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OSU football as superheroes Peyton Little Staff Reporter Superheroes are often depicted as larger-than-life characters saving the day using unheard of feats of strength, crazy super powers or quick wits. While none of them have actual superpowers, the Oklahoma State football team has quite a bit in common with superheroes. They both fight for a cause they believe is good, put-on athletic performances and compete with a true fighting spirit. Here are just a few OSU football athletes and who their superhero counterpart would be.
Courtesy of Tribune News Service After Roe vs. Wade is overturned on June 24, Dr. Alan Braid informs people inside the waiting room of Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio that his clinic can no longer provide abortion services.
Supreme Court overturns Roe. vs Wade Gina Ferazzi Los Angeles Times
My assignment was to illustrate a story on how blue states might receive an influx of abortion patients from neighboring red states after Roe v. Wade was overturned. That’s why I was in New Mexico last Thursday, when many thought the Supreme Court would issue its ruling. I had emailed two clinics, including the doctors who worked there. After many email exchanges, the Center for Reproductive Health at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque agreed to let me come. The doctors and staff welcomed me, granting me more access than I had expected. I arrived at 8 a.m. with Elizabeth Gibson, my escort from the university, waiting for me in the parking lot. I soon met a new family physician and other medical staff. What unfolded over that day and the next embody the challenges of being a photojournalist in such situations — how to portray reality accurately but compassionately, preserving some privacy for subjects in their most personal and vulnerable moments. Within a few minutes, I was able to photograph a 25-year-old patient during her ultrasound procedure. Though she didn’t want her face shown, the photos are intimate and tell a story. At 8:31 a.m. my phone began to vibrate. I looked down at the caller ID, and it was our Houston bureau chief Molly Hennessy-Fiske on the line. “I think I can get us into an
abortion clinic in San Antonio, Texas, tomorrow,” she said. In a whispered tone, I said, “We need to go.” We didn’t know when the Supreme Court would issue its ruling. Nothing was certain. I was thinking to myself how important and historic it would be to be inside a clinic when the decision came down, especially in a red state. I put my phone into my back pocket and quickly headed back to the staff work area, where I photographed the doctor and her resident viewing an ultrasound of a 39-yearold woman who was seeking an abortion. The woman already had four children. The woman agreed to let me photograph her procedure without revealing her identity. I entered the exam room, where 1980s music was playing softly through ceiling speakers. The room was dark except for the small and bright exam room light. I wanted to capture the mood of the one light source, so I adjusted the ISO on my camera; that controls the amount of light let in. I stood at the back of the room. The angle did not reveal the woman’s identity. The doctor and her resident worked in tandem as a nurse assisted during the procedure. “Are you doing OK?” the doctor asked the patient on the exam table. The woman acknowledged by nodding her head, yes. At one point, the nurse held the patient’s hand and gently rubbed her head. My Apple Watch began to vibrate. “I need to leave soon,” said the text message from Gibson, my escort inside the clinic. She was
waiting outside the exam room. “Do you mind if I stay in here 5 more mins and maybe Angela can escort me out?” I wrote back. “Unfortunately, that’s not the policy. I have to be with you,” she replied “3 more minutes, okay?” I wanted to stay until the end of the woman’s procedure, but after 3 minutes I tiptoed out of the room. I got in my rental car and drove to a shady parking spot. I needed to get confirmation that I had permission to photograph inside the Texas clinic the next morning — and find a way to get there that night. I left a voicemail for the Andrea Gallegos, executive director of the clinic in San Antonio, and sent her a text message. I waited. Ten minutes passed. Then, a text from Andrea arrived. After a back and forth, she agreed to let us come to the clinic first thing in the morning. I headed to the airport. It would take me six hours to get from Albuquerque to San Antonio that night. When I arrived at the Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services at 9 a.m. Friday, patients were already lined up outside the door. Protesters were screaming through a megaphone on the sidewalk near the clinic. “You don’t have to go in!” the activists pleaded with the women. “They murder babies!” Braid, the clinic’s owner. Then at 9:13, everything changed. Braid’s daughter, Gallegos, poked her head in the door. “It’s out. The decision’s out,” she said. “Full overturn.” See Abortion on Page 3
Brennan PresleyThe Flash Starting off this list we have the speedster wide receiver Brennan Presley paired up with DC Comics Barry Allen, The Flash. The Flash has the ability to run at supersonic speeds and most of the powers he has are linked to his incredible superspeed. Brennan Presley has shown his speed in multiple occasions with his role as a slot receiver last season, as well as in the return game. During Presley’s now infamous kick return for a touchdown against the Oklahoma Sooners, commentator Rece Davis described the play as a “lightning strike.” Both are speedsters with the ability to light up whatever they are facing, whether it be a super villain or top 10 opponent.
