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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THE MEASURE (AND HEART) OF A MAN No matter if your enthusiastic sports fan or just a causal spectator, the appeal and overall allure of a sports movie is quite palpable. The compounded nature of filmmaking cinematics against the humans achieving remarkable feats against the vast amount of struggles, pressure, and adversity, usually ending with, if not least inspiring,
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A FAMILIAR, YET POIGNANT SPORTS DRAMA Sports movies are a “dime a dozen”, but have plenty to offer in the way of entertaining and enticing viewers within their respective narratives. These particular types of motion pictures focus on a sport / sporting event and athlete / team that participate in said event for significant degree in their personal journey
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There’s always “one more shot” for a second chance as Warner Bros. Pictures releases the new official trailer for the upcoming sports drama The Way Back. View trailer below.
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GO AHEAD, CARROLL. GO TO WAR! Over the years, director James Mangold has done the “director’s round robin” in the Hollywood circulate of filmmaking. While he hasn’t exactly been “Pidgeon hold” to a particular style of genre, Mangold has certainly proven himself to be a very versatile director with several of his feature productions; dabbling in the realms of
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You’re 5-foot nothin’, 100 and nothin’, and you have barely a speck of athletic ability. And you hung in there with the best college football players in the land for 2 years. And you’re gonna walk outta here with a degree from the University of Notre Dame. In this life, you don’t have to prove nothin’ to nobody but yourself.
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