Berry Tramel, sports columnist extraordinaire of newsok.com, issued a review of "Rocky Balboa" for Monday's editions ...

He pretty much mirrored my comments: It was a really, really good if not great movie, a film about growing old way more than one about boxing.

Two months after seeing it, I can't agree with my assessment that it might get an Oscar nod. That's a giant stretch, even for a sentimentalist.

However, the movie's greatness still stands.