Rocky Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/rocky/ What to Watch Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:54:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Rocky Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/rocky/ 32 32 REZ BALL https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/rez-ball/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:54:12 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=51725

(Check out Chris Reed’s Rez Ball, movie review. It drops on Netflix Friday, September 27 on Netflix. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Underdog sports movies are nothing new. From Rocky to Hoosiers to The […]

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]]> A Conversation with Thom Zimny (SLY) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/thom-zimny/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:04:16 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=40804

Director Thom Zimny (Western Stars), after a career spent making music videos (mostly for Bruce Springsteen) and music-focused documentaries, now turns his attention to Sylvester Stallone, with his latest, Sly (which I also reviewed). In it, Zimny follows the trajectory […]

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]]> SLY https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/sly/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 00:09:13 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=40735

(Check out Chris Reed’s Sly movie review. The doc drops on Netflix Friday, November 3, 2023. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Born in 1946, Sylvester Stallone has been a global celebrity since 1976, when Rocky, […]

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]]> THE CURBSIDE CRITERION: BLOW OUT https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/blow-out-criterion/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:01:37 +0000 https://www.hammertonail.com/?p=37977

(Here at Hammer to Nail, we are all about true independent cinema. But we also have to tip our hat to the great films of yesteryear that continue to inspire filmmakers and cinephiles alike. This week, Brad Cook looks and […]

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]]> MILLION DOLLAR BABY And The Lost Art of the Metaphor by Noah Buschel https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/noah-buschel-on-million-dollar-baby/ https://www.hammertonail.com/editorial/essays/noah-buschel-on-million-dollar-baby/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:21:58 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=5034 I know a lot of people don’t think much of Million Dollar Baby. The screenwriter was a long time Scientologist and bequeathed on us the atrocity called Crash. There’s a grouchy priest who says wise, grouchy things. And shit, if […]

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