Running Brave (1983)

Last year I ran my first marathon, afterwords I started looking for some good books or magazines specifically on Marathon Running. It is amazing how many are for running your first or running in general. Not many are geared toward multiple marathons. Anyways, I found one called...

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The Fighter (2010)

The sports movie of the Oscar ballot, this film is another boxing movie. A sport that seems to become less popular year after year, yet continues to entice Hollywood again and again. Will UFC fighters be our heros of Hollywood films in 20 years? This film has a pretty nice cast...

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The Karate Kid (2010)

Jaden Smith (son of Will Smith) in his 3rd feature film, and first starring role. This remake of the 1984 original The Karate Kid starring Ralph Macchio. Is produced by father, Will, and takes place in China.There are a few things that make this as good as the original, and...

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"Baseball" (1994)

It is not easy to express what a commitment it is to watch this film. A mini-series by Ken Burns of the complete history of baseball. By complete I mean 9 films [innings] around two hours each for a total of about 19 hours of film.As you can imagine, while watching this lengthy...

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National Velvet (1944)

A film starring Elizabeth Taylor when she was just 12 years old. Based in England this film is about a girl who has a love for horses and through chance wins a horse who has the potential of winning the Grand National. Mickey Rooney plays a former jockey who helps her train...

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The Express (2008)

Winner of the ESPY Award for Best Sports Film, I watched this movie to finish the list of ESPY Winners. Ironic that the other ESPY winner I just watched was also starring Dennis Quaid. This sports film is about the first African American Heisman Trophy winner, a football player...

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The Rookie (2002)

Does anyone else think that Dennis Quaid is a B grade Harrison Ford? I get the two confused all the time. Quaid seems to favor kids movies though, and this one is just that.A film about a guy that missed his chance at the majors and ends up a high school baseball coach in...

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The Endless Summer (1966)

This documentary film is about two surfers and their friend [the narrator, writer, and director] who take a trip around the world following the summer season. They start in California, head to Africa, around to Cape, to Australia, then finally to Hawaii.It is a really fun story;...

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Sugar (2009)

The American Film Institute picked this film as part of its top 10 from 2009 and ESPN nominated it for the ESPY for Best Sports Film of the Year. It lost to The Express a film I intend to watch later this year, but fully expect this only lost because no one knew much about...

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Fat City (1972)

This film is about the lives of two boxers at different points in their lives and the decisions they make. Stacy Keach plays Tully [I can only see the dad from the tv show "Titus" when I see him], a washed out boxer past his prime who has a drinking problem and constantly talks...

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The Freshman (1925)

Harold Lloyd plays "The Freshman," a nerdy kid who just wants to be popular at college. Lloyd is one of the lesser known comedians from the early ages of cinema. He has a famous scene when he is hanging from a clock in Safety Last!. This is probably his only other well known...

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Invictus (2009)

I need to be clear from the start, this is a sports movie, not a Biography of Nelson Mandela. If you happen to be someone that knows very little about South Africa you will learn something from this film other than their rugby team.So the film's focus is on a time frame where...

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The Blind Side (2009)

This is based on the true story of Michael Oher, a current player for the Baltimore Ravens and former college All-American. Michael had a very difficult life growing up and this heartwarming [and tear-jerking] story is about how he came to love football and find a family. This...

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