L.A. Times - Entertainment — “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2” proved to be the toughest competitor at the holiday box office. The finale of the young adult series led for a second week since its opening, topping "The Good Dinosaur" and "Creed." Lionsgate’s “Mocki... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Moviegoers said goodbye to Katniss Everdeen and welcomed back Rocky Balboa, a series of farewells and reunions that powered Thanksgiving box office receipts above last year's holiday. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Creed" has done right by "Rocky."  Sylvester Stallone, who reprises his iconic Rocky Balboa role in "Creed," passed the baton to writer-director Ryan Coogler for this seventh installment of the boxing franchise, and critics are raving at the res... more info

Time — The writer-director talks Michael B. Jordan, themes of fatherhood and being true to Sylvester Stallone's legacy more info

Time — Ryan Coogler's film has an unexpected grace that makes it much more than just a Rocky reboot more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — What becomes a legend most? Ryan Coogler knows. Fresh from "Fruitvale Station," his impressive, Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning debut, writer-director Coogler presents the very different "Creed," a film that is nominally a spinoff of the celebrated... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Animated dinosaurs and an up-and-coming boxer will fight “The Hunger Games” for box-office dominance over the Thanksgiving weekend, as Hollywood hopes for a busy five days of clashing heavyweights. Pixar’s new computer-animated film “The Go... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Ryan Coogler, the director of the new "Rocky" spinoff film "Creed," wasn't even born when "Rocky" came out in 1976. For that matter, he wasn't born when "Rocky II," "Rocky III" or "Rocky IV" came out either. Still, for as long as he can remember, Syl... more info

Reuters — PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - In the final scene of the movie "Creed," aging boxer Rocky Balboa stands atop the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and surveys the gleaming steel and glass office towers of the city's skyline. more info

Stereogum — Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights, Frutivale Station) and Sylvester Stalone (!!!) co-star in the seventh Rocky film, Creed, which is due out 11/25. Jordan plays the son of Rocky Balboa’s late rival Apollo Creed, who grew up in the shadow of hi... more info