The Smashing Machine (2025)
“I’ve never lost a fight.” So many times in the past, I heard Dwayne Johnson talk about his big blockbuster projects and how he doesn’t make movies for the critics…he […]
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Happy Gilmore 2 (2025)
“You’re all something to me.” Decidedly less happy this time around, Happy Gilmore 2 falls into the same traps so many long-awaited sequels do. Most of the plot is very similar, […]
Karate Kid: Legends (2025)
“You can control when you get back up.” About three different movies packed into one with none winning out in the end, Karate Kid: Legends attempts to merge familiar faces with […]
Field of Dreams (1989)
“Until I heard the voice, I’d never done a crazy thing in my whole life.” A pitch perfect opening montage introduces us to Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) as he briefly […]
Air (2023)
“You don’t win every hand.” Going into Air, I expected most of what I had previously heard to be true. It’s a “dad” movie, the type of film that will play […]
Hustle (2022)
“Everybody loves a redemption story.” Average at its best and emotionally overwrought at its worst, Hustle is a mostly forgettable film about a shared redemption between a NBA scout and a […]
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
“You can’t be great without putting in work.” Overlong, overblown, and emblematic of what can go wrong when a studio so obviously sees its big budget picture as a product […]
Summer Catch (2001)
“I’m just trying to figure out what inning you’re going to self-destruct.” Upon revisiting Summer Catch, a mediocre film I admittedly fell asleep to nearly every night during the break of 2002, […]
The Way Back (2020)
“We all have our own cross to bear.” While watching The Way Back, a poignant film about pain played out and confronted through the game of basketball, I couldn’t help but […]
Ford V Ferrari (2019)
“I had no idea.” Something tells me that Ford v Ferrari is the exact kind of film its target crowd – and those who remain curious – so desperately need right […]
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