with split personalities each playing different roles. One leads a wealthy, yet seemingly normal life, one is a violent taxi driver, and the other is a mercenary. Sanders falls into different types of roles just like Moon Knight. Sanders has been shown to light up competition and play as one of the best quarterbacks in the country in some games, yet in others he has been liable to put the defense in tense situations. Moon Knight’s multiple personalities could also be used to say that Sanders is very versatile. Just like how Moon Knight’s personalities bring a lot of different elements to the table, so does Sanders’ skill set. He is an excellent runner when he needs to be, he has a great arm for putting balls into tight pockets, and he has even been seen blocking for his team in some cases. While the resemblance between Sanders and Moon Knight is not exact, it is not like they are night and day with one another.
Jason Taylor IIDr. Strange Defensive back Jason Taylor II goes hand in hand with Dr. Strange. Dr. Strange uses his magic powers to cast all sorts of spells and tricks to defeat his opponents. Taylor is a strangely talented player in his own right. Dubbed “the human playmaker” by voice of the Cowboys, Dave Hunziker, Taylor has been seen pulling off near magical plays Collin Oliverat the right time for the Beast Boy Cowboys. During the Collin Oliver 2020 season, he took was a beast for the a fumble to the house OSU’s defensive line from the 20-yard line last season, leading the against Kansas State, team in sacks with 11.5, and he recovered an just like this next hero onside kick for a touchBeast Boy. Beast Boy down against Texas is a teenager with the Tech. During 2021, he ability to turn into any blocked Boise State’s animal of his choosgame winning field goal ing. Being one of the on the road, and he had younger heroes on this a pick six to put OSU list, it only makes sense on a rally against Texas. for him to be paired up Both find ways to get with now sophomore things done on the field, Oliver. even if it may be a bit Oliver’s ability to strange. fight through offensive linemen, like a bear, John Paul Richand use his cheetah-like ardson- Spider-Man speed to track down the Up next, wide requarterback made him ceiver John Paul Richa force to be reckoned ardson meets the wall with for Big 12 offens- crawler himself, Spideres. To secure the game Man. Spider-Man is a winning tackle against young man that was bit Oklahoma, he showed by a radioactive spider off his “Beast Boy giving him all the abilipowers” by crawling on ties of a spider. all fours to bring down Peter Parker, former OU quarterback Spider-Man’s true idenCaleb Williams. It is a tity, is willing to help dog-eat-dog world on fight crime to keep New the field and in fighting York City safe. Nothing crime, and Oliver and is too big or too small. Beast Boy are ready for John Paul Richardson the challenge. is very similar in this sense. He is comfortSpencer Sanders- able in the role he has Moon Knight been given as a rotation Quarterback slot receiver, and he has Spencer Sanders shares often made the most of some similar aspects the opportunities with Marvel’s Moon Knight. Moon Knight is a mercenary of sorts See Capes on Page 6
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How much money a person could make betting on 2021 OSU football games With the rise of of sports betting, The O’Colly looked at the money one would win betting on last year’s Cowboy forkball games.
