The Fighter (2010)
The Fighter stars Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. It is based of the real-life story of professional fighter Micky Ward. This movie was very well-acted. Christian Bale, Amy Adams. and Melissa Leo are outstanding. The plot is a little ho hum, but it didn’t lose my interest. It of course has to fall into an [...]
Read moreRocky (1976)
Rocky is written by and stars Sylvester Stallone. It won the Academy Award for the best picture of 1976. It is the underdog story of a struggling Italian boxer and his chance at the big time. Not really sure what all the hype was about. I didn’t really like this movie, but I didn’t hate [...]
Read moreRounders (1998)
Rounders is a 1998 film about poker directed by John Dahl. I liked the movie quite a bit. I may be totally biased being a poker player. As always, Matt Damon and Ed Norton were really good. So many times when there is poker involved in a movie it is absolutely laughable. Case in [...]
Read moreThe Blind Side (2009)
The Blind Side was directed by John Lee Hancock. Hancock directed one other sports movie, The Rookie(2002). The Blind Side is based on the 2006 book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis. It’s the story of Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless kid living on the street is taken in by [...]
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