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Jan 2022
1h 41m

Creed With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, ...

The Ringer
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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and K. Austin Collins and The New York Times’ Wesley Morris head to Philly to sprint up and down the Rocky steps and revisit 2015’s instant boxing classic ‘Creed,’ starring Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone and directed by Ryan Coogler (3:00). They also go deep on Jordan's and Coogler's career choices and the current state of movies (1:03).

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