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When all is said and done and the last punch is thrown, one wonders if the monomyn Creed will have the same level of cultural caché as the ‘Rocky’ name. What would it take for the child to outshine its parent? Don’t get me wrong, 2015’s…

When I watch Ryan Coogler’s films (2013’s Fruitvale Station, 2015’s Creed and 2018’s Black Panther) the palpability of feeling he puts into portraying key elements of the black experience washes over me.  His movies examine how a father’s…

The Rocky movies are one of those cultural touchstones that everyone is aware of on some subconscious level, even if they’ve never actually sat down and watched one. Most people know what an ‘80s training montage' is. The Eye of the Tiger.…