Posts tagged Rocky Balboa
MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube Live Talking "Rocky V" and "Rocky Balboa"
MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube Live Talking "Rocky V" and "Rocky Balboa"

Both Ian Simmons of the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel are on the press list to receive promotional products from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. He and I have teamed up in the past on his show to review some 4K releases of classic films, especially during 2023’s centennial anniversary of the studio. This time around, Ian and I were treated to advance copies of the new Rocky Ultimate Knockout Collection boxed set containing all of the original films of the Sylvester Stallone franchise. For this episode, Ian, myself, and guest Bryan Martinez talk about the bust that was Rocky V and the superior legacy sequel of Rocky Balboa.

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Media Appearance, Podcast, Social Media, SPECIAL, 2020Don ShanahanAMC River East 21Kicking the Seat, Ian Simmons, Pixar, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Dolph Lundgren, Rocky V, Tommy Morrison, Rocky Balboa, Milo VentimigliaComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Creed
MOVIE REVIEW: Creed

Take away every rooted piece of cheesy disconnect and disdain you have calcified in your hearts and minds for whatever bloated quality you remember or assigned to the six-film "Rocky" series and shelf it immediately.  The spin-off film "Creed" is a new tangent that gracefully and respectfully builds from the nostalgic anchor that comes with the "Rocky" territory,  but grows to never be bound by that history for a second.  Ryan Coogler's film successfully strives to be its own bold and rousing saga fitting of the shared connection.

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2015, 5 STARS, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanAMC Cicero 14Creed, Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Apollo Creed, Ludwig Goransson, Maryse Alberti, The Wrestler, Southpaw, Adrian, Tony Bellew, Wood Harris, Ritchie Coster, Mighty Mick's Gym, Philadelphia, Fruitvale Station, Chronicle, Adonis Creed, Adonis Johnson, Phylicia RashadComment