A complex, saccharine, emotionally-provocative modernization of Shakespeare & prism of father-daughter love, class, race, gender, business, empowerment themes by lens of tennis w. the best WS performance since ’06 Pursuit Of Happyness. 9/10.
[category:drama/sports,date:2021-11-05,rate:9,type:movies]
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Category: Sports
Ted Lasso (2020)
A Premier League clash of the U[K/SA] footballs & venn diagram cross-analysis of their cultures, personalities, etc. by a shared lens, T.L. is a bicycle-kick balance new sports/comedy/drama/romance TV blend w. überstriker Sudeikis-led cast. 9.5/10.
[category:comedyromance/sitcoms/drama/sports,date:2020-06-07,rate:9.5,type:tvshows]
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The Way Back (2020)
A powerful narrative blending themes of alcoholism, masculinity, religion, blue-collar America, & basketball, TWB is a melancholic redemption parable – achieved through somber tonalism, cinematography tints, & deft Affleck performance. 8/10.
[category:drama/sports,date:2020-12-19,rate:8,type:movies]
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Self-Discovery for Social Survival
An avant-garde surfing doc with the most stunning ocean cinematography ever put to film against a masterpiece jazzy sample-fueled soundtrack innovatively created post-experientially, SDFSS is a psychedelic love-letter to sports-euphoria. 8.5/10.
[category:drama/experimental/documentary/musicals/sports,date:2019-04-20,rate:8.5,type:movies]
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Uncut Gems (2019)
A white-knuckle crime thriller by the Safdie Brothers x A24 that kaleidoscopically takes a jeweler’s lens to sports gambling, race, masculinity, capitalism, & Biblical sin with coup-de-maître Oneohtrix score & Academy-lvl Sandler performance. 8.2/10.
[category:drama/crime-films/comedyromance/sports,date:2019-02-27,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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Ford v. Ferrari (2019)
A pulse-rattling love-letter to the euphoria of motorsports, Ford v Ferrari is vehicular poetry – pitting the two car legends against each other in a tale of emotion, loss, gravitas, corporate-greed, egocentrism, & pure adrenaline. 8/10.
[category:actionadventure/periodhistorical/sports,date:2019-11-02,rate:8,type:movies]
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Free Solo (2018)
A climactic, spine-tingling documentary as sleek as the mountains it ascends with surgical precision and acrophobic suspense, Free Solo magnificently illustrates the indomitability of human spirit (& most jaw-dropping athletic feat in history). 9.4/10.
[category:drama/documentary/sports/experimental,date:2019-02-27,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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The Last Dance (2020)
A coup-de-maître of documentary filmmaking capturing with tonal heterogeneity, cinematic transcendentalism, & journalistic breadth the behind-the-scenes of the once-in-a-century’s dynasty of Michael Jordan and the ’90’s Chicago Bulls. 9.2/10.
[category:drama/documentary/sports,date:2020-03-01,rate:9,type:tvshows]
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Rocky (1976)
The grit, passion, dark-horse moxie of the spirit of the underground/working-class city of Philadelphia incarnate, Rocky: inspirational & a precedence-setting sports movie w. one of the most iconic scores and genre performances by Stallone. 9.1/10.
[category:classics/drama/sports,date:1976-04-07,rate:9.1,type:movies]
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Surf’s Up! (2007)
The sports action and design-aesthetics/CGI are breathtaking, LeBeouf-led voice-acting solid, mockumentary style charming, & finding yourself/dream exploration themes palpable enough to forgive for the inexorable drag of stoner chicken. 7.9/10
[category:comedyromance/animation/sports/kids-family/actionadventure,date:2007-10-18,rate:7.9,type:movies]
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