One of the most consistent trends in the sports movie genre is the training arc. Watching someone duke it out a billion times ...
Sports dramas get Oscars. Boxing films have done particularly well at the Academy Awards — Rocky, Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby, The Fighter — and other sports have also been celebrated during ...
The 1970s is often heralded as the greatest decade in Hollywood history, and the sports movies made during that ten-year span did their part in establishing that well-deserved reputation. The ‘70s ...
Stories about athletes striving for greatness have always made for compelling cinematic experiences. So it goes with all sports films, which — at their worst — can be conventional and formulaic ...
From 'Hoop Dreams' to 'Bring It On,' 'Raging Bull' to 'Bull Durham' and beyond, THR's critics pick their all-time champs. By Daniel Fienberg, Jon Frosch, Angie Han, David Rooney, Leslie Felperin, ...