AN INSPIRING (YET FORMULAIC) CROWD-PLEASING SPORTS DRAMA Underdog tales are the stuff of excellence in the classic “human connections”, tugging at an intangible (yet instrumental) cord of emotions and of “feel good” revelations. Outmatched heroes, difficult challenges, going against the odds, and defying expectations are the hallmarks of what most humans strive for, finding the link of being “greater
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BOSTON STRONG Of recent years, both actor Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg have teamed up together to produce a pair of movies that are “based on true life” events, but also grounded in the American heroism and human emotion. Their first collaborated together was in the 2014 movie Lone Survivor, which was based off of the book of
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NOT REALLY MASTERFUL Over the years, Hollywood’s has produced some bank robberies / heist movies, creating a subgenre in the thriller / suspense genre. Such movies include The Town, Inside Man, Public Enemies, and Bonnie and Clyde are some prime examples of this. Interestingly, there has been others feature films that bring amore comedic or have a “blockbuster” flair
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Hill and Teller cash-in on the Iraq War in the trailer for Warner Bros’s comedy film War Dogs. View Trailer below.
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Eddie the Eagle, despite the standard problems that usually accompany these movies, was uplifting and definitely an inspiring underdog story.
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Witness the tale that inspired the legend of Moby Dick in the final trailer for Ron Howard’s In the Heart of the Sea. View trailer below.
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