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    ‘Tin Cup’ Is a Cut Above the Rest

    by Kali Tuttle September 3, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle September 3, 2021

    Tin Cup is unique. It’s about a sport that I would wager most people find pretty uneventful. It’s a comedy, but it isn’t slapstick like Caddyshack or The Longest Yard. Most of all, our hero doesn’t win in the end;…

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    Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘By Rook or Left Hook: The Story of Chessboxing’

    by K at the Movies July 20, 2021
    by K at the Movies July 20, 2021

    It’s hard to deny the title has some punch to it. The peculiar world of chessboxing, a sport determined to find the smartest toughest guy. The art of chessboxing is finding the balance between two…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘Final Set’ Has Enthralling Drama, Both On and Off the Court

    by Sean Coates March 27, 2021
    by Sean Coates March 27, 2021

    It’s a tale as old as sport itself and one that is forever etched into sporting history; the comeback. Once successful athletes who are down and out that come from the clouds, like a phoenix…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘The Witches of the Orient’

    by Liam Trump February 10, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 10, 2021

    Sports movies can provide great insight into foreign cultures. Almost every country in the world weaves sports into its culture to some degree, even relying on them greatly to present a strong national image to…

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  • Features

    ‘Rad’: BMXcellent

    by Anna Campion July 10, 2020
    by Anna Campion July 10, 2020

    Okay, wow. What did I just watch? This movie was…something. Rad, directed by Hal Needham, is a movie about an amateur BMX rider, Cru Jones (Bill Allen), who tries to enter a promoter’s race for…

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  • DramaReviews

    ‘The Way Back’ and the Inner Turmoil of Ben Affleck

    by Nick Kush March 12, 2020
    by Nick Kush March 12, 2020

    Conducting a therapy session by way of moviemaking is something I’m intensely interested in…if done correctly. It feeds into our fascination with celebrity, and the films themselves take on deeper meanings than what’s on the…

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  • DramaReviews

    Film Review – Fighting With My Family (2019)

    by Steven Ruiz February 24, 2019
    by Steven Ruiz February 24, 2019

    It seems like there are far too many sports biopics that focus on a player, team, or organization, but there’s hardly any biopics on athletes from sports entertainment. With the help of The Rock, the time has…

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  • Retrospectives

    After 20 Years, ‘Varsity Blues’ is a Little More Complicated But Still Fun

    by Aubrey McKay January 20, 2019
    by Aubrey McKay January 20, 2019

    It’s a Friday night in West Texas and the town is empty. Stores are closed; nobody is home and the streets abandoned. An eerie drive through the small town will show not much more than…

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    All the World’s a Ring: 10 Years of ‘The Wrestler’

    by Michael Heimbaugh December 20, 2018
    by Michael Heimbaugh December 20, 2018

    Darren Aronofsky is one of the great trickster gods of the modern cinema world. His modus operandi as a filmmaker is to shock, to provoke thought, to search the human psyche, to obliterate his audience’s expectations…

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    Film Review – Creed II (2018)

    by Chris Wager November 28, 2018
    by Chris Wager November 28, 2018

    As a lifelong Rocky fan, it’s always an exciting time when a new film in the franchise is set to debut. The pressure is high for Creed II as it is following the exceptional Creed.…

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  • Reviews

    Rookie of the Year: Play Ball!

    by Kali Tuttle July 9, 2018
    by Kali Tuttle July 9, 2018

    Time to celebrate Rookie of the Year’s 25th anniversary! I’ll be honest — Rookie of the Year (1993) will never be near as good as The Sandlot (1993), but it’s sure funny. The lovable film stars Thomas Ian Nicholas as Henry…

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  • Top 10 Lists

    Top 10 Best Boxing Movies of All-Time

    by Stephen Finlay May 15, 2018
    by Stephen Finlay May 15, 2018

    The gruelling sport of boxing has given us a library of true stories revolved around the sweet science. As well as that, the sheer impossibility of such a tough, damaging game has inspired many fictional narratives.…

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  • Reviews

    Film Review – Paterno (2018)

    by Nick Kush April 13, 2018
    by Nick Kush April 13, 2018

    Penn State had to fundamentally change after reports surfaced of widespread child abuse and sexual assault at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky back in 2011.  That meant cleaning house at the…

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  • Streaming Reviews

    Film Review – Amateur (2018)

    by Nick Kush April 11, 2018
    by Nick Kush April 11, 2018

    For whatever reason, there just aren’t many sports movies released these days. I, Tonya broke through with an awards push last fall, but it seems as if there’s a disproportionate amount of films centering around the…

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  • Reviews

    What Makes The Sandlot So Great 25 Years Later?

    by Kali Tuttle April 7, 2018
    by Kali Tuttle April 7, 2018

    Can you believe that it’s been 25 years since we first learned how to make a perfect s’more, how to get a cute lifeguard to kiss you, or how to retrieve a priceless baseball —…

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  • Rankings

    80’s Movies March Madness: The Finals — Vote for Your Favorite 80’s Movies!

    by Trey Davis April 2, 2018
    by Trey Davis April 2, 2018

    We’ve made it to the finals of 80’s Movies March Madness! MovieBabble has created a March Madness-style bracket to determine the best 80’s movies with the release of Ready Player One this past month to determine which film best encapsulates…

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  • Top 10 Lists

    Top 10 Best Brad Pitt Roles

    by Jordan Turner April 1, 2018
    by Jordan Turner April 1, 2018

    With Brad Pitt starring in several films like James Gray’s Ad Astra and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood coming out on the horizon, I thought it would be a good time to…

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  • Reviews

    Short Film Review – Bound (2013)

    by Nick Kush February 8, 2018
    by Nick Kush February 8, 2018

    Short film is often a proving ground for aspiring filmmakers to show their skills and move into other projects.  While the team behind Bound has already gone on to create other works of art, it’s always nice…

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  • Reviews

    MovieBabble’s Dream Movie Projects…Part 6!

    by Nick Kush November 15, 2017
    by Nick Kush November 15, 2017

    Dream projects is back for another round of fun movie ideas.  Let’s be honest, you’re tired of the same slop that Hollywood keeps feeding you, and I don’t blame you!  Wouldn’t you rather see stars…

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  • Top 10 Lists

    Top 10 Best Football Movies

    by Nick Kush September 13, 2017
    by Nick Kush September 13, 2017

    Now that the NFL is back in full force, football is on the minds of millions of people all across the United States.  Over the years, Hollywood has shared this fascination of the country’s most…

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  • Rankings

    Best Basketball Movies

    by Nick Kush June 24, 2017
    by Nick Kush June 24, 2017

    This past Thursday, the NBA draft was held in Brooklyn, allowing for the next wave of stars to be congratulated for their achievements thus far.  And that got me thinking, what are some of the…

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  • Top 10 Lists

    Top 10: Best Sports Movies

    by Nick Kush February 7, 2017
    by Nick Kush February 7, 2017

    Sports movies have the ability to enthrall us while also making us feel really great.  With the Super Bowl festivities winding down, I thought it be a good idea to take a look at the…

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