Tag: Movies
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Why We Need the Bat Family
Few comic book characters have been brought to the big screen as many times as Batman. Just about the only one that can compete at this point is Spider-Man. From Adam West to Christian Bale, Michael Keaton to George Clooney, Ben Affleck to Robert Pattinson, we can hardly go five years without a new version…
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Creed: Ringing the Bell on a New Champion
One series down. One more to go. Despite my many, many grievances with the later films, I still (mostly) enjoyed my time with the Rocky movies. We had one genuinely incredible movie, followed by a lot of dumb fun with some highlights and mind-shattering lows. If nothing else, they gave me plenty to talk about.…
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Rocky Balboa (Rocky VI) is Exhausted and So Am I
This is it, folks. The last Rocky movie. At this point, I don’t even care if it’s good or not. I just want the bell to get me out of here… Rocky V messed me up, guys. It came so tantalizingly close to being a good movie. Then wham! It hits you with one of…
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Rocky V Betrayed Me
Y’all remember the final fight of the first movie? Remember that one scene where Apollo just shakes his head in complete exhaustion and disbelief when Rocky gets back up? That’s me. I’m Apollo Creed right now. *Not four hours after I wrote this… RIP Carl Weathers. I didn’t even know Rocky V existed. Most of…
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Rocky IV: Remember the Cold War?
Ding ding ding! Round four! Fight! Of all the Rocky movies, this is the one I was most afraid of. For years, I’ve heard tales of how bad this film was. Wherever I looked, the consensus was clear: this is one of the worst movies ever made. Surely it’s reputation is an over exaggeration. This…
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