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Geez, this movie came out swinging. In Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut, he brings the best entry in the franchise. It takes what...

I guess we are just throwing out the whole brain damage thing from Rocky 5. After seeing a simulated fight, he wants to prove he still...

This movie is the black sheep of the franchise. There is a lot of boxing, but it is by someone that isn’t Rocky. It focuses more on Rocky...

Welcome to Rocky 4: Montages. I would say a good third of this movie is montages and musical numbers. They made the premise a bit more...

Rocky 3 began what I like to call the villain era. 3 and 4 both feature these huge mountains that Rocky has to fight. This movie leaned...

I genuinely cannot tell you the last time I saw this movie from beginning to end. It has been so long since I've seen it that I...

Rocky 2 is a true sequel. Not only does it pick up where the last one left off, but it shows the aftermath of success. Rocky went the...

The first Rocky movie is a classic in its own right. It's the story of a guy half-assing his way through a boxing career. He has to do a...

This movie had me thinking of something I never thought I would think about the trilogy as a whole. So scale-wise, this had the natural...

How do you make a sequel to a movie about strippers and the breakdown of life drama? You make it a road trip movie obviously. There were...

The selling point of the movie is obviously the sex appeal of some very fit big-name actors. At its core, it is honestly a solid movie...

First off, bring a tissue. Secondly, I was the youngest person in the theatre by at least 20 years and I'm 28 at the time of writing. Now...