvester Stallone wrote the script and starred as the Italian Stallion, Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer who would go on to win the heavyweight championship. As full of cheesy uplift as the ending is, it still sends chills.

To read the full report, click here.

Sly Named to Boxing Hall of Fame

Craig / / 2010, Honors

On June 12, 2011,  Sly Stallone will join Mike Tyson, Julio Caesar Chavez and nine others to be inducted in the Boxing Hall of Fame!  As you can imagine, this is getting a lot of coverage…

Gary Daniels: Sly & The Expendables

Craig / / 2010, Celebs, Expendables, Fan Art, Rambo

The California Chronicle recently interviewed Expendables co-star Gary Daniels.  Here’s a bit of what he had to say about filming with Sly…

  • “Working on The Expendables was definitely a great experience, just to be directed by and work with Sylvester Stallone was truly memorable. Also, getting to work out in the gym with him and to experience his kind of energy was very inspirational…
  • “…Sly is very intense as a director but, because of his energy, he is always moving around the set while giving direction so I found myself really having to keep up with him and payattention. He always had a cigar in his mouth so sometimes it was a little tough to understand, but he is a very physical guy and would often demonstrate what he wanted…
  • “…Who knows if it will be done again? But it takes a man of Sly’s stature to bring it together because everyone respects him in the action genre. When someone such as Stallone, Clint Eastwood or Steven Spielberg calls, you just don’t say no. Will it happen again? I am sure they are already prepping Expendables 2…

To read the full interview go here.

John Beatty: The Expendables

Craig / / 2010, Craig's Sly Art, Expendables

The art above was created by my brother from another mother, John Beatty at our second annual Black “Stallone” Friday.  Last year Big Beatty decided to create a new piece for my Stallone art collection live on U-Stream. This allowed Stallone fans as well as fans of John’s art to watch and interact with us live as John created the piece.  We called it “Black Stallone Friday” and had a blast.

This year, John decided to sweeten the pot with a free, Expendables Blu-Ray giveaway.  We fired up the Beattytron and began broadcasting from the beautiful JBI Studio in downtown Holly Hill a little before 2pm.  The show ran until 9pm — and John still had more to do on the piece.  Along the way we were joined by Shana, Sophie, Mike aka Killer Karl Krupp, Royce, Rob Smith Jr., The Mad Pirate, Husky Courdoroy, and others.  Shana was the lucky winner of the DVD set.

I can’t thank John enough for the art.  As great as it looks on screen, it is even more impressive in person.  John set the bar high and surpassed all expectations.