Bedtime Stories

Adam Sandler has finally found his audience: 3-year-olds. Maybe he should stop making movies already and just rent himself out for kids’ parties.

"...for the simpler things in life – gum balls, sports cars, laughing at little people – who is suddenly..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Transporter 3

Jason Statham returns for the third venture in this action series, which is surprisingly better than you might expect.

"...Martin, a stoically unflappable transporter of illicit goods (who sports abs that rival freshly minted 007 Daniel Craig) is..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Aztex Roundup, UT Preview, and More

"...92 Red: Sun., Aug. 17, noon. Town & Country Sports Complex fields 26 & 27, 9100 Meadowheath Dr. (near..."

Aug. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

The First Saturday in May

This documentary follows six horse trainers and their experiences on the 2006 trail to the Kentucky Derby.

"...a date with the "most exciting two minutes in sports": the Kentucky Derby. This documentary follows six horse trainers..."

April 18, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Never Back Down

Never Back Down is like The Karate Kid meets Fight Club by way of Abercrombie & Fitch.

"...nemesis, Ryan (Gigandet), the school's reigning prince of extreme sports who also happens to be the boyfriend of the..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Bucket List

Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman play characters who have only a short time to live. Promises, promises.

"...they kick the bucket). For an hour, they drive sports cars at high speeds, travel to exotic countries, and..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

'NHL 2K8'

"...watching the Dallas Stars/Columbus Blue Jackets game on Fox Sports recently and was blown away by how much better..."

Oct. 22, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

'NBA 2K8'

"...Once again, 2K Sports has control of the ball with this ’08 version..."

Oct. 18, 2007 Sports Post by Carson Barker

KEYE Shows Texans Some Love

"...comply with the wishes of The Austin Chronicle's mighty sports blog, the Score...."

Oct. 10, 2007 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Sydney White

Teen popularity traumas are translated here into a loosely updated version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

"...romance to the hazy lavender eye make-up that Sydney sports in every scene, there’s nothing real about this film...."

Sept. 21, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Resurrecting the Champ

Several morality plays vie for attention in this story about a workmanlike sportswriter who latches on to a tale told by a homeless alcoholic as his ticket out of palookaville.

"...in Resurrecting the Champ, a story about a Denver sportswriter, Erik Kernan (Hartnett), who’s yearning to break free of..."

Aug. 24, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

This is a winning, sweet, and occasionally disturbing documentary about otherwise sensible adults who vie for the title of World's Best Donkey Kong Player.

"...de facto villain of the piece, who not only sports Steve Perry's blow-dried locks but also the requisite Eighties..."

Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Chak De India

Bollywood film about a male coach who teaches the ragtag women's national hockey team to believe in themselves.

"...in themselves and become winners in this new Bollywood sports epic...."

Aug. 10, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ain't Nothing but a Good Time: or, How a Lowly 'Chronicle' Writer Learned to Play With the Big Boys

"...quickly earning its place among the most reputable of sports journalism establishments, has now twice awarded yours truly with..."

June 20, 2007 Sports Post by John Razook

Chalk

Made by teachers for teachers, this local indie offers no easy answers to its statistic that 50% of teachers quit within their first three years on the job.

"...teachers for teachers, this local indie – which now sports the imprimatur of executive producer Morgan Spurlock – offers..."

May 18, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal

Josh Hancock, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, dead at 29

"...I didn't have much of a connection to the..."

April 29, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Blades of Glory

This ice-skating comedy demonstrates that just because Will Ferrell is game for anything that might draw a laugh, it doesn't mean he should follow through with every idea that comes his way.

"...Hamill, Peggy Fleming, Scott Hamilton, and Sasha Cohen) and sports announcer Jim Lampley. Still, most of the gags are..."

March 30, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Possession Arrow': Badgley<-Razook

"...term "Border Battle" – mostly because any interstate college sports rivalry that employs it is competing with every other..."

Jan. 15, 2007 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

When the Saints Go Marching In

"...informed even the most remote and temporary of my sports buddies that by a long shot the most prominent..."

Jan. 4, 2007 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

We Are Marshall

There are football movies, and then there’s this 800-pound gorilla of a gridiron weepie, which should be penalized for roughing the viewer.

"...Herd. The tragedy has been slavishly translated to the sports-movie formula by newbie scribes Jamie Linden and Cory Helms...."

Dec. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Candy

Despite sporting Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish as a pair of Australian junkies increasingly on the outs with family, reality, and rent, Candy is a washout.

"...stealing our car stereos. No such luck, though: Candy sports Oscar nominee Ledger and Cornish (of rave-up One Perfect..."

Dec. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

This highly unanticipated offering is cut ’n’ paste horn-dog humor.

"...get their whiffy sticks waxed and whatnot. But Penn sports little of the squirrelly charm evidenced by the original..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'And Now It's My Time (Now It's My Time) It's My Time to Dream (My Time to Dream)'

"...Good afternoon, sports fans. I just awoke from a nearly weeklong alcohol-induced..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

A Whole Lotta Tejada

"...in a box score that keeps me checking the sports section on a daily basis. Whether that be Kevin..."

Oct. 2, 2006 Sports Post by Robert Gabriel

Jet Li's Fearless

Jet Li's final martial-arts epic is fittingly peripatetic, finding the Hong Kong superstar ricocheting across the screen from action set-piece to emotional overload and back again.

"...Yuan-Jia, the prideful and hotheaded founder of the Jinwu Sports Federation, who bested his enemies time and again only..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Invincible

Mark Wahlberg plays footballer Vincent Papale in this story about how he captured a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles team in an open tryout.

"...Rispoli and Michael Kelly. Disney loves its inspiring, true-life sports stories – witness The Rookie and Gavin O'Connor's Miracle,..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Akeelah and the Bee

This story about a girl from the ghetto who wins the national spelling bee has lofty if sometimes unfulfilled goals, but is a rewarding tale nevertheless.

"...dramatized. It is, in most ways, a conventional Hollywood sports film, an against-the-odds story about an intellectual athlete, her..."

April 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Wild

Despite its title, Disney's new animated film, The Wild, is about as pedestrian as you can get.

"...certain doom. The animation is top-notch, and the film sports some of the most realistic and colorful fur, feathers,..."

April 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Holiday

After being diagnosed with an incurable brain disease, a woman (who is played delightfully by Queen Latifah) discovers her moxie.

"...tell you – with its fantasy shopping sequences and sports slapstick and grand-hotel hijinks (although I was delighted by..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Chicken Little

Disney's first all-CGI, made-in-house, animated feature is painful for all ages, despite a voice-talent roster to make the angels weep.

"...ugly, being tormented by your peers, being bad at sports, and being neglected by your parents, who are humiliated..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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