Spread: Tulsa +11 (-110) Moneyline: OSU -450 Total payout: $413.13
Gabriel Trevino Sports Editor Just like a side plot in the movie “Back to the Future Part II,” if you could know the outcomes of future sports games and bet on them, how much money could you make? The O’Colly decided to figure out the potential monetary earnings if a person correctly bet $100 on every single OSU football game from the 2021 season. Correct bets of OSU vs Missouri State (per ActionNetwork): Spread: Missouri State +32.5 (-110) Moneyline: OSU -39250 Over/under: under 51.5 (-110) Total payout: $482.07 Correct bets of OSU vs Tulsa (per Caesars Sportsbook):
Total payout: $626.82
Correct bets of OSU vs Texas Tech (per Caesars Sportsbook): Correct bets of OSU vs Iowa State Spread: OSU -10 (-110) (per Caesars Sportsbook): Moneyline: OSU -420 Correct bets of OSU vs Boise Spread: OSU +7 (-110) Over/Under: under 55 (-110) State (per Caesars Sportsbook): Moneyline: ISU -280 Total payout: $505.63 Spread: OSU +3.5 (-110) Over/Under: under 47 (-110) Moneyline: OSU +160 Total payout: $517.53 Correct bets of OSU vs Oklahoma Over/Under: under 58 (-110) (per Caesars Sportsbook): Total payout: $641.82 Correct bets of OSU vs Kansas Moneyline: OSU -180 (per FanDuel): Over/Under: over 50.5 (-110) Correct bets of OSU vs Kansas Spread: OSU -29.5 (-114) Total payout: $446.47 State (per Caesars Sportsbook): Moneyline: OSU -8000 Spread: OSU -6 (-110) Over/Under: over 54.5 (-115) Correct bets of OSU vs Baylor Moneyline: OSU -230 Total payout: $475.96 (per Caesars Sportsbook): Over/Under: over 46 (-110) Spread: Baylor +7 (-115) Total payout: $525.66 Correct bets of OSU vs West VirMoneyline: Baylor +220 ginia (per Caesars Sportsbook): Over/Under: under 45 (-110) Correct bets of OSU vs Baylor Spread: OSU -3.5 (-105) Total payout: $697.87 (per Caesars Sportsbook): Moneyline: OSU -170 Spread: OSU -4 (-110) Over/Under: under 48.5 (-110) Correct bets of OSU vs Notre Moneyline: OSU -175 Total payout: $521.86 Dame (per Caesars Sportsbook): Over/Under: under 47 (-110) Spread: OSU -1 (-110) Total payout: $538.96 Correct bets of OSU vs TCU (per Moneyline: OSU -120 Caesars Sportsbook): Over/Under: over 45.5 (-110) Correct bets of OSU vs Texas (per Spread: OSU -11 (-110) Total payout: $565.15 Caesars Sportsbook): Moneyline: OSU -450 Total season payout: $7,462.97 Spread: OSU +3.5 (-110) Over/Under: over 54 (-110) Moneyline: OSU +145 Total payout: $504.04 sports.ed@ocolly.com Over/Under: under 61 (-110)
WHEN IS LITTLE MUCH?
There is a short chorus that has encouraged me many times. “Little is much if God is in it. Labor not for wealth or fame. There’s a crown and you can win it. If you go in Jesus’ name.” The woman, who poured the precious ointment on Jesus just before he was crucified, was criticized for “wasting” this expensive item. Yet, Jesus said everywhere the gospel is preached this woman’s action would be told. (Mk 14:3-9) Little things mean a lot as we are willing to serve the Lord. Paul mentions many in Romans 16 who helped him. The Good Samaritan stopped to help the man beaten and robbed. (Lu.10:30-37) Paul writes as you have opportunity, do good to all men, especially to other believers.(Gal.6:10) When the poor widow dropped the two pennies, all that she had, into the temple offering. Jesus said she gave more the large offerings given. Her “large giving” was in relation to what she had. (Mk.12:41-44)
Many people may plan to give when they receive a great amount of money, but that large amount of money may never come. We may plan to give time or talent to a project when we have more time, but that perfect time arrangement may never happen. Again, the apostle Paul encourages us “as you have opportunity, do good to all men.” We never know when a little gesture of kindness, with money, or helping in an area of service, spending a little time with a person, a word of encouragement, will be just the action that will be a great help to someone. These can be practical ways of living out the Lord’s challenge to love one another. This is the fulfilling of the many commandments in the Bible: loving people by word and action.
