Tag: Sports Movie

Next Goal Wins (2023) – Review

Is it me, or has legendary Kiwi cut-up Taika Watiti lost his edge a bit? I only ask because after a string of heartfelt, indie

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The Iron Claw (2024) – Review

Anyone even remotely familar with the world of wrestling knows that it’s a life that can cause way more damage than a stiff clothesline or

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The Wrestler (2008) – Review

Until Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler stepped through the ropes to worldwide acclaim back in 2008, transferring the weird world of “Sports Entertainment” to the silver

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Ferrari (2023) – Review

Sports biopics about cars seem to be a prevailing sub-genre these days, but even among the throng of revving engines and actual happenings, an entry

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Gran Turismo (2023) – Review

After a career spent toiling away in the sci-fi genre, vainly trying to equal his cracking debut, District 9, it seemed that Neill Blomkamp was

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Days Of Thunder (1990) – Review

Days Of Thunder should have been an easy slam dunk. Think about it: Top Gun is an awesome movie, right? So what if we took

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Creed III (2023) – Review

Arguably the most impressive aspect about the “Creed” section of what no one calls the “Rocky-verse” is that it’s now got to a point that

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Rollerball (1975) – Review

Making futuristic movies in a time when the ability to realise said worlds is heavily limited is tough. Not only can you get bizarrely dated

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Rocky (1976) – Review

Regardless of which sport manages to float your boat (including boating), surely the most cinematic sport of them all must surely be boxing: a literal

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Rocky Balboa (2006) – Review

There’s a bit fairly late in this, the sixth movie in the Rocky franchise, that perfectly encapsulates what it was like to watch this movie

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Rocky V (1990) – Review

After the fist pumping, USA chanting, cartoony foolishness of his fourth outing, the powers that be decided that maybe it was time to reign Rocky

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Rocky III (1982) – Review

At some point in the life of a franchise that started off gritty and achieved the devoted love of an audience, there’s an inevitable change

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Creed II (2018) – Review

Rematches are the ultimate sequel. How many times has Sherlock traded wits with Moriarty, Batman vs The Joker, Magneto squaring off with the X-Men? The

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Creed (2015) – Review

As I’ve most likely mentioned elsewhere, I’m a Rocky buff. For someone who usually balks at the thought of parking myself in front of the

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Rocky IV (1985) – Review

In no sane world does Rocky IV get more than 2 stars…Oh sure, a less gritty, more blockbuster approach to “Robert” Balboa’s boxing career had

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