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The Sick Jock Guide
Marion Winik has discovered yet another addiction, but this time, she probably won't quit. The Sick Jock Guide outlines her 10-step plan to late-life fitness.
"...virtue. Forget social acceptability. To discover your inner Sick Jock, you will need to take a different approach...."

Jan. 28, 2000 Features Feature by Marion Winik

The Luv Doc: An Alpha Male Jock Type Guy
Saying someone lives in Houston is irresponsibly nonspecific
"...wife can't stand. He's one of those alpha male jock type guys who drives a big pickup, chews tobacco,..."

July 23, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Field of Dreams
Confessions of a Sensitive Jock
"...this little guy to learn that the best schoolyard jocks were usually the best-liked classmates -- at first respected..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Features Feature by Lorne Opler

Mortdecai
Johnny Depp fails to unleash his inner Peter Sellers in this globetrotting spy comedy.
"...about an art dealer named Mortdecai and his manservant Jock were published in the Seventies, but this modern-set film..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Airheads
"...to hijack an L.A. metal station and force the jock on the air to play their tape. Armed with..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Assassination Nation
Dark satire lets social media tear us apart
"...Homophobia, jock culture, body image, #metoo, noods, hacking, the corrosive nature..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

ParaNorman
The animation outfit behind Coraline scores another one for the dark side with this endearingly sweet and spooky ode to the supernatural.
"...long-dead witch's curse. Zombies, comedy, and a surprisingly touching dork/jock alliance (via Norman's buff older bro Mitch, voiced by..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Cabin in the Woods
Cabin in the Woods is the most intoxicating morsel to hit the horror circuit since Scream or, at least, Paranormal Activity.
"...Dana (Connolly). The guys in the group are alpha jock Curt (Hemsworth, whose career gained momentum from his recent..."

April 13, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

American Teen
A princess, jock, rebel, heartthrob, and geek: It could be The Breakfast Club, but American Teen is instead a documentary that ducks the consequences of its own making.
"...– or The Breakfast Club: They are the princess, jock, rebel, heartthrob, and geek. It’s senior year, so the..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jesus Camp
This film is not a freak show or exposé but rather a call to arms to pick sides in the deepening cultural, political, and spiritual schism between the two Americas of the 21st century.
"...who are represented in the film by Air America jock and practicing Methodist Mike Papantonio. Papantonio calls the campers..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Sleepover
Spy Kids' Alexa Vega graduates to tween hijinks.
"...when it’s wasted on snaring popularity and some hottie jock...."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Amy's Orgasm
"...attracted to Matthew Starr (Chinlund), an arrogant L.A. shock jock specializing in saline-enhanced guests? After a head-to-head matchup on..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Get Real
"...improbable romance develops between Steven and a handsome school jock, John (Gorton), he couldn't be happier, except for one..."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Love Serenade
"...comes the reptilian Ken Sherry (Shevtsov), a down-on-his-luck radio jock who takes up residence next door to the Hurleys..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Steel
"...a movie as you'd expect given a marble-mouthed seven-foot jock in the lead role, the creator of TV's Incredible..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Art for Teachers of Children
"...Montgomery) and John (based on Jennifer's real-life dorm counselor Jock Sturges), Art for Teachers of Children methodically lays out..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

My Boyfriend's Back
"...Missy, meanwhile, has gotten back together with her brain-dead jock beau and no longer want to have anything to..."

Aug. 13, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hairdresser's Husband
The Hairdresser's Husband is a tightly knit, though slight, tale told in the best of humor. It's the story of despair bred by utter happiness. The story of this marriage begins with the husband's childhood in which he developed an adolescent crush on the town's buxom barber and also a severe case of jock itch thanks to the red wool bathing trunks his mother made him wear. Freud would not approve.
"...town's buxom barber and also a severe case of jock itch thanks to the red wool bathing trunks his..."

Sept. 18, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Trust
"...her out of the house, the high school football jock/father of the baby rejects her plans for settling down..."

Sept. 13, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Like to Watch
Exploring the nerd/jock dichotomy
"...fraying until it was obvious, is about nerds vs. jocks. The Cartesian dichotomy writ large, the story is simple:..."

April 22, 2016 Screens Post by Jacob Clifton

The Shot Heard 'Round the Dial
Austin' "Alternative" Radio Market
"...spectrum, as well as a couple of new ones. Jocks Ray Seggern and Rachel Marisay, and 101X's basic playlist,..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Music Feature

Blockers
Butt-chugging gags can't hide Blockers' big heart.
"...their lives are drifting apart. Kayla's dad, overly literal jock Mitchell (Cena), is baffled that Julie's mom Lisa (Mann)..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paranoia
This techno-thriller starring Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford, and Gary Oldman arrives inert.
"...the oily Nicolas Wyatt (Oldman) and the deceptively paternal Jock Goddard (Ford) – fare no better. (Yes, that’s his..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rob Thomas' Unlikely Route to Young Adult Fiction
'Veronica Mars' creator dishes on teens, fans, and the movie
"...Not at all, really. I was a high school jock. I went and played football with [Texas Christian University]...."

Sept. 26, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

'The Raid' Kicks On To Blu-Ray And Leaves A Mondo Dent
SXSW action fave gets home release and exclusive poster
"...local print behemoth Mondo has recruited Evans' fellow Brit Jock to give it the poster it deserves. And, yes,..."

Aug. 16, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The LuvDoc's Celebrity Corner
An interview with Rachel McGruder, Asst. Events Manager
"...an perpetually sunny disposition, was also a fan of jock jams in an office where morose, rhythmless, shoe gazer..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

What's Left of the Dial?
Virtual Deejays, Pay-to-Play, Celine Dion
"...microphone, a virtual deejay can do everything a local jock can. Need to plug a local business or inform..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Mixed Signals
Behind the Glass at KUT Radio
"...full-time staff members and 26 full- and part-time disc jockeys. From its state-of-the-art studios overlooking Hole in the Wall..."

July 19, 1996 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Joe Bell
Earnest true story of a father's guilt and contrition over his gay son's death
"...because Jadin, a constant victim of some serious football jock bullying both physically and online, committed suicide. Certainly Joe..."

July 23, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Triumph
High school wrestling drama is admirable for giving athletes with disabilities a platform
"...when the trainer/trainee roles between Mike and his sympathetic jock friend Jeff (Haynes) are flipped, but even that isn’t..."

April 30, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

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