“Rocky” Getting 50th Anniversary Limited Theatrical Release Plus Sneak Peak of “I Play Rocky”

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Rocky, the Academy-award winning best picture, will be returning to theaters this November to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film’s release.

This limited release will feature a 4K version of the original film plus an exclusive look at the upcoming Sylvester Stallone biographical feature, I Play Rocky directed by Peter (Green Book) Farrelly, with an introduction from the I Play Rocky cast.

Finally a film to get me back into a theater!  For more details check out…

Rocky Will Receive 50th Anniversary 4K Run In Theaters at Bleeding Cool.

Talk About a Stranger (1952) starring George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Bill Gray, Lewis Stone and Kurt Kasnar / Z-View

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Talk About a Stranger (1952)

Director: David Bradley

Screenplay: Margaret Fitts; story by Charlotte Armstrong

Stars: George Murphy, Nancy Davis, Billy Gray, Lewis Stone, Kurt Kasznar, Kathleen Freeman and Stanley Andrews.

Tagline:  It Sends Chills Down Your Spine!

The Plot…

A mysterious man who has moved into a remote house that had sat abandoned gets on the wrong side of a twelve year old boy.  The child decides to make the man’s life hell.

And does.

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

The boy’s parents sure give him a lot of freedom!  Of course it was a different time.

Talk About a Stranger (1952) rates 3 of 5 stars.

“Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War” starring John Krasinski – The Poster and Trailer are Here!

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I like the poster and trailer for Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War.  Hopefully the movie will be as good.

Deal me in.

No operation stays dark forever.

Stream Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War, May 20 on Prime Video.

When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.

“Tin Soldier” (2025) starring Scott Eastwood, John Leguizamo, Jamie Foxx and Robert De Niro / Z-View

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Tin Soldier (2025)

Director: Brad Furman

Screenplay: Brad Furman, Jess Fuerst, Pablo Fenjves; story by Brad Furman, Jess Fuerst

Stars: Scott Eastwood, John Leguizamo, Nora Arnezeder, Jamie Foxx, Rita Ora, and Robert De Niro.

Tagline: None.

The Plot…

The Bokushi aka Leon K. Prudhomme is a cult leader up to bad things.  Emmanuel Ashburn recruits Nash Cavanaugh, a former soldier with PTSD, to infiltrate Bokushi’s cult.

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Who would have thought that a movie starring Scott Eastwood, Jamie Foxx, Robert De Niro and John Leguizamo could be terrible.  I tapped out after just 25 minutes.

Tin Soldier (2025) rates 1 of 5 stars.

“The Outpost” (2019) starring Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry-Jones and Orlando Bloom / Z-View

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The Outpost (2019)

Director: Rod Lurie

Screenplay: Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson; based on  THE OUTPOST: AN UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICAN VALOR by Jake Tapper

Stars: Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Jack Kesy, Cory Hardrict, Milo Gibson, Jacob Scipio, Taylor John Smith, Jonathan Yunger and Orlando Bloom,.

Tagline: The mission was survival.

The Plot…

During the war in Afghanistan, Camp Keating, a US army base is situated in a valley surrounded on all sides by steep mountains.  It is the absolute worst location to defend.

So when hundreds of Taliban soldiers attack from all sides… the mission becomes survival.

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

The lead actors in the film played real soldiers who survived the actual battle.  Some of the background soldiers were actual soldiers.

Stars Scott Gibson and Milo Gibson are the sons of Clint Eastwood and Mel Gibson.

The Outpost (2019) rates 4 of 5 stars.

“Brother Orchid” (1940) starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Southern and Humphrey Bogart / Z-View

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Brother Orchid (1940)

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Screenplay: Earl Baldwin; Jerry Wald (uncredited); Richard Macaulay (uncredited); based on Brother Orchid by Richard Connell

Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy, Cecil Kellaway, John Ridgely and Tom Tyler.

Tagline: Not Since “A Slight Case of Murder” has there been such a hysterical homicide, such mad mirth!

The Plot…

Little John Sarto rose from the streets to become head of a crime syndicate.  He’s rich.  People fear him, but he doesn’t want that.  Sarto craves to be respected.  To have… class.

So Sarto suddenly decides to give up his life of crime and become a gentleman of leisure.  Sarto turns his syndicate over to his second in command, John Buck.  He tells his girlfriend, Flo that he’s going to Europe and he’ll see her when he returns.

Things don’t go as planned in Europe.  Every move Sarto makes is a bad one.  He loses money on every deal.  Five years pass and Sarto is broke.  So he heads back to the states where he plans to regain control of his syndicate, and hook back up with Flo.

But it’s been five years.

Flo still loves Sarto, but thought he’d left for good.  So she has a new man.  John Buck and the crew felt abandoned when Sarto left.  Buck isn’t going to give up control of the gang.  So he puts out a hit on Sarto.

Sarto is caught off-guard and barely escapes with his life.  He finds himself injured and outside of a monastery.  The monks don’t recognize the infamous crime boss and take him in.  Sarto plans to stay there until he heals…

… then he will get his revenge.

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Brother Orchid is one of five films that Robinson and Bogart made together.  It is the only one where neither of them is killed.

Brother Orchid (1940) rates 4 of 5 stars.

The Marvel Creator Collection No. 2: “Whatever Happened to Scorpio?”: The Complete Jim Steranko at Marvel!

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Steranko fans are going to love The Marvel Creator Collection No. 2: “Whatever Happened to Scorpio?”: The Complete Jim Steranko at Marvel (The Fantagraphics Marvel Creators Collection).  Here’s the lowdown…

Collected here for the first time, in a visually striking two-volume set, are the complete works of Jim Steranko at Marvel, the art and stories that dazzled readers and redefined what comic books were capable of.

Schooled in Golden Age comics, Steranko (born under the sign of Scorpio) merged pulp heroism with modern, cinematic graphic design in a way that transformed the look of Marvel’s Captain America, X-Men, Daredevil, and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.  His late-1960s run on S.H.I.E.L.D. was the essence of cool, distilling the era’s spy boom into a new level of sophisticated comic-book storytelling.

It’s all here: all the stories (including his sole foray into the romance genre), all the cover art (including Fantastic Four, Supernatural Thrillers, Incredible Hulk Special, Shanna the She-Devil, and his variant covers for Black Panther, Civil War II, and Avengers Standoff), even his illustrations for the Marvelmania and FOOM fanzines. Every thrilling moment of the unique aesthetic marriage between Steranko and Marvel has been assembled in one place for the first time, in a gorgeously designed two-volume hardcover slipcase set.

Full color illustrations throughout

This massive beauty will clock in at 504 pages when it drops on October 13, 2026.  Pre-orders are available now.

The Marvel Creator Collection No. 2: “Whatever Happened to Scorpio?”: The Complete Jim Steranko at Marvel.

“Carrie” Alt Poster by Stephen Andrade!

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Check out this cool alt poster for Carrie by Stephen Andrade.

I saw Carrie when it was first released. It was at a midnight showing.  I’d read the Stephen King novel and thought the movie was an excellent adaptation.

In the final scene (which I wasn’t expecting) I jumped so high I felt I might go over the back of my seat.  Needless to say it wasn’t my coolest moment.  Thankfully my date jumped as well and was so focused on the screen she didn’t realize my reaction.  I hope.

“They’re all gonna laugh at you!” – Carrie’s Mother