Thirsty For More - Movie Review

You guessed it: Judge Dredd (1995) has aged poorly. Stallone ruins it to a degree. However this movie does have an all star cast! Some great future production design! Lots of fun, little kid gadgets and devices. It definitely hit a lot of the fun nostalgia notes. The problem is it just wants to be a repeat of Demolition Man, but doesn't quite live up to that or the source material of the comics. T...

The Specialist is a movie full of intrigue and explosions. Specifically plastique. Stallone is a plastique expert in this movie. And he gets hired by Sharon Stone to kill a bunch of guys but it turns out there are some lies and deception in this steamy sexy thriller. Listen to the brothers describe this erotic thriller in detail in this hilarious episode. Great cast including Eric Roberts and Jame...

Demolition Man is the episode we've all been waiting for! Join the modern day culture war led by Simon Phoenix and John Spartan. Wesley Snipes and Sly are both at the top of their game in this futuristic speculative sci-fi masterpiece. Sandra Bullock is amazing in it as the quirky goofball side character. The cast is totally stellar. Directed by Marko Brambillia, an interesting conceptual artist a...

This is it: Cliffhanger! The episode everyone has been waiting for! We are now in the truly most Pantheon Stallone territory. Best peak Stallone! firing on all cylinders! Leila joins the bros for an all sibling blow out. The episode also features our very first trivia specific "How Did You Guest!?" Resident climber and friendly hippy neighbour Adam hops on to the episode to give some fascinating b...

Oscar is a John Landis directed movie. Starring Sly. and... it's not good. For a number of reasons. The movie is an adaptation of a play and it probably should have stayed a play. The brothers have a very brief and fun discussion about this farcical comedy of errors with an all star cast!

Rarely do the bros break chronology to talk about a movie! Lock Up is prison Stallone. It has many classic prison movie tropes and lots of great character actors that the bros gleefully discuss. What the movie lacks in writing is made up for with heart. Upon finishing the conversation Aleks makes the suggestion for the brothers to cover Brawl In Cell Block 99 for the bonus show.

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is a legendarily bad movie. It has some major tonal and chemistry problems, but it is not without its merits! Estelle Getty is pretty hilarious and does a lot to carry this movie. This episode also serves to catalogue this very specific time in the respective careers or Arnold and Sly. A legendary rivalry captured in varies clips strewn across the internet... all in one...

Forget absolutely everything you know about Rocky V! Once again back with another controversial Rocky take. Part IV was bad and part V is... GOOOD! Maybe even great. The gang all thoroughly enjoyed this maligned would be classic. Rocky V has a Creed kind of vibe. They lean into the drama of the story telling. The movie reads as a melodrama and ends up doing so much to push the Rocky narrative forw...

A hilarious and unruly episode! Recorded with the gang all back together in one room. Leila joins the brothers as the resident Kurt Russell Stan and expert. The gang discusses Tango and Cash's lack of onscreen chemistry and how this movie plays out like a video game. This is probably the most little kid Stallone we've seen yet! Which is probably this was the movie the bros thought of as one of the...

Rambo III is outrageous. The geopolitics of this film are simultaneously really naive and total propaganda "rah rah" American individualism and exceptionalism. The movie is yet another sequel struggling under the weight of its own mythology. Leila joins the brothers to pan this ridiculous movie while also acknowledging some of the pantheon scenes and merits. Not one to miss! Join us on Patreon: ht...

Over The Top is an outrageous movie about arm wrestling! It's about Stallone who is a deadbeat father who reconnects with his son with a cheap shitty move in arm wrestling that is basically cheating. Trashy movie junkie and Drag Me to the Movies curator: Weird Alice joins the brothers to talk about this rowdy romp. Join us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/thirstyformore Stay safe and get vaxxed! Tel...

Never has the coolness of a movie cover so adequately lived up to up to the action in the movie. If you want to know what kind of movie Cobra is just google the cover. Hint it's amazing. Friend of the show Keenan joins the brothers for this delicious cut of Stallone. Pantheon Stallone! Get into it! Join us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/thirstyformore Stay safe and get vaxxed! Tell a fellow movie...

