Category Archives: Sports Movies

Tooth Fairy

The tooth hurts. Derek Thompson is a hard-charging hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids. When Derek discourages a youngster’s dreams, he’s sentenced to one week’s hard labor as a real tooth … Continue reading

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Secretariat

The impossible true story. Chenery was a mother and housewife who knew little about horses when she was pressed to take over her ailing father’s horse farm in Virginia. Though Secretariat came along and began to take shape as a … Continue reading

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The Perfect Game

Dream for the fences. Living amidst the gritty poverty of 1957 Monterrey, Mexico, a rag–tag group of boys from the wrong side of the tracks discovers the joy of sandlot baseball under the guidance of Cesar, an aspiring Major League … Continue reading

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Just Wright

Leslie Wright, a straight-shooting physical therapist, gets the gig of a lifetime working with NBA All-Star Scott McKnight. All is going well until Leslie finds herself falling for Scott, forcing her to choose between the gig of a lifetime and … Continue reading

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The Fighter

Inspired by an incredible true story, comes the gritty, affectionately humorous, yet stirring comeback tale of the unlikely boxing hero, “Irish” Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg), and his half-brother, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), who had to come apart as opponents before … Continue reading

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Supercross: The Movie

Set in the high-octane world of Supercross competition, the film tells the story of two brothers who overcome emotional and physical obstacles to achieve success as racers. The brothers’ conflicts are magnified by their different life choices and their decision … Continue reading

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The Ringer

Desperate for cash to help a friend in need and pay off his smarmy uncle’s gambling debts, Steve Barker sinks to an all time low… he attempts to fix the Special Olympics by pretending to be a person with intellectual … Continue reading

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Rebound

A comedy where old school… meets middle school. Martin Lawrence stars as a legendary college basketball coach who, after a public meltdown, is forced to coach a losing junior high school team. Mullally will play the principal of the junior … Continue reading

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Match Point

Chris, a former tennis pro, social-climbs into the world of the British upper crust when he gets engaged to one of his wealthy tennis students. But Chris is not the type to leave well enough alone, and he soon falls … Continue reading

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Lords of Dogtown

They came from nothing to change everything. In Venice, California in the mid ’70′s, the sport of surfing brought together a group of teenagers from a rough neighborhood. Riding the waves at the Pacific Ocean Park pier, a graveyard of … Continue reading

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