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 […]
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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 […]
Unbroken (2014)
“If I can take it, I can make it.” This time of year it’s hard to leave Unbroken and not feel the need to set some loftier New Year’s resolutions. After all, few […]
Foxcatcher (2014)
“What’s he get out of all this?” In its opening shot, Foxcatcher director Bennett Miller ingeniously sets up, and almost tells, the entire grief-ridden story in one brief set of frames. Hulking […]
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