Rocky

Bullet Points: Creed III

Michael B. Jordan continues the Rocky tradition both in front of and behind the camera in Creed III, which in and of itself is a tradition dating back to 1979’s Rocky II when Sylvester Stallone both...

Soundtraxx: The Rocky Edition

Maybe it is the scene where Burt Young’s Paulie throws the turkey his sister Adrian (Talia Shire) spent her day preparing right out the window in 1976’s Rocky… Maybe it is the fact that seeing Rocky...

Hall of Fame: Rocky Balboa

Rocky Balboa as a character is a metaphor for the America that was and is today. The rise, the stumble, the fall; the “started from the bottom” mentality that this nation created less than 250 years...

Bullet Points: Creed II

It was Thanksgiving Day 1985. After partaking in the traditional Thanksgiving feast, I found myself like many people do… parked in front of the television watching football. During the breaks, commercials for the newly released Rocky...

The Six Shooter: Back to School

As a child, like many others, I hated this time of year. Yes, the beginning of the school year was something I dreaded so much that I couldn’t even enjoy the last few weeks of summer. But as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized...

Bullet Points: Action Jackson

Carl Weathers has been blessed with some of the best character names in entertainment history… Apollo Creed, Fortune Dane, Sundog, Chubbs and Jericho Jackson a/k/a ACTION JACKSON! And it is 1988’s Action Jackson that will be...