Special guest Andrew Buckle joins Matthew Pejkovic of Matt's Movie Reviews to talk Southpaw & boxing movies.
With the Olympics finally around the corner, all eyes would be on the biggest sporting events in four years, and in this case, five. From basketball to gymastics to track and field, sports fans are in seventh heaven right about now. The Olympics also makes us think of the sports movies/anime we love, and here are 10 that warrant a watch.
He made his film debut (as Billy Crystal's kid!) in City Slickers, although we first noticed him in Donnie Darko. As the titular character in Bubble Boy and the lovelorn admirer of Jennifer Aniston’s character in The Good Girl, Jake Gyllenhaal was high on our radar in the early 2000s. He’s given us a handful of superb characters that should have gotten him the highest acting honour- the Oscar, but the golden statue has always escaped his grasp.
Here are four movies that Gyllenhaal should have totally gotten the Best Actor Oscar for.
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With Bleed For This hitting theaters this month, we're taking a look back at the two most prominent boxing films of 2015. Southpaw saw Antoine Fuqua team up with Sons of Anarchy brainchild Kurt Sutter for a look at what happens when a championship boxer hits rock bottom, and Creed continued the legacy of the Rocky franchise with the son of Apollo Creed seeking help from Rocky Balboa to become one of the greats. Which one will be left standing when the fight's over, though? Ring that bell, and let's find out!
