Ryan Coogler, who directed "Fruitvale Station" (REVIEW) and Michael B. Jordan, the lead actor from the same film ("Friday Night Lights"), may be teaming up again soon to make a spin-of of "Rocky," based on the Apollo Creed character and to be centered around the events that took place after "Rocky Balboa" (2006). Creed would therefore be the sequel to the "Rocky" saga. Jordan is to play Creed's ... more >
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Fruitvale Station
Remembering Oscar Grant
Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer and Melonie Diaz
Directed by Ryan Coogler
A film that created news on the festival circuit this year is Ryan Coogler's "Fruitvale Station," due out this Friday. It is based on true events that occurred in the eponymous metro station in Oakland, Calif., namely, a violent tussle that led to an innocent man dying at the hands of the police. The events were captured via mobile phone camera by an eyewitness, footage of which is shown at the ... more >