The predictable but undeniably effective formula that’s served the “Rocky” franchise well works again here, thanks to well-developed characters and surprisingly engaging dynamics among them.
Tag: drama
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
Marielle Heller’s account of the real-life friendship between iconic children’s entertainer Fred Rogers and journalist Lloyd Vogel works from time to time, but its disjointed
Creed (2015)
It’s astounding that Sylvester Stallone’s character Rocky Balboa has managed to be the source of at least one new movie for the last four decades,
The Report (2019)
This dramatization of the Senate’s investigation into the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program (later revealed to be state-sanctioned torture by the American government) is one
Rocky Balboa (2006)
The fifth (!) sequel to 1976’s classic “Rocky” is pitched as a return to form, which has its ups and downs as a narrative approach,
Rocky 5 (1990)
The law of diminishing returns is on full display with the “Rocky” series, which hits a creative low point following the decreasingly engaging sequels that