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for life and be fined Abortion... jail $100,000.” The clinic could no longer provide abor-
Continued from page 1 tion services. Braid cursed. Then he began to tear up. I was able to snap one frame of Braid as the tears came. Then, he looked at me sternly and said, “Come on!” I knew at that moment I had to put my camera down. I wanted to capture his emotions at that moment, but at the same time I didn’t want to anger Braid and hurt my chances of staying in the clinic longer. My mind was racing. I needed to get to the waiting room, where patients were unaware of what had just happened. It was a delicate balance for me. I promised the clinic administrator I would respect patient confidentiality and not photograph any patients who did not give us permission to do so. Even though this was a historic moment, I had to stick to my promise. On my way to the waiting room, I photographed a staff member, who was visibly upset. Braid entered the waiting room with Gallegos by his side. As I photographed Braid from across the room, patients put their heads down in distress as he spoke. “The Supreme Court just overturned Roe versus Wade. They’ve taken away your right to choose what to do with your body,” he said to the women. “Unfortunately, my hands are tied,” Braid said, explaining the risks of challenging the law. “I can go to
I moved over to where I saw a patient, sitting with a blank stare. With my camera on silent mode, I photographed her. As she left the clinic, I followed her outside to get her name. She said I could use her first name, Liz. As the early morning patients filed out of the clinic stunned, more filed in unaware that in abortion was illegal now in Texas. Patient April Reese, 41, arrived exactly one hour after the decision. She already has three children. An emotional staffer told her the news. “So we have to go out of state?” Reese asked. “This is insane.” Reese was about to leave when she noticed that the staffer who had helped her was crying. She hugged the staffer. “You guys have done so much good work for people. So keep that in your heart,” Reese said. “Don’t give up the fight.” Another patient, who was also upset, sat in a waiting room chair and cried as a staffer tried to comfort her. I photographed her through the glass in the receptionist’s area. Two hours after Roe was overturned, the waiting room at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services was empty.
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via @megbloodworth on Twitter Megan Bloodworth, a transfer from Alabama, is OSU’s newest addition on the softball roster
Bloodworth transfers to OSU, first for Cowgirls this offseason Gabriel Trevino Sports Editor Nearly three weeks after OSU’s season ended in the Women’s College World Series, the Cowgirl’s roster is reloading. In the past three weeks
since, OSU lost three players to the transfer portal, second baseman Brianna Evans, outfielder Avery Hobson and utility player Karli Petty decided to head to Baton Rouge to play for LSU on Monday. On Tuesday, former Alabama second baseman Megan Bloodworth announced her transfer to OSU. Bloodworth, the 2021 Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year and top 10 prospect in the 2021 class according to Extra Innings, started 45 games for the Crimson
Tide in her freshman season. In her 129 plate appearances in her lone season with Alabama, Bloodworth hit .296, with a .395 on-base percentage while hitting seven home runs. The now sophomore with three seasons of eligibility remaining will likely start in OSU’s infield in 2023 after the departure of many Cowgirls across the diamond.
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News Tropical Storm Bonnie expected to form; forecasters watching two other systems
Robin Webb and Angie DiMichele South Florida Sun Sentinel Three storm systems are present in the Atlantic Ocean, one of which is likely to become a tropical storm as it moves toward the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea, forecasters said. If a tropical storm forms from the system known as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two, it would be called Bonnie. It is expected to move over the southern Caribbean or near Venezuela’s northern coast in the next couple of days, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, the system was about 330 miles east of Trinidad, moving west at a fast clip of 23 mph. Its maximum-sustained winds were at 40 mph, with tropical-storm-force winds extending out up to 60 miles. Tropical storm warnings are in effect in Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago, meaning tropical-storm conditions could hit the area in the next 36 hours. A tropical storm watch was in effect for coastal Venezuela and the island of Bonaire. Its maximum sustained winds could reach up to 75 mph next week, according to the NHC, which would put it at hurricane strength near northern Central America. It is expected to bring between 4 and 6 inches to the northeastern coast of Venezuela, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago late Tuesday into Wednesday, the hurricane center said. The islands in the far eastern Caribbean from Guadeloupe to St. Lucia are expected to see 1 to 3 inches of rain while St. Vincent, the Grenadines and Barbados will get 3 to 4 inches. The NHC is also watching a second system, this one located in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. This low pressure system is producing rain and thunderstorms. Some slow development is possible this week as it moves west-southwest, at about 10 mph, toward the coasts of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. It has been given it a 20% chance of developing in the next five days and a 30% chance of developing in the next
Courtesy Tribune News Service Tropical Storm Bonnie and two other storms could impact weather near Venezuela and other surrounding nations.
