Rocky IV

Rocky IV

Summary
-In a newly created exhibition match between boxer Apollo Creed and Russian boxer Ivan Drago, Rocky trains the former heavyweight champ. When Rocky sees that Ivan's freakish strength kills Apollo in the ring, he decides to go up against the Russian, who has a freakish 2000 psi punch

Cast
-Sylvester Stallone: Rocky Balboa
-Talia Shire: Adrian
-Burt Young: Paulie
-Carl Weathers: Apollo Creed
-Brigitte Nielsen: Ludmilla
-Tony Burton: Duke
-Michael Pataki: Nicoli Koloff
-Dolph Lundgren: Ivan Drago

Did You Know?
-The robot that appears in the movie was written in after it was discovered that it was used to help Sylvester Stallone's autistic son Seargeoh
-This was the shortest of all the Rocky movies at just 94 minutes
-During their practice boxing session, Sylvester Stallone asked Dolph Lundgren, who plays the Russian boxer Ivan Drago, to "really go at it" like normal boxers. Sylvester Stallone got hit so hard by Dolph Lundgren that his heart slammed up against his breastbone and started swelling, sending his blood pressure above 200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Despite the fact that this film is actor Dolph Lundgren's break out role, which made him famous, his actual first role was as one of General Gogol's bodyguards in A View to a Kill (1985)

Quotes

Assassins

Assassins

Summary
-Robert Rath is an experienced professional hit man who just wants out of the game with no trouble. Miguel Bain is a hot headed young assassin who is bound and determined to do away with the older hitman. Rath must work with a computer hacker named Electra to stop the young Miguel Bain

Cast
-Sylvester Stallone: Robert Rath
-Antonio Banderas: Miguel Bain
-Julianne Moore: Electra
-Anatoli Davydov: Nicolai Tashlinkov

Did You Know?
-Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas reunited for Spy Kids 3, where they played reversed roles-Banderas as the good guy, Stallone as the bad guy. They also appeared together in The Expendables 3

Quotes

Over the Top

Over the Top

Summary
-Lincoln Hawk is a semi truck driver struggling to make ends meet. On the side he arm wrestles to make some extra money. After his wife died, he tries to make amends with the son he left behind 10 years earlier. When they first meet each other, his son does not think too highly of him and his chosen profession. But his son's outlook on him changes when he sees his father compete in the World Armwrestling Championships in Las Vegas. He hopes to win the $100,000 prize, a new semi truck and manages to open his own trucking company

Cast
-Sylvester Stallone: Lincoln Hawk
-Robert Loggia: Jason Cutler
-Susan Blakely: Christina Hawk
-Rick Zumwalt: Bob "Bull" Hurley
-David Mendenhall: Michael Cutler
-Chris McCarty: Tim Salanger

Did You Know?
-John Wetton, lead singer of rock band Asia, sang the song "Winner Takes It All" for the movie. But he felt that his voice was not gritty enough, not "mean" enough, so the song was offered to Sammy Hagar and his version is the one that ends up in the movie

Avenging Angelo

Avenging Angelo

Summary
-After a woman discovers that she is the daughter of a Mafia boss, she seeks revenge on those who killed him with the help of one of his bodyguards, with whom she falls in love

Cast
-Sylvester Stallone: Frankie Delano
-Madeline Stowe: Jennifer Barrett Allieghieri
-Anthony Quinn: Angelo Allighieri
-Raoul Bova: Marcello/Gianni Carboni
-Billy Gardell: Bruno

Did You Know?

May Birthdays

Since it's May, it's time to say Happy Birthday to the following people

Tim McGraw
-Birth name: Samuel Timothy Smith
-DOB: 5/1/1967
-Where: Delhi, Louisiana
-His father Frank McGraw is a famous baseball player

Bono
-Birth name: Paul David Hewson
-DOB: 5/10/1960
-Where: Dublin, Ireland
-His stage name comes from the Latin phrase Bono Vox, which means "good voice"

Natasha Richardson
-Birth name: Natasha Jane Richardson
-DOB: 5/11/1963
-Where: Marylebone, London, England
-DOD: 3/18/2009 (brain hemorrhage)
-Where: New York City, New York
-Mother is Vanessa Redgrave

Cate Blanchett
-Birth name: Catherine Elise Blanchett
-DOB: 5/14/1969
-Where: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
-After completing her scenes as Galadriel in the LOTR series, she bronzed all her elf ear prosthetics

Chow Yun-fat
-DOB: 5/18/1955
-Where: Hong Kong, China
-He is considered unusually tall by Chinese standards. He stands a head taller than his Chinese male and female co-stars

Mike Myers
-Birth name: Michael John Myers
-DOB: 5/25/1963
-Where: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
-His parents, Eric and Alice, were British citizens. This is why Mike Myers carries a British passport and regards himself as British

Ian McKellen
-Birth name: Ian Murray McKellen
-DOB: 5/25/1939
-Where: Burnley, Lancashire, England
-While playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings series, he wore a prosthetic nose

Eric Singer
-Birth name: Eric Doyle Mensinger
-DOB: 5/12/1958
-Where: Cleveland, Ohio
-Likes/owns classic cars and motorcycles

Bill Ward
-Birth name: William Ward
-DOB: 5/5/1948
-Where: Birmingham, England
-The Black Sabbath song N.I.B., which people always thought was Satanic, actually comes from the fact that the other members of Black Sabbath thought that Bill Ward's goatee looked like the nib of a pen

Cher
-Birth name: Cheryl Sarkisian
-DOB: 5/20/1946
-Where: El Centro, California
-Lived with and dated Gene Simmons of KISS for several years during the 1980s

ONE MORE WEEK! ONE MORE WEEK!

That's right! One more week until this year's annual Rock on the Range festival, which happens every year from May 15-17, ever since 2007. I'm really looking forward to this year's lineup, with Judas Priest, Linkin Park and Slipknot as the main headliners and also hoping to find some new music to like. And in the meantime, I'm so psyched to be seeing the Metal Gods, that's right, Judas Priest, in concert. And what will make it so memorable is seeing them with my sister. And also, seeing Linkin Park, one of her favorite bands

Somehow, not too long ago, my sister started listening to Judas Priest. Which surprised me, but then again, my mom thought she'd be the type to listen to them, not me. The song that got her hooked was "Breaking the Law". And also recently, she downloaded my Essential Judas Priest album because she said there were a lot of good songs on it. And of all things, the front cover has an image of the guys. And for some reason, her eyes went immediately to Glenn Tipton, the lead guitarist. She now officially has a crush on him and when we see Judas Priest next month, I have to point out who's who on stage, including hew new crush, Glenn. It may have been a mistake letting her look at the front of the CD, lol. Maybe my sister has a thing for blondes? LMAO! All I know is, if she has a thing for blondes who play guitar, then she's really gonna flip when she sees Richie Faulkner, who is blonde and plays guitar!