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Written by Sam Minardi
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 07:50 PM |
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"Raging Bull" is without question one of my all-time favorite films. The movie is the story of former World Middleweight Champion Jake La Motta. Unlike today's sports biopics, "Raging Bull" was a true-to-life story of the colorful former champ. Calling La Motta "colorful" is kind of like calling Michael Jackson "different." The truth is that La Motta was a raging bull both in and out of the ring, and the character portrayed by the incomparable Robert DeNiro is spot on. In fact, I am confident writing that very sentence because of a chance encounter that I personally had with the former champ in 1998. While polishing off one of what I assume was many beers in a midtown Manhattan lounge, I notice an older gentleman signing autographs at a corner table. The bartender told me who he was and I was on the case! Upon introducing myself, I mentioned what a fan I was of the film and the grisly old fighter invited me to sit with him and his guest. We talked for nearly an hour about the film, his career, his battles with the great Sugar Ray Robinson and just how wonderful it truly is to be Italian. (Never underestimate the bond between our people!) |
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Movie Reviews -
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Written by Sam Minardi
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Thursday, July 09, 2009 03:14 PM |
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 Inspirational is an overused term, in my humble opinion. However, “The Express” can only be described as such. The story of Ernie Davis is extraordinary and it’s quite amazing to see how far African-American athletes have come over the past half century.
However, “The Express” is just the latest sports biopic to replace fact with dramatic fiction. Why filmmakers insist on doing such a thing I’ll never know. |
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Written by Matthew J. DeReno
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 05:03 AM |
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So here I am in July perusing the free HD channels looking for a flick my niece might enjoy. I thought Jerry Maguire was a good pick in that regards. It has a great sports element to keep me happy and Cuba Gooding, Jr. is a joy to watch. Cruise is even pretty darn good in a role, which he wore as tightly as a linebackers jock strap. |
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Written by Matthew J. DeReno
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Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:00 AM |
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 Charles Comisky, long ago owner of the Chicago White Sox, shows himself to be a penurious cheapskate, who benches one of his star players on his 29th win, just so he doesn’t have to pay him a bonus on that guy's 30th victory. Such antics, according to the film Eight Men Out, are reasons the 1919 White Sox baseball team mutinied on him and threw the World Series.
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Written by Sergei J. Feldman
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:00 AM |
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Often times, you’ll sit there, you’ll look and you’ll find nothing (at least I do). But then all of a sudden, someone hands you a microscope and voila… Well, when you think of November 21, 1976, the first thing that jumps out at you is likely absolutely nothing, at best. But upon a deeper dig, you’ll come to realize the date marks a watershed moment in film history, as United Artists released Sylvester Stallone’s masterpiece and first claim-to-fame, Rocky. |
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