Located in northeastern North Carolina, Rocky Mountain has been called the “Significant Rocky Mountain.” It is an apt description of this city. It has certainly been proven above any trouble that has come. In 1999, Hurricane Floyd swept through, leaving nearly a third of Rocky Mount flooded by the Tar River. But the nearly 60,000 […]
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The American Film Institute ranksRocky as one of the 100 greatest movies of all time. In my book, it’s always been number one. I love boxing movies, and no film from this genre has managed to combine the heart, storytelling, and character drama quite like Rocky (although 2010’s The Fighter came closest yet.) Here is […]
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“Rocky” movies Back when boxing still mattered to most American sports fans, including me, Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay for and starred in “Rocky.” Over the next 30 years, Stallone would make a total of six movies in the series. Take a look back at the ranking of the six “Rocky” movies. 6. “Rocky V” […]
It’s odd that a movie about two guys beating the hell out of each other would open during a season of peace and goodwill to men. Even stranger is that one fellow is a young heavyweight champ, and the other is a few years away from being eligible for Social Security. Yet this film is […]
Whether you’re a huge Rocky fan or a boxing fan in general, you will probably end up seeing this movie. Rocky is a historic series of movies that pretty much everyone knows about. When Rocky first started he was a nobody. He got the chance of a lifetime to prove everyone wrong. He worked in […]