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‘Creed II’ continues to modernize, improve franchise
8/10 Flawless and intense, Creed II is one of the better boxing movies I’ve seen. Three years after the events of Creed, Donnie Johnson-Creed has won his way to a fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. After earning … Continue reading
The Möbius strip: Big movies hover around $10 million each as the film world holds its breath
Movies raked in a total of $77.4 million this weekend, the year’s second lowest total only to traditionally glacial Halloween weekend. It’ll probably bounce back next weekend. But for now, almost every major moneymaker simply hovered around a sad $10 … Continue reading
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Tagged #bryan cranston, #creed, #golden globes, #hunger games, #in the heart of the sea, #krampus, #lucasfilm, #mad max: fury road, #moby dick, #mockingjay, #SAG, #star wars, #sylvester Stallone, #the big short, #the force awakens, #the good dinosaur, #trumbo
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Creed could have been excellent, isn’t
Hailed as the best movie of the year, Creed is exactly the kind of overlong, deliriously predictable feature that comes away with its accolades for all the wrong reasons. The movie follows Donnie Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), the illegitimate son of Apollo … Continue reading
Posted in Entropy
Tagged #creed, #fruitvale station, #hippity hop, #michael b jordan, #rocky, #ryan coogler, #sylvester Stallone, #tessa thompson
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