It's Oscar night, so we thought this would be a good time to pay homage to a convention of modern movies. It can be traced back to the original "Rocky," the Academy Award-winner for best picture in ...

A tale of resilience, hope, and victory in the face of low odds and measly resources, Rocky’s release in 1976 not only revived the American dream but established Rocky Balboa as an enduring icon for ...

In the 1985 boxing classic, Rocky IV, there is a training montage that spans roughly eight minutes of the movie (not counting the brief conversation between Rocky Balboa and his wife in the middle).

Overlook the training montage sequence in Monkey Man at your own pop culture and movie peril. Kid (Dev Patel) aims to avenge his mother’s death by vanquishing the police chief (Sikander Kher as Rana ...

There’s a famous scene in the 1982 film Rocky III in which former champ Apollo Creed, played by Carl Weathers, is training Rocky Balboa for the biggest fight of his life. Now, 42 years later, Weathers ...