The Luv Doc: Personal Trainer

No need to wallow in the tedium of comprehensive knowledge

"...lot to take, but recently she became a personal trainer at a local gym and now she seems to..."

May 6, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Kick Trainer Off Music Task Force

"...Dear Editor, Scott Trainer should be removed immediately from the Live Music Task..."

June 17, 2009 Postmarks

A Strange Storm in The Clearing at Other Worlds

Appalachian horror will be part of this weekend's Return to the Galaxy all-dayer

"...sky split in two." Those words stuck with Stephanie Trainer. She was reading an issue of National Geographic when..."

May 21, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Blackfish

Orcas exploited in the name of entertainment and free enterprise is bad business in the view of this doc.

"...employees, which culminated in the death of SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau. Blackfish’s damning core assertion, heavily bolstered by..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Results

Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski enlists Guy Pearce and others for his new movie

"...(Corrigan) wanders into an Austin gym, looking for a trainer. The gym owner – Trevor (Pearce, a stealthy heart-bruiser),..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wild Horse, Wild Ride

In this documentary, nine horse trainers have 100 days to transform their mustangs from wild creatures to trusting companions before competing in the Extreme Mustang Makeover.

"...to get to its conclusion, wherein amateur and professional trainers take home the mustangs. They have 100 days to..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Seabiscuit

"...owner Charles Howard (Bridges), jockey Red Pollard (Maguire), and trainer Tom Smith (Cooper) – and the abandoned, battered horse..."

July 25, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Lean on Pete

Equine tale is a lot deeper than the cheesy subject suggests.

"...be a burgeoning JV footballer back in Spokane, and trainers hitting the blacktop for mile after mile is the..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

American Assassin

The bestselling series hits the screen

"...generally boilerplate. Michael Keaton is good as the tough-as-nails trainer, who can also toss out quips during the film’s..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

50 to 1

The Kentucky Derby-winning horse Mine That Bird sprints to glory in this equine biopic.

"...shortcomings. In the role of the determined New Mexican trainer, Chip Woolley, Ulrich looks and talks like a cowboy,..."

April 11, 2014 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Pain & Gain

One of the dirty secrets of modern American filmmaking is what a skilled director Michael Bay really is.

"...Fitness trainer Daniel Lugo (Wahlberg) talks two friends, Doyle (Johnson) and..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Rust and Bone

The unlikely relationship between two damaged souls is made deeply palpable by the stunning performances of Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard and rising star Matthias Schoenaerts.

"...in his place, they are of different worlds. A trainer of performing orcas in a water park, Stéphanie is..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Secretariat

Saddle up for some old-fashioned inspirational movie entertainment with Diane Lane in the lead as the owner of the famed Triple Crown winner.

"...legendary horse-breeder. Drafted to her side are the eccentric trainer Lucien Lauren (a colorful yet restrained Malkovich), groom Eddie..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tyson

Mike Tyson tells his life story in his own words in this documentary by longtime friend James Toback.

"...street-corner thug to his eventual, fateful alliance with legendary trainer Constantine "Cus" D'Amato (for you nonboxing types, think Burgess..."

May 29, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Million Dollar Baby

Glorious performances and Eastwood's confident direction result in a film that transcends the rules of its genre and shows us, with an unvarnished simplicity, how human beings struggle to come to terms with the unthinkable.

"...central relationship is between Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), a grizzled manager/trainer who owns a run-down gym for wayward pugilists, and..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Movie Review by Steve Davis

View From the Top

"...Royalty Airlines. Mike Myers pops in as a lazy-eyed trainer at stewardess school, a conceit that distracts more than..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

White Fang Two: Myth of the White Wolf

"...we can best feel the animal in flight, and trainer Joe Camp gets White Fang -- or Fangs; five..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

White Dog

With typically blunt, disturbing, combative, unconventional storytelling, Fuller tackles the disease of bigotry with this story about a racist dog.

"...animals run by the equable Burl Ives. There, animal trainer Paul Winfield (who only grows more brilliant with each..."

July 10, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin’s Queer Gym Transform Fitness to Close

But Erica Nix & her queer workouts are ready to bring back the absurd

"...the next chapter in her career as a personal trainer...."

March 28, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

For the Kids

The UIL and school districts can do better work curtailing concussions

"...best safety measures. The UIL claims a shortage of trainers to require that teams have one, but statistics contradict..."

Dec. 24, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

Bleed for This

A boxer returns to the ring in this conventional drama

"...casino with his girlfriend. After losing the fight, his trainer (Lang) tells him to quit the sport, but Vinny..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Warrior

Knockout performances by the three central characters and powerfully effective fight sequences are the key ingredients that spur this male weepie.

"...bout, he asks the now-sober Paddy, his former boxing trainer, to resume the position – although not without constant..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coach's Corner

While contemplating his inability to do a pull-up, Coach comes to appreciate the beauty of the Tour de France and Tiger Woods' steady brilliance.

"...I made a mistake. I glanced at Tom the Trainer with a mix of contempt and pity. "One pull-up,"..."

July 28, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Luv Doc: A Surreptitious Grope

Not exactly the Kama Sutra of hugs

"...God, people at parties), my hairdresser – even the trainer at my gym. The sweaty trainer at my gym...."

May 18, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Lit-urday: 'The Vacationers'

Emma Straub's new novel reviewed

"...the revelation that he's been working as a personal trainer with pure horror. It's realistic enough behavior, but the..."

June 7, 2014 Books Post by Amy Kamp

Blood in the Water

'Blackfish' is a whale of a nightmare for SeaWorld's PR department

"...decades as one of SeaWorld's elite; a killer whale trainer, he'd worked with whales in San Antonio, San Diego,..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

'Hot Sauce! Techniques for Making Signature Hot Sauces With 32 Recipes To Get You Started'

A heat-seekers' delight still provides the perfect handbook for milder adventurers

"...Sauces With 32 Recipes To Get You Startedby Jennifer Trainer Thompson Storey Publishing, 192 pp., $14.95 (paper)..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Food Review by Jessi Cape

City Hall Hustle: Songs in the Key of Council

Players in proposed music department singing off different pages

"...venue regulations for six months – originated from Scott Trainer, the task force's "neighborhood representative." Local blogger Mike "M1EK"..."

July 10, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Nature v. Nurture

"...through the laps by deciding that, as a first-time trainer, it is natural that my body isn't programmed to..."

Nov. 11, 2007 Promotions Post

Shellac

Live Shot

"...Hurts, slipped through the first Q&A with drummer Todd Trainer's drool. A rousing "Prayer to God" broke into a..."

June 16, 2006 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

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