two days. Meanwhile, a tropical disturbance off Africa’s coast could develop as it moves west-northwest over Atlantic this week. As of Tuesday, it odds of developing remained low, the NHC said. The 2022 hurricane season is
expected to be an above-average one. Tropical Storm Alex, the Atlantic’s first named storm this year, developed on June 5 and dissipated over the Atlantic Ocean about 48 hours later. Colorado State University’s hurricane season outlook, released in early
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Tom Hanks strikes out in ‘Elvis.’ It’s the rare misstep that illuminates a great career Justin Chang Los Angeles Times During the opening moments of “Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann’s razzle-dazzle romp through the life and music of Elvis Presley, I couldn’t stop staring at one actor in particular. I’d entered the theater knowing almost nothing about the movie or who was in it, and although I had some idea of whom I was looking at, I couldn’t be entirely sure. That’s not at all a common response to seeing Tom Hanks onscreen, but then, was this really Hanks, so familiar in countenance and yet so discomfiting in effect? Eventually, I had to conclude — reluctantly — that it was indeed him, emoting from beneath pounds of ruddy latex and jabbering in an overblown accent traceable to somewhere in the vicinity of the Netherlands. The occasion for all this artifice is a relatively rare (for Hanks) display of onscreen villainy. He plays Col. Tom Parker, the Dutch-born carnival barker-turned-music impresario who managed and exploited Presley for years. History takes a dim view of the man, and so does “Elvis,” which topped the weekend box office and impishly casts Parker in the role of indignant, none-too-reliable narrator. In swirling flashbacks, we see Parker cajoling Elvis (Austin Butler) into an exclusive contract, shaping the direction of his career and manipulating his image to suit the censors. Most egregiously, he traps Elvis
Courtesy Tribune News Service From left, Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann and Tom Hanks attend the “Elvis” U.K. special screening at the BFI Southbank on May 31, 2022, in London, England.
in a seven-year Las Vegas hotel residency that will become an early grave, all so that Parker can pay off his gambling debts, fund his extravagant lifestyle and keep some personal skeletons in the closet. This is an intriguingly off-center perspective from which to tell the story of one of the 20th century’s greatest entertainers. It also swiftly wears out its welcome and its insight. I try to steer clear of hyperbole, but since Luhrmann’s filmmaking is nothing if not hyperbolic, an exception seems fitting: Offhand, I can’t remember Hanks delivering a more grating, more voraciously
attention-grabbing performance than the one he gives here. And that’s a shame, because when the camera isn’t on him — when it turns the spotlight on its ostensible subject and lets the music, the lighting and the rhinestone-studded production design seize hold — “Elvis” does become something grander than its missteps. The passion and energy of Butler’s performance come into focus, and the flamboyant excesses of Luhrmann’s filmmaking merge, rousingly, with Presley’s own. If the tragedy of Elvis the man is that he never breaks free of Parker, the tragedy of “Elvis”
the movie is that it never does either. Even as it villainizes Parker (who protests, unconvincingly, that he’s not really a villain), Luhrmann’s film proves curiously indulgent of him and of Hanks’ overweening performance. It doesn’t help that sticking any actor in a fat suit and burying them with unflattering prosthetics has become one of Hollywood’s lazier clichés, whether the character in question is a Batman villain or a historical figure. And Hanks, who’s made unvarnished, downto-earth honesty something of a career specialty, feels uniquely ill served by such gimmickry. It’s
a rare miscalculation, I think, from a star who’s done some of his finest, most interesting and often unheralded work over the last decade, to the point where he seems in genuine danger of being underappreciated. In other words, I come to praise Tom Hanks, not bury him. I’m even notionally sympathetic to the idea that his “Elvis” performance works in context, that it makes you recoil to exactly the degree that it should. Of course he comes across as a malignant parasitic growth, because that’s exactly what Parker was. Some might even conclude that
Hanks’ fabled onscreen decency is deployed and undermined in a productively subversive way; perhaps we’re meant to look upon Parker and see, trapped beneath all those sneering pancake layers, a kernel of relatable Hanksian humanity. (I am consciously avoiding the word “everyman,” a go-to Hanks descriptor that, as my Times colleague Mary McNamara has persuasively argued, has become reductive to the point of meaninglessness.)
