Creed II (2018)
“It’s just another fight.” Best described as the repetitive, unoriginal, blood sport birth child of 2015’s Creed and 1985’s Rocky IV, Creed II forever fuses two separate franchises together into one combative entity, like a dying […]
Tag Archives: Sports
The Miracle Season (2018)
“There’s no end to the ifs.” The nuanced language of real life is extremely tough to translate into a good film, and despite its best and most adamant intentions, The Miracle […]
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
“The men are simply more exciting to watch.” Even some 40+ years after the infamous tennis match between a sprite Billie Jean King and an aged Bobby Riggs, so many […]
Bleed for This (2016)
“He’s an animal.” Here’s a film that wants us to believe in miracles. Think Kirk Gibson’s hobbled and hunched over ’88 World Series game winning home run was an act of […]
Queen of Katwe (2016)
“In chess, the small one can become the big one.” The more I read about world affairs and watch the news and study foreign cinema, the more I discount […]
Point Break (2015)
“We’re going to liberate it.” Ah, Point Break. To be wild and free. Young and reckless. Sulky and stupid. Any combination of angsty associated adjectives suit it well. However, “remake” is not […]
Concussion (2015)
“The NFL owns a day of the week. The same day the Church used to own. Now it’s theirs.” Before I saw Concussion, a vine made its way across my phone. It […]
Creed (2015)
“I’m afraid of taking on the name and losing.” There is little doubt in my mind that people will flock to theaters thinking that they’re going to watch a new […]
Southpaw (2015)
“Don’t get hit too much.” Boxing, along with baseball, is a sport that translates well to the screen. It’s been done countless times. And while baseball is a team sport, […]
McFarland, USA (2015)
“You know you’re white, right?” At the heart of McFarland, USA, Disney’s latest family friendly sports film about a cross-country team overcoming insurmountable odds, is an easy-going movie I imagine most audiences will […]
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