Most people know the story of Michael Jordan. Still regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time, and a sporting icon whose status has been cemented for generations. But Air doesn’t tell HIS story. It follows the prospective of Nike, who are falling far behind in the competition of basketball prospects. Matt Damon stars […]
Tag: Sports Drama
Clay VS Classic: The Sandlot (30th Anniversary)
“You’re killing me Smalls” – Ham Porter There’s something about movie’s that can capture the charm of baseball that the sport itself never has for me. Field of Dreams (1989), Moneyball (2011) and this little coming-of-age gem are all evidences of this. Maybe Americans can just translate this otherwise mundane sport into the medium of […]
Hustle – Review
Adam Sandler’s comedic career has never gone down particularly well with the critics – much more so of recent – but audiences still appear to feel a buzz whenever he shows up, and it was enough to score him a mind-blowing nine figure deal with Netflix. Sadly, much of what this pairing has churned out […]
Home Team – Review
The idea to make a movie based on the career of NFL coach Sean Payton seems feasible. After all we’ve been given movies based on stories that are far more undeserving of the film format. But having the story be ‘loosely’ based around the ‘Bountygate’ scandal (yeah, I had to look this up too) after […]
Finding the Way Back – Review
Certain films can speak to us in ways that can’t always truly be explained or understood. Gavin O’Connor and Ben Affleck’s Finding the Way Back (or The Way Back as it is known outside of the UK) is one of those movies for me. Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) spends his days as an ironworker and […]