Just in time for Olympic gold, I watched a movie called The Bronze which IS about an Olympic athlete. It’s a movie you didn’t even notice came out earlier this year because the studio kind of made sure you didn’t. … Continue reading
Eddie the Eagles is the second Olympics movie in the past couple of weeks, the other was Race which was about Jessie Owens and his amazing skills in an oppressive society. Eddie the Eagle is about Eddie Edwards, a (high-level) … Continue reading
Went to see Race, the new flick about how Jessie Owens went to the 1936 Olympics and punched Hitler in the eye. Metaphorically. This is a good (but not great) movie that’s just as much about those Berlin Olympics as … Continue reading
Checked out Creed, the new Rocky sequel/reboot starring Michael B. Jordan as Apollo Creed’s son and Stallone as, well, Rocky Balboa. Adonis Creed (hah) wants to prove something to himself and hiss dead dad by becoming a boxer and he … Continue reading
Need for Speed is the new driving/street racing movie that’s both a vehicle for Electronic Arts and for Aaron Paul (from Breaking Bad). I’m sure they are hoping Aaron Paul’s stint on Breaking Bad will drive people to the theaters…. … Continue reading
Stallone and DeNiro played boxers in their past so in the spirit of Space Cowboys, Last Vegas, etc. comes another Old People Can Do X movie… Grudge Match is their new movie (also starring Alan Arkin, Joe Barenthal, Kim Basinger, … Continue reading
Went to see Ron Howard’s new Formula One racing movie Rush – which is the true story about Norse God Man-Child James Hunt and Rat-Faced Egoist Niki Lauder (both real-life racers) and their rivalry in the 1970s. Pretty good movie… … Continue reading
Because I was battling the hungries and I’d already seen everything else at the theater, I had to get out of the house and go see a movie to keep me away from snacks. So it was either the One … Continue reading
So, yeah, saw Turbo – the new CG kid friendly movie about the snail who races the Indy 500… and it’s a fairly good movie that’s also fairly predictable (once you, you know, get the past the part where the … Continue reading
Saw 42… the Jackie Robinson/baseball movie. It’s a very earnest, very well-intentioned movie that mostly works well… though it does get a little corny at times. Plus, my Cincinnati friends, the audience didn’t react well when they had to play … Continue reading