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Why Oscar (1991) Deserves a Second Look as Sylvester Stallone’s Best Comedy
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Sylvester Stallone's 1991 comedy Oscar, directed by John Landis, is actually pretty good.
Oscar
- Theatrical - Wide 1991-04-26
- Cast Sylvester Stallone Ornella Muti Don Ameche Peter Riegert
- Directed by John Landis
- Written by Michael Barrie Jim Mulholland
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Angelo “Snaps” Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his... See more promise. He is faced with numerous problems: henchmen who know nothing but crime, the police who are convinced he is hatching a master plan, and Oscar, who has just got his daughter pregnant.
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Sylvester Stallone and his Tulsa King co-stars pick their favorite Stallone movies
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Sylvester Stallone and several of his Tulsa King co-stars pick their favorite Stallone movies, including Rocky and Cop Land
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Rhinestone, Oscar & Stop or My Mom Will Shoot: Stallone Comedies Revisited
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Trailer and poster for Blancanieves, a spanish-language 1920’s set Snow White tale
Posted 13 years ago
Until today, I’d never heard of this film, but after seeing the trailer for BLANCANIEVES I am very intrigued. Set in 1920’s Seville, Spain and using the sport of bullfighting as its central theme, the black-and-white, Spanish-language film looks like...
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The Best 5 James Bond 007 Video Games Ranked
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Weekend Box Office Update: Super Mario Galaxy still shining with $30M while Lee Cronin’s The Mummy wraps up a $13M debut
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