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Rocky review – 50 years on Stallone’s boxer remains a gritty contender
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The actor’s triumphant breakthrough has clear ancestors in grimy tales of working-class struggle, but finds a fresh, rousing idealism Peter Farrelly’s new film I Play Rocky is about the underdog-with-heart story of how a great boxing movie got made against the odds with its plucky young untried screenwriter allowed to…
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Rocky review – 50 years on Stallone’s boxer remains a gritty contender
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