Rocky IV: Rocky single handedly takes on communism and defeats it. The bros were seriously disappointed with this classic film, but had a fucking blast talking about it nonetheless. Once again Kays was unable to join the bros for this conversation however he leaves the audience with a wonderful message RE: this movie. What more to say about this movie? Just listen to the ep Join us on Patreon: htt...

Rambo: First Blood Part 2 is an action movie with an identity crisis. The real battle happens between the film's two credited writers: Sly and Jimmy Cameron. This movie doesn't ever fully commit to what it wants to be or what it wants to comment on, instead choosing to lean heavily on signs and signifiers of good and evil. A far cry from the morally amorphous, deep and intense emotional exploratio...

Happy New Year everyone! Thirsty For More is back with another year in review! The brothers have a free form conversation about some of the coolest media they consumed in the year 2021! Next week on Jan 16th the brothers will be discussing My Step Mother Is An Alien as a live episode streamed on instagram. Join us! Join us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/thirstyformore Stay safe and get vaxxed! Tel...

Rhinestone is such an interesting outlier in the Stallone cannon in that it is basically a musical and fully a Dolly Parton vehicle. A classic fish out of water story with some zany and silly twists! Dolly radiates in this role. She is compelling every moment she is on screen and her voice is pristine. Not to mention the 18 track soundtrack she wrote for this movie which is fantastic. Really this...

Rambo the icon does a great disservice to Rambo the main character from First Blood - a fascinating portrayal of a Vietnam war vet and the depths of PTSD along with a full throated critique of authoritative over reaching structures of power. It's a riveting and gripping adventure movie with realistic high stakes and it coupled with such a compelling dramatic story of a hurt and damaged human. Beau...

Rocky III continues the familiar in-world movie trope of beginning the film with the glorious ending of the last film. At this time in 1982 we get an interesting parallel where both the character of Rocky and Stallone the actor have transcended into super stardom and this movie sort of winks at the audience a bit with some knowing internal Rocky universe acknowledgments. Kays returns to Rocky anal...

Nighthawks is a gritty cop drama with an international terrorist twist. Originally intended to be part 3 of The French Connection this film has an amazing breakout Rutger Hauer performance and an ok Sly performance with excellent back up by Billy Dee. It is a strange movie tonally. Never quite gets there, but somehow manages to be gripping until the very end. Get into it!!! Join us on Patreon: htt...

Rocky II picks up right where the first Rocky left off. Anything that is lost in the calculated money making decision to create a franchise based on this beloved underdog is made up for by the competent direction and storytelling of Stallone. The stakes are interestingly raised because in the first film Rocky and it was about his hunger to prove himself. This film hits us with an economic reality...

Paradise Alley is a weird 70s movie written and directed by Sly. This is when he was still trying to be Pacino. Also it’s all about 3 brothers. And fans of the show know that we love brothers. It’s an unusual and zany film that works really well despite some tonal problems. The premise is that three working class Italian American brothers are trying to make it in 1940’s NYC. Very fun episode! Join...

A massive episode! The 100th episode of T4M and the start of our latest season: Stallone Cuts. What better way to start than with Rocky? Executive Producer and deep friend of the show Kays Vanderest is back to help set the stage for the Sly Szn. In typical T4M fashion the gang discusses the deep nuances and social implications laid out in this revered Hollywood classic. So join us for the biggest...

Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a mess. Everyone knows it. The CGI is weird, the anthropomorphic animals are off putting and we have the inter-dimensional beings fiasco. However this movie does a lot of things right: the casting, performances and stunts are all great. This more modern iteration goes to great lengths to maintain the integrity of the character of Indy and it is...

Last Crusade is the best one. The movie and franchise are enriched by the complex father/son relationship that is effortlessly woven into the search for the holy grail. Some might even say that the holy grail turns out to be their rekindled relationship. Jam packed with all the delightful things you've come to know and love: outrageous impressions, nostalgic brotherly love, attempts at intersectio...

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is the most racist Indy film. By far. So much so that it was banned in India when it was released. And rightfully so. But it has some classic beloved characters in the trio of Indy, Shortround and Willie. There are some redeeming qualities as this movie is well directed and fun. It plays out almost like a video game with non-stop action and fun. But it is extre...