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"Its story, about a punk club fighter from the back streets of Philly who gets a crack at the world championship, has been told a hundred times before. A description of it would sound like a cliche from beginning to end. But “Rocky” isn’t about a story, it’s about a hero. And it’s inhabited with supreme confidence by a star."

~ From Roger Ebert’s review of “Rocky“ from Jan. 1, 1976.

11 December 2011 ·

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"There are heist pictures that offer careful and detailed accounts of criminal procedure, generating suspense by focusing on the precise arrangements necessary to bring a brazen and improbable crime to fruition. “Tower Heist” is emphatically not one of those movies."

~ New York Times film critic Tony Scott

3 November 2011 ·

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