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Creed

Goes to show if you live long enough you become Burgess Meredith

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Rocky / Creed
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Rocky / Creed
Our Review with Arnie, Brock, Stuart Reviewed December 8, 2015 Podcast Runtime: 107 mins

Rocky Series Episode 7

Goes to show if you live long enough you become Burgess Meredith

Apollo Creed was a major part of the Rocky series through the character’s death in Rocky IV. Now his son Adonis takes center stage in Creed – the seventh movie to feature Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa.  Can Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis be the new box office boxing champ? Listen to this episode of Now Playing Podcast to find out!

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