Our POW [Picture of the Week] this week is Sly and Dave Bautista from Escape Plan 2: Hades. Click on the image to see a larger version! – Craig
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
- Sly’s Official Instagram: Rest in peace Terry Funk. A great wrestler, a witty man, and tough…
- THR: Sylvester Stallone to Keynote Toronto Film Festival
- Deadline: Sylvester Stallone To Talk Career At Toronto ‘In Conversation With…’ Event
- MovieWeb: Sylvester Stallone’s Most Iconic Movie Quotes
- Collider: The Old Blood Rules Supreme in ‘Expend4bles’ Posters
- Flickering Myth: Rambo: First Blood Part II John Rambo sixth scale figure unveiled…
- ComicBook: Expendables 4 Gets New Trailer
- Collider: ‘Expend4bles’ Takes Out the Trash in Bone-Crunching New Red Band Trailer
- GeekTyrant: Red-Band Trailer For Sly Stallone’s EXPEND4BLES Brings All The Action…
- ComicBook: Expendables 4 Character Posters Highlight the Action-Packed Cast
- SR: Expendables 4 Trailer Gets Ultraviolent To Celebrate Being “Definitely Rated R”
- Collider: ‘EXPEND4BLES: Release Date, Cast, Rating, and Everything We Know So Far
- DigitalFix: Sylvester Stallone tried to be Superman once, but wasn’t allowed
- ET: ‘Expend4bles’: Sly Stallone, Jason Statham, Megan Fox & More…
“The Family Stallone”: Season 1 (2023) / Z-View
The Family Stallone: Season 1 (2023)
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Flavin-Stallone, Sophia Rose Stallone, Sistine Rose Stallone, Scarlet Rose Stallone, Frank Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Vincent Piazza and Al Pacino.
Tagline: None.
The Plot…
The Family Stallone gives us a peek at the life of, you guessed it, the Stallone family: Sly, Jennifer, Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
Season 1 feature eight episodes here are thoughts and highlights of each…
S1.E1 ∙ Meet the Stallones: We get a peak behind the scenes on Tulsa King. The girls pull a prank on Sly that looks to set him off!
S1.E2 ∙ The Currency of Time: Sly realizes the clock is ticking and nothing is more valuable than time and how you spend it. The girls visit Uncle Frank’s house. Any time Frank is on, expect great tv. I’d love a tour of his house since it contains so much memorabilia and cool items. A reality show with Frank would be out of control.
S1.E3 ∙ Leaving the Nest: The Focus for this episode is on Scarlet (who is heading off to college) and Jennifer who is suffering from empty nest syndrome.
S1.E4 ∙ The Show must Go On: Scarlet and her boyfriend break up and the girls worry how she’ll take it. Sly heads to Atlantic City with Frank who will be performing. Right before showtime, Frank gets unexplained nose bleeds. (I wish we got more of Sly & Frank in Atlantic City.)
S1.E5 ∙ Unwaxed and Unfiltered: Scarlet and Sly head to Oklahoma for their roles in Tulsa King. I love the behind-the-scenes stuff for the series. Frank, who admits he’s never watched Sistine & Sophia’s Unwaxed podcast, wants to be featured on an episode. The girls have some concerns because you never know what Frank may say and they don’t want any blowback. Sly encourages them to have Frank on since he’s family.
S1.E6 ∙ The Stallones Go West: Sophia was born with a hole in her heart and it’s time for her annual check-up. It’s a reality check to see that there are some things that fame and fortune can’t control.
S1.E7 ∙ Green Light Fight: Sophia is working on a novel. Sistine sells her first script for a horror movie. Sister drama ensues.
S1.E8 ∙ Philadelphia Story: Sly wants a family trip to Philadelphia, but Scarlet has just started college and doesn’t want to leave for the weekend.
I’m not a fan of most reality shows. Truth be told if this wasn’t about Sly and his family, my interest level wouldn’t be near as high. It’s cool to see Sly hanging out for pizza with Al Pacino, visiting Arnold’s office, Sly’s office and the Stallone house. The affection that the Stallone’s have for each other is evident.
Bring on Season 2!
The Family Stallone: Season 1 (2023) earns 5 of 5 stars.
POW: “This Is Us”
Our POW [Picture of the Week] this week is Sly from This Is Us. Click on the image to see a larger version! – Craig
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
- Sly’s Official Instagram: Always great meeting nice young people ! Keep Punching
- SCS: Sly Stallone Once Planned on Killing Off Rambo in the Last Film
- ScreenRant: How Old Sylvester Stallone Is In Every Expendables Movie
- Express: Sylvester Stallone shares tribute to ‘incredible wife’
- TDF: Today’s the most tragic day in the Rocky movies
- MovieWeb: Why Rambo: First Blood Is Still the Best Movie About the Consequences of War
- Daily Mail: Sylvester Stallone wishes spouse of 26 years Jennifer Flavin a happy birthday!
- People: Sylvester Stallone Wishes ‘Incredible’ Wife Jennifer Flavin a Happy Birthday
- Collider: ’First Blood’s Explosions and Gunfire Aren’t What Make It an Action Classic
- Collider: How Stallone Proved He Is an Underrated Screenwriter With This Franchise
Clever “First Blood” Alt Poster by Christopher Shy!
Christopher Shy has created an interesting alt poster for First Blood. I like how Shy gives us insight into Rambo’s mind after learning his friend died from Agent Orange and then being harassed by Teasle. Everything around Rambo is either memories or disjointed/fractured. Well done, Christopher Shy!
Amazing Alt “Rocky” Poster by Krzysztof Domaradzki!
Krzysztof Domaradzki created this amazing alt Rocky poster. As Mickey would say, “It’s a thing of beauty.” You can see more of Domaradzki’s awesome art at his website. I’d plan to stay awhile.
POW: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.”
Our POW [Picture of the Week] this week is behind-the-scenes shot of Sly and Chris Sullivan from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Click on the image to see a larger version! – Craig
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week
Sly and the Family Stallone News for the Week:
- Sly’s Official Instagram: …great afternoon with my very, very long time friend Henry Winkler.
- Daily Mail: How Sly Stallone triggered one of Hollywood’s longest-running feuds…
- SR: 15 Actors That Never Escaped Their Most Famous Characters
- TDF: This is a bad week for Sylvester Stallone, in nine years time
- The Wrap: Sylvester Stallone Documentary ‘Sly’ to Close 2023 Toronto Film Festival
- Deadline: TIFF Closing Night Gala Is Netflix Sylvester Stallone Docu ‘Sly’
- Variety: Sylvester Stallone Documentary ‘Sly’ to Close Toronto Film Festival
- Insider: Sly Stallone’s daughters — what you should know about Sophia, Sistine, & Scarlet
- EW: TIFF 2023 – Nickelback & Sly Stallone documentaries, Anna Kendrick’s serial killer film
- THR: Sylvester Stallone Netflix Doc ‘Sly’ to Close Toronto Film Festival
- Coming Soon: Sly: Sylvester Stallone Netflix Documentary to Close TIFF 2023
- JoBlo: SLY documentary about Sly Stallone will close out the Toronto Film Festival
Sly Stallone as Jack Carter by Gary Shipman!
Gary Shipman is a self taught artist and writer. Shipman has been nominated for Eisner, Harvey and Russ Manning awards. When I saw that Gary Shipman was regularly doing sketchcard (and other) commissions on WhatNot, I decided to try to get one. As you can see above from Shipman’s riff on Sly Stallone as Jack Carter, I succeeded.
You can see more of Gary Shipman’s art at his webpage, his Instagram page and on his Whatnot stream.