Posts Tagged ‘boxing’



Raging Bull (1980)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: De Niro, Robert | Moriarty, Cathy | Pesci, Joe | Vincent, Frank | Colasanto, Nicholas | Saldana, Theresa | Gallo, Mario | Adonis, Frank | Bono, Joseph | Topham, Frank | Flax, Lori Anne | Scorsese, Charles | Dunphy, Don | Hanrahan, Bill | Bennett, Rita
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

Borstal Boy (2000)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Ireland | UK
Actors: Hatosy, Shawn | Dyer, Danny | Ingleby, Lee | Laing, Robin | Birthistle, Eva | York, Michael | Huberman, Mark | Byrne, Jim | Deady, Garret | Donohue, Darren | Drew, Ronnie | Fitzpatrick, William | Griffin, Luke | Hanly, Trevor | Hