Ryan Coogler

‘Creed’ is easily the second best film in the series and a quality picture in its own right.

Forget the Alien sequel; the real exciting ’70s spinoff movie is Creed, which is not about the second worst rock band of all time but is yet another chapter in the Rocky franchise. Following his Sundance darling Fruitvale Station, director Ryan Coogler and that film’s star Michael B. Jordan’s Creed is about the son (grandson?) of boxing …

Death does not negotiate. When it arrives at one’s door, there is no escape. Disease, fatal accidents, murder, suicide, death cares little for the means, only the end, literally. The discussion of death becomes all the more morbid when people engage in ideas of who deserves to die and who deserves to live.