Back in 2012, I saw and reviewed a little independent film called Goon, an ice hockey comedy with a ton of heart that easily joined the ranks of one of my favorite sports films. Over the ye... Read more
Dexter Fletcher’s biographical comedy Eddie the Eagle tells the true story of Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton), the hard working British ski jumper who won the world over at the 1988 Wint... Read more
It’s been nine years since a Rocky film hit theaters and, in Stallone’s eyes, it was clear the time was ripe to push the franchise forward but, in a brilliant move, in the direction of a spi... Read more
Making its North American premiere tonight at the Japan Cuts festival is Masaharu Take’s comedic sports drama, 100 Yen Love. 32 year-old Ichiko (Sakura Ando) spends her days living in her mo... Read more
With the NYAFF officially commencing from my perspective, the first film I decided to watch was a Taiwanese crowd-pleaser called Second Chance, directed by Wen-Yen Kung. Second Chance is wh... Read more
One of the few films I got to see at this year’s NYFF was Bennett Miller’s (Moneyball, Capote) Foxcatcher, a biographical sports drama that’s incredibly eerie and wonderfully gripping. The... Read more
Usually when I think of the types of films that play the Tribeca Film Festival, including the midnight films, raunchy, direct-to-DVD-type comedies don’t usually come to mind as titles you’d... Read more
When you see the posters and trailers for Draft Day, uninspiring is probably the word that comes to mind. Though it’s directed by Ivan Reitman, I walked into Draft Day expecting a piece of... Read more
Stephen Frears is currently shooting a biopic about the disgraced Tour de France winning cyclist Lance Armstrong and today the first still from the film was released. The image features Ben... Read more
I’ve loved movies about sports ever since I saw Rocky when I was a kid. So I’m naturally interested in any new sports movie coming up. But I’m not so sure about this one.... Read more
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