The Expendables

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Bruce Willis 'Greedy, Lazy,' Says Stallone

No bromance here

(Newser) - Bruce Willis, uber diva? Apparently, if sources and one Sylvester Stallone are to be believed. Willis has been cut from Expendables 3, and the buzz is that it's because he was a PITA to work with. The first dig on the actor comes by way of the Hollywood Reporter ...

Expendables 2 Limps Into 1st
 Expendables 2 Limps Into 1st 
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Expendables 2 Limps Into 1st

Whitney Houston's last movie, 'Sparkle,' takes fifth

(Newser) - Seems Americans aren’t beating the heat in the cool refuge of movie theaters. Expendables 2 hobbled to No. 1 this weekend with $28.8 million, $6 million behind The Expendables' debut, despite having some extra star power (Liam Hemsworth and Chuck Norris are among the "newbies"). Bourne ...

Formulaic Expendables a Tired Retread
 Formulaic 
 Expendables 
 a Tired Retread 
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Formulaic Expendables a Tired Retread

Action flick less than the sum of its all-star parts

(Newser) - Sylvester Stallone directed and co-stars, alongside a Magnificent Seven-style roster of action-film legends—Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, and Jason Statham—but critics have some issues with The Expendables.
  • James Verniere (and a friend), Boston Herald : "Hulk like Expendables. It SMASH. Guns go BANG-BANG.
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Sly Stallone Hits Riot-Prone Paris Suburbs

US luminaries reach out to youth in troubled 'burbs

(Newser) - Sylvester Stallone is the latest American movie star to visit France's riot-plagued suburbs. The visit from the Stallone, in Paris to promote his newest movie, Expendables, comes as part of an odd US attempt to reach out to disaffected youth in the city's multi-racial Rosny-sous-Bois. John Travolta and Samuel L....

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