Creed III
Life imitates art as Creed actor Michael B. Jordan follows original series star Sylvester Stallone into the director's chair. Jordan has put together a thoughtful career path and proves to be a natural storyteller in this next chapter of Adonnis Creed's story, scripted by Keenan Coogler (brother of original Creed director Ryan, who has co-written several of his brother projects including Black Panther) and Zach Baylin writer of the excellent film King Richard), that plumbs into Donnie's past to find his next challenge. Spoilers below: I expected the film to start as Rocky III did, with Creed as champion and on top of the world. Jordan and the writers instead start the film with a flashback to Donnie's youth where we meet Damian who is a Golden Glove boxer. Interestingly Donnie is already living with his father's widow Mary Anne at this stage but sneaks out to watch Damian fight. As I still think of the stern Clair Huxtable every time I first see Phylicia Rashad