Challengers is a sports romance film that sees Zendaya in the middle of a decades-long love triangle. In 2019 two former friends play each other in the final of a tennis tournament in New Rochelle. On one side of the net is Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), a former champion looking to regain his form before the […]
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The Iron Claw Review
The Iron Claw sees Sean Durkin tackle the world of professional wrestling with his biopic about the Von Erich family as it explores the hardships and tragedies they suffered. The Von Erichs is a family of wrestlers who are dominated by the family patriarch Fritz (Holt McCallany). He attempts to instill a competitive spirit amongst his […]
Gran Turismo Review
2023 has been the year of video game adaptations. The Last of Us has released critical acclaim and The Super Mario Bros. Movie and the Twisted Metal TV series have been well received by fans. Gran Turismo joins them with a film inspired by the games and real-life events. Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe) is an avid Gran Turismo player and dreams of becoming a professional racing […]
Small, Slow But Steady Review
Small, Slow But Steady is a film loosely based on the memoirs of Keiko Ogasawara, a Japanese woman who became a professional boxer despite being deaf. Keiko Ogawa (Yukino Kishii) has been a professional boxer for a year and she’s a member of one of the oldest boxing gyms in Tokyo. However, the gym is […]
Champions Review
Based on a Spanish film, Champions is a sports comedy-drama from one half of the Farrelly Brothers. Marcus Marakovich (Woody Harrelson) is a basketball coach who is tactically brilliant but with poor man-management skills. He gets fired from his job with the Iowa Stallions after getting into a fight with his boss and things become worse for him after a drink-driving […]
Creed III Review
Adonis Creed returns for another cinematic bout with Creed III. This time he must confront his own past, both literally and metaphorically. Creed (Michael B. Jordan) retires from boxing after becoming the unified heavyweight champ of the world. He settles down with Bianca (Tessa Thompson) and their daughter, Amara (Mile Davis-Kent), and works as a boxing […]
McEnroe Review
John McEnroe is one of the most famous and controversial men to play professional tennis. His life and career are the focus of a documentary by Universal, Showtime, and Dogwoof. McEnroe was split into two halves. The first focused mostly on McEnroe’s career, particularly his rise to be the world’s number one. The second was about […]
The Phantom of the Open Review
Maurice Flitcroft has a reputation for being the worst golfer ever after he achieved the highest score when competing in the 1976 British Open. The story of this plucky underdog gets a cinematic retelling with the comedy-drama The Phantom of the Open. Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) is a crane driver at Vickers Shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness. […]
King Richard Review
Venus and Serena Williams are some of the most famous and successful women to ever play tennis. The biopic King Richard looks at how their father helped drive their success. Richard Williams (Will Smith) lives in Compton with his wife, Brandy (Aunjanue Ellis), three stepdaughters, and two daughters. He plans to make Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena […]
Dream Horse Review
The story of the horse Dream Alliance was an inspiring one because it is about a working-class syndicate breeding and own a winning racehorse. It serves as the basis for the British comedy-drama Dream Horse. Jan Vokes (Toni Collette) is a shop worker and bartender in the Welsh Valleys. She has experience breeding animals like racing […]