Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Real Steel

In the near-future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi-tech, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.

Trailer

Starring:
Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie, Evangeline Lilly
Directed by:
Shawn Levy
Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Sports
Running Time: 2 hours 7 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for some violence, intense action, and brief language)
Yahoo! Users: 4.5/5 (2,368 ratings)
IMDb Users Rating: 7.2/10 (74,593 users)

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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Fast & Furious

When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.



Trailer

Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, John Ortiz
Directed by: Justin Lin
Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller, Sequel and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 39 min.
MPAARating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual content, language and drug references
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb Users Rating: 6.4/10 (55,073 votes)
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Sean Boswell is an outsider who attempts to define himself as a hot-headed, underdog street racer. Although racing provides a temporary escape from an unhappy home and the superficial world around him, it has also made Sean unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time, Sean is sent to live with his gruff, estranged father, a career military-man stationed in Tokyo. Now officially a gaijin (outsider), Sean feels even more shut out in a land of foreign customs and codes of honor. But it doesn't take long for him to find some action when a fellow American buddy, Twinkie, introduces him to the underground world of drift racing. Sean's simple drag racing gets replaced by a rubber-burning, automotive art form with an exhilarating balance of speeding and gliding through a heart-stopping course of hairpin turns and switchbacks. On his first time out drifting, Sean unknowingly takes on D.K., the "Drift King," a local champ with ties to the Japanese crime machine Yakuza. Sean's loss comes at a high price tag when he's forced to work off the debt under the thumb of ex-pat, Han. Han soon welcomes Sean into this family of misfits and introduces him to the real principles of drifting. But when Sean falls for D.K.'s girlfriend, Neela, an explosive series of events is set into motion, climaxing with a high stakes face off.

Trailer

Starring: Lucas Black, Shad 'Bow Wow' Gregory Moss, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Brian Tee
Directed by:
Justin Lin
Genres: Action/Adventure, Sequel and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 38 min.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for reckless and illegal behavior involving teens, violence, language and sexual content
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb Users Rating: 5.6/10 (50,072 votes)
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Friday, September 16, 2011

2 Fast 2 Furious

Speed--it's easy to get and it's as close as the nearest set of high-performance wheels. Brian O'Connor, now a disgraced cop, fell victim to it--and now he's paying the price. As far as his bosses and the FBI brass are concerned, the hothead undercover officer threw one of their largest investigations ever. After losing his badge and any chance of redemption along with it, O'Connor is given one last chance when the feds in Miami need his help to collar Carter Verone, a flashy businessman whose using his import/export business as a cover for an international money laundering cartel. Cutoms has had Verone under intense surveillance for over a year with nothing more to show for it than the kingpin's link to illegal street racing. With their backs against the wall and time running out, officials put out a call for O'Connor to do what he does best--talk the talk and push the metal. But the rule-breaking loner has his own demands before taking on the job. He insists on recruiting his childhood friend and ex-con Roman Pearce as his partner. The Feds and Agent Markham offer Pearce, an accomplished criminal with an aptitude for barrier-shattering speed, a deal--work with O'Connor and his impressive rap sheet will disappear. Now, it's last chance for both, ex-con and ex-cop, and their ticket out of disgrace is bringing down Verone. But the lines become blurred once again for O'Connor with the appearance of undercover agent Monica Fuentes, the key to entering Verone's world who may herself be in bed with the shady entrepreneur.

Trailer

Starring: Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Cole Hauser, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges
Directed by:
John Singleton
Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller, Crime/Gangster, Sequel and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 40 min.

MPAA Rating: PG 13 for street racing, violence, language, and some sensuality
Yahoo! Critics: C
IMDb Users Rating: 5.2/10 (58,359 votes)
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Fast And The Furious

Dominic Toretto drives the streets of LA like he owns them. As far as his crew is concerned, he does. He spends his days rebuilding high performance race cars and perfecting the art of computer controlled fuel injection. By night, Dom pockets up to $10,000 each time someone dares to race him in his own earth-bound rocket of a car. Dom lives off of the adrenaline of street car racing and his fans treat him like a rock star. Brian particularly looks up to Dominic and seeks his approval, but to the rest of the crowd, he's white bread. After a blazing encounter with the ruthless Johnny Tran, Dom decides to take Brian under his wing. Dom's sister Mia sees something she likes in Brian, too. Trouble is, neither of them realize he's an undercover cop and Dominic and his rival Johnny Tran are both the leading suspects in a case involving dirty money and big-rig hijacking.

Trailer
Starring:
Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune
Directed by:
Rob Cohen, Mic Rodgers
Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 47 min.
MPAA Rating: PG 13 for violence / sexual content / language
IMDb Users Rating: 6.1/10 (88,599 votes)

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Friday, March 4, 2011

127 Hours

Centers on Aron Ralston, an American climber whose arm got trapped under a boulder while hiking in Utah, and who, after waiting five days, decided the only chance he had for survival was to amputate his own arm.











Trailer

Starring: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clemence Poesy, Kate Burton
Directed by:
Danny Boyle
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 33 min.

MPAA Rating: R for language and some disturbing violent content/bloody images
Yahoo! Critics: A-
IMDb Users Rating: 8.0/10 (44,970 votes)
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Beautiful Boxer

Based on the true story of Thailand's famed transgender kickboxer, Parinya Charoenphol. Believing he's a girl trapped in a boy's body since childhood, Parinya Charoenphol (affectionately known as Nong Toom in Thailand) sets out to master the most masculine and lethal sport of Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) to earn a living and to achieve his ultimate goal of total femininity. Nong Toom life goes from his teenage years as a traveling monk, to grueling days in boxing camps, to explosive matches where he knocks out most of his opponents across Thailand and Japan.

Trailer

Starring: Assani Suwan, Sorapong Chatree, Orn-anong Panyawong, Kyoko Inoue, Sitiporn Niyom
Directed by:
Ekachai Uekrongtham
Genres: Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign, Drama, Biopic and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min.

Yahoo! Users Rating: C+
IMDb Users Rating: 7.5/10 (1,701 votes)
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Monday, March 29, 2010

The Blind Side

Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, is taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher's presence in the Touhys' lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome. As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with the help of his coaches and adopted family, becomes an All-American offensive left tackle.

Trailer

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon
Directed by:
John Lee Hancock
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Adaptation, Biopic and Sports
Running Time: 2 hrs.

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references
Yahoo! Critics: C+
IMDb User Rating: 7.7/10 (26,678 votes)
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Friday, January 9, 2009

Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story

An over-zealous high school janitor takes on the task of coaching a group of lovable misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship, overcoming their motley backgrounds in the process.








Trailer

Starring: Seann William Scott, Randy Quaid, Brando Eaton, Leonor Varela, Brent Anderson
Directed by:
Danny Leiner
Genres: Comedy and Sports
Running Time: 1 hr. 33 min.

MPAA Rating: Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, some nudity and brief drug use
Yahoo! Critics: NA
IMDb User Rating: 5.6/10
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