Showing posts with label inspirational sports movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspirational sports movies. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

CHUCK'S ROUNDHOUSE: Sidekicks (1992)

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When “The Karate Kid” was released in 1984, it gave lame white people all over the world an excuse to embrace martial arts . John G. Avildse...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

OSCARS 2026: The Smashing Machine (2025)

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson's journey from popular pro-wrestler to the biggest movie star in the world didn't happen based on the siz...
Monday, February 9, 2026

OSCARS 2026: Marty Supreme (2025)

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I hope the following admission doesn't get me kick out of the Film Bros Association of America: I've never seen a Safdie Brothers fi...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

OSCARS 2026: F1 (2025)

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Let us consider the career of screenwriter Ehren Kruger. If you ignore an obscure TV movie and a random Rutger Hauer vehicle , Kruger would...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Director Report Card: Danny Boyle (1987)

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I've debated about this for years. When I first became a wannabe film nerd, Danny Boyle was one of the directors whose work I admired. B...
Monday, February 19, 2024

OSCARS 2024: Nyad (2023)

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In 2015, husband and wife filmmaking team Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin made “ Meru ,” a documentary about Chin and two other men...
Friday, February 18, 2022

OSCARS 2022: King Richard (2021)

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During my middle school years, there was a very brief attempt on my behalf to get invested in tennis. I even bought a racket and bounce a ba...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Director Report Card: Tony Scott (1996)

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9. The Fan In 1995, Peter Abraham – a moderately popular and successful suspense author – would publish “ The Fan .” The book must've b...