In Media Res

Search results

• In Media Res
  

  Your Legacy is More Than a Name: Creed and the Resurrection of the Boxing Film

  By

  Rebecca Sheehan United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney

  April 20, 2016

  5 comments

  needed or expected to win. What mattered was that he could “go the distance,” that he would know finally, ...
• In Media Res
  

  “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed

  By

  Glen Donnar RMIT University

  April 18, 2016

  9 comments

  “If I fight, you fight”: Sly Stallone and the aged action star’s triumphant submission in Creed Sylvester Stallone Rocky masculinity boxing film ageing action stardom 80s action Curator's Note The training montage is a genre staple of the boxing film ...
• In Media Res
  

  Pepe el Toro versus Rocky Balboa: Navigating Mexican Cinema on YouTube

  By

  Misha MacLaird Independent Scholar

  November 20, 2014

  himself out of financial debt. At first comically inept, Pepe manages to win several fights, and the film ...
• In Media Res
  

  The Body That Can't Win

  By

  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  August 13, 2010

  5 comments

  The Body That Can't Win The Expendables the body Stallone Rocky Rambo masculinity action ... seems, just can’t win.   ...