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Rocky is back in Creed (Rocky post, part one)
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pveugelaers
The seventh Rocky film has been out on DVD since March and it takes the franchise in a new direction. Sylvester Stallone is back as Rocky Balboa, the former heavyweight boxing champion. He is the only actor left from the former cycle of films, Rocky—Rocky V (1976-1990) and Rocky Balboa (2006). Though Stallone acted, wrote…
Rocky Balboa was here (Rocky post, part two)
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pveugelaers
Rocky Balboa was here… Rocky II (1979) -Never give up Rocky has made money from boxing after his bout against the world champion Apollo Creed and is enjoying his success. He marries the ‘love of his life’, Adrian (Talia Shire). Meanwhile, world champ Apollo Creed makes a stir in the media to lure Rocky back…
Rocky Balboa was here (Rocky post, part three)
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pveugelaers
Rocky V (1990) Rocky V is well-directed but there isn’t a major turning point in the story. The street brawl, instead of fighting in a boxing ring, is a turn off and didn’t do the Rocky image much good. All was forgiven, though. In terms of what’s happening now for the Balboa family: Rocky and…
The Hunger Games concludes
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pveugelaers
Mockingjay Part 2 (2015, USA), the final episode of The Hunger Games, is now available for home viewing. I think we were expecting more. It continues in the vein of the previous film, Mockingjay Part 1, in the same linear fashion, without finishing the series on a high. However, it rounded off the story cohesively and…
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