Archive for the ‘CHICK FLIX’ category
For Love and Basketball
I loved this movie because it is one of the rare ones where the female is a sportswoman. Sanaa Nathan and Omar Epps are two of my favorite actors too. He does a great display of “defense” against Dr. House on TV’s “House”
Hoop Dreams
Hoop Dreams – this documentary released in 1994 followed two young boys from Chicago – Arthur Agee and William Gates – and their pursuits of basketball stardom. It was groundbreaking and genuine because it captured the real life events – both good and bad – and showed viewers the struggle that so many kids endure [...]
Rocky
Rocky – This classic was made in 1976 and it’s iconic because more people than not when they think of a boxing movie, they think of this movie or one of it’s 4 sequels. This first Rocky movie was award winning – it actually won 3 Oscars. No, not for Sylvester Stallone‘s acting (although he [...]
Invictus
I went to see ‘2012‘ yesterday with My Guy and one of the trailers we saw was for Invictus. It looks like an extremely powerful film where sports is used to strike a common cord among people to unit a country. It stars Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon and it is directed by Clint Eastwood. [...]