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Capes... Continued from page 1 he has been given to help contribute on the field. He may not get all the attention or the fame, but he makes a big impact on the field that Spider-Man himself would be proud of. Brock Martin- Iron Man Cool, confident and strong as steel. These are all traits could describe OSU defensive lineman Brock Martin and Marvel’s Iron Man. Tony Stark is snarky, incredibly smart billionaire that fights crime through his high-tech Iron Man suit. Brock Martin carries an Iron Man like swagger about him, and shown through his interactions on Twitter, he is not afraid to talk smack to his opponents. Martin also has the Stark like smarts, as he has been first team Academic All-Big 12 since 2018. On the field, Martin is as sharp as iron and as tough as they come. He has been the anchor for the OSU defensive line, racking up 21 tackles and 9 sacks last season. Martin and Stark, they are Iron Man. Bonus Round: Mike GundyHawkeye Hawkeye is a snarky sharpshooter armed with a bow and arrow used to fight crime. With so many different types of arrows at his disposal, he keeps his enemies guessing what will be leaving his quiver next. He’s got plenty of experience under his belt, and his time as a super hero has made him a bit more serious and focused. OSU coach Mike Gundy shares many resemblances to Hawkeye. Gundy is no stranger to action, as he has been the head coach of the Cowboys for nearly 20 years. Gundy has also shown his personality to be a bit more serious, yet he can show his goofy side when he chooses to be as seen in press conferences or taking his shirt off during Homecoming and Hoops. Overall, it is fun to go and take a look at these athletes from a superhero sized perspective. For many fans of OSU football, these young athletes are just like the heroes from the comic books and silver screen. Whether it be capes or Cowboys, this crew will surely show off their set of skills this coming football season. Alicia Young
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Lifestyle
Fun on the fourth Films to watch July 4 Connor Gray Staff Reporter The 4th of July is a time of celebration for our country’s freedom and whether you spend the day having a barbecue, swimming, hanging out with family and friends or setting off fireworks, there are a multitude of ways to relax and enjoy the holiday. Whether it is the embodiment of patriotism or just a great summer story, here are a few of my favorite suggestions of what movies to watch on July 4. “The Sandlot” (1993) Following a group of kids in the summer of 1962, ‘The Sandlot’ is a timeless classic that is filled with comedy, wonder, and America’s favorite pastime: baseball. While “The Sandlot” is technically a baseball movie on paper, it is so much more as it tells a heartwarming and entertaining story of friendship as these kids bond not just over the sport of baseball, but also over various other experiences around the sandlot and the town. With hilarious scenes at the pool, summer baseball and even a segment dedicated to the Fourth of July, ‘The Sandlot’ is a great movie to watch during the summer and specifically this holiday. “Top Gun” (1986) I am not sure if there is a better movie than “Top Gun” to summarize the 1980s and celebrate that feeling that comes with being American. In what I would consider the pinnacle of patriotic films, “Top Gun” is practically one large ad to join the US Navy, but that does not stop it from being a pure adrenaline rush with great comedy and charisma thrown into the mix from Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards. Drama,
Courtesy of Tribune News Service Val Kilmer, left, and Tom Cruise in the 1986 film “Top Gun.”
comedy, romance, action and suspense are all characteristics that you will find in this great 80s movie that is just guys being guys with some entertaining fighter jet and volleyball scenes included. With the release of “Top Gun: Maverick” this summer it certainly is not a bad idea to watch the original as well. “Rocky IV” (1985) The Rocky franchise is one of the best sets of sports films of all time and a personal favorite for me, but the fourth installment of the franchise certainly takes the cake as the most “American” of the series. An extremely campy boxing drama, “Rocky IV” has many flaws, but still manages to be
an absolute blast to watch every time. “Rocky IV” is pretty much the film industry putting The Cold War into a boxing match between Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren and it is just silly enough to work. With the usual training montages, great fights and pulling of the heartstrings, “Rocky IV” keeps the franchises staples, but throws a heavy USA tint on the film.
you want to stand up and cheer from the sheer exhilaration it brings about. A story with romance, comedy and action with some Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith shenanigans thrown into the mix, “Independence Day” is a treat to watch and the epitome of what a blockbuster movie is. Whether you spend your time with family or shooting off fireworks, here are some solid options when it comes to movies for the holiday.
“Independence Day” (1996) Aliens attacking Earth and trying to invade on the Fourth of July while the only way to beat them is through the pure will of the American people? Sign me up. One of the most iconic sci-fi films of all time, “Independence Day” is one of those movies that will make entertainment.ed@ocolly.com