This week we review Creed, the latest film in the Rocky Cinematic Universe. Alan raves about The Rumble in the Jungle and we read a wonderful email from Miss Layla Leigh.

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Episode 48 Notes

• Rocky (1976) was nominated for 10 Oscars and won “Best Picture”, “Best Director”, and “Best Film Editing” at the 1977 Academy Awards
• The name of the robot in Rocky IV (1985) is Sico
• Muhammed Ali and George Forman’s epic 1974 fight known as The Rumble in the Jungle is the subject of the documentary When We Were Kings (1996)
• To hear “Whatever Works” listen to “Episode 17: Fifty Shades of Grey”
• Ryan Coogler previously wrote and directed Fruitvale Station (2013) also starring Michael B. Jordan
• Creed opens wide in the USA on November 25, 2015

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Creed Official Trailer