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An elemental movie that spills the beans about a spectacularly dishonest “sport,” The Wrestler makes few false moves, provides a showcase for Mickey Rourke’s instantly legendary performance, and proves to be an involving, affecting and punch-funny movie.
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The Thinker as The Wrestler
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A perfect Hollywood confection, charming and LOL funny. Centered on Warren Beatty in his movie star prime, plenty believable as an all-too-good NFL quarterback.
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Lovely Christie
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A Tom Cruise classic. Sometimes formulaic, but a great moral-telling story how even the glitzy can be vulnerable. Goding was a great pick for the “show me the money” athelite, and the romance between Cruise and Zellweger works as well. Nice appearance by Bonnie Hunt as Zellweger’s sister. |
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Bull Durham set a new standard for sports movies. Jocks on screen had never been this smart, this sexy, this suave. It’s also a classic Susan Sarandon liberated-woman picture, here a JuCo English teacher with a thing for baseball players. She’s pretty and they’re dumb, until she runs into Kevin…
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I believe, Crash Davis style
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Brad Pitt hits a triple with Moneyball and then unexpectedly steals home. His Billy Beane strides through the National Pastime like a corporate buccaneer – smart, swaggering, fun – before receiving a surprising comeuppance from his daughter, a child of divorce. Together the personal and profe…
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Brad Pitt swaggers standing still.
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Non football fans needn’t steer away from The Book of Manning, notwithstanding its status as a must-see for those of us who love America’s brutally beautiful game. That’s because this documentary about Archie Manning’s family follows the priorities he established within the family: family first,…
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3 little Mannings: Cooper, Eli & Peyton
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