Sport

Is the Homeless World Cup Real? The Inspiration Behind ‘The Beautiful Game’

March 30 2024, by Louie Fecou

The Beautiful Game is an uplifting story of hope and triumph against the odds that sees a mismatched team of homeless people making it to...

The ending of The Beautiful Game on Netflix teaches an important lesson

March 29 2024, by Lori Meek

The ending of The Beautiful Game is predictable, there’s no doubt about that. But the lesson learned by protagonist Vinny that the real-life Homeless World...

The Beautiful Game Review – Netflix’s underdog sports tale is formulaic but feel-good

March 29 2024, by Lori Meek

For the past two decades, the Homeless World Cup Foundation has been putting together annual football tournaments for teams of unhoused people around the world....

The Beautiful Game Was Filmed In Two European Capitals

March 29 2024, by Louie Fecou

Football — or soccer, if you’re American and wrong — is the most popular sport in the world, so you could feasibly film a movie...

The Underdoggs Review – A cringe-inducing 90s throwback with some heart

January 25 2024, by Kieran Burt

The NFL (National Football League) is huge in America, commanding legions of fans. And just as there are films about the UK’s favorite sport, the...

Sixty Minutes Review – Predictable and painful

January 19 2024, by Romey Norton

The German Netflix action film Sixty Minutes is a serious race against time as mixed martial arts fighter Octavio (Emilio Sakraya) finds himself with just...

The Queenstown Kings Review – A father/son story that becomes the heart of this sports drama

November 17 2023, by Amanda Guarragi

In The Queenstown Kings on Netflix, this inspirational South African sports drama is about a young football prodigy from Queenstown who faces the return of his washed-up,...

NYAD Review – An inspiring true story that falls flat because of inconsistent direction

November 4 2023, by Amanda Guarragi

NYAD first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year and also had a short theatrical run before it began streaming on Netflix. When...

Shoresy Season 2 Review – A Worthwhile Second Season

October 27 2023, by Ricky Valero

Everyone’s favorite toothless hockey star is back trying to take his Sudbury Bulldogs to the playoffs in the Hulu original series Shoresy Season 2. At the...

Race to the Summit Review – A deadly duel of height and speed

October 4 2023, by Kieran Burt

Heights are something that humans are naturally scared of. The fear of being up above the ground, losing your footing and plummeting below. It’s not...

Untold: Swamp Kings Review – an enthralling look of an infamous figure

August 22 2023, by Marc Miller

Here is our review of the Netflix documentary movie Untold: Swamp Kings, released on August 22nd, 2023.  Untold: Swamp Kings leaves much to be desired...

What happened to Johnny Manziel? Explained

August 11 2023, by Louie Fecou

What happened to Johnny Manziel? We discuss the 2023 Netflix documentary film Untold: Johnny Football. It seems that sports stars often fall into many of...

Swagger Season 2 Episode 8 Recap and Ending Explained

August 11 2023, by Adam Lock

We recap the Apple TV+ series Swagger Season 2 Episode 8, “Journey and Destination,” which contains spoilers and explains the Ending. Season 2 of Swagger...

Swagger Season 2 Episode 7 Recap – what is CJ’s secret?

August 4 2023, by Adam Lock

We recap the Apple TV+ series Swagger Season 2 Episode 7, “Homecoming,” which contains significant spoilers. As the second season of Swagger nears its finale,...

Swagger Season 2 Episode 6 Recap – do Jace and Crystal get back together?

July 28 2023, by Adam Lock

We recap the Apple TV+ series Swagger Season 2 Episode 6, “Jace + Crystal,” which contains spoilers. After the politically charged season highlight, “Are We...

Swagger Season 2 Episode 5 Recap – who is John Carlos?

July 21 2023, by Adam Lock

We recap the Apple TV+ series Swagger Season 2 Episode 5, “Are We Free?” which contains significant spoilers. Apple’s sports drama series Swagger gets political...

Surf Girls Hawai’i Season 1 Review – A worthwhile, bingeable sports docuseries

July 17 2023, by Ricky Valero

This review of the Prime Video series Surf Girls Hawai’i Season 1 does not contain spoilers. Moana Jones Wong, Ewe Wong, Maluhia Kinimaka, Pua DeSoto,...

Swagger Season 2 Episode 4 Recap – what happens because of Jace’s viral video?

July 14 2023, by Adam Lock

We recap the Apple TV+ series Swagger Season 2 Episode 4, “Through the Fire,” which contains spoilers. The article about Joe Warrick’s attack has now...

Swagger Season 2 Episode 3 Recap – How does Jace react to Warrick’s accusations?

July 7 2023, by Adam Lock

We recap the Apple TV+ series Swagger Season 2 Episode 3, “RISE + FALL,” which contains spoilers. For four years straight, Crystal (Quvenzhané Wallis), Jace...

Swagger Season 2 Episode 2 Recap – why is Jace not sleeping?

June 30 2023, by Adam Lock

We recap the Apple TV+ series Swagger Season 2 Episode 2, episode 2, “18,” which contains spoilers. Basketball prodigy Jace Carson (Isaiah Hill) is on...