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This was a real “feel good” movie for me. Will Smith is outstanding as the wise and mystical Bagger Vance, soothsayer to the down on his luck Matt Daemon. Charleze Theron and Matt have a great chemistry in this classic come-from-behind sports movie with a golfer’s twist. But don’t believe you hav… |
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Poignance, glory, Denzel: three ingredients that make Titans a great football movie. Poignant as in funny and affecting, glorious as in achieving great and meaningful victories, Denzel as in pure movie star charisma. |
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The dramatic depth of a lite beer commercial, egregious stereotyping and one-note performances consign The Replacements to cellar-dweller status. Even the great Gene Hackman can’t rescue it from ridiculousness, triteness and mean-spiritedness. Consider it a weak replacement for a quality foot…
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Brooke Langton cheers up Keanu Reeves
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Yuck. A big F. U. to the NFL that hypocritically revels in jock sniffing, Any Given Sunday qualifies as a guilty treat mainly due to its extensive use of legendary players. Non-fans should steer clear. Oliver Stone manages the near impossible: making the NFL banal. He wastes copious star …
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Legends as caricatures: Pacino & Brown
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Was this the film that inspired the TV show ‘Friday Night Lights’? It could have been, except it has more humor and the drama isn’t as heavy.. In the big state of Texas, Football is king, it is the place where a winning team and its coach are revered, and not much else matters – including… |
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Ain’t never seen Slap Shot, but it’s hard to imagine a better pure hockey movie than this. For that matter, sports movies of any sort rarely get this good. Complete with a star studded cast, plenty of laughs, and a climactic game that manages to avoid cliche, it’s a mystery that this movie is…
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Fornication & Hockey
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Spike Lee’s He Got Game serves as an elegy for basketball in America – its cultural transcendence, but also the avariciousness at the upper reaches of the hoops industry. The movie trawls through agents, leeches, homeboys and groupies on the make, each hoping to ride a prime-time player to Eas…
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Reel Hoop Stars in Real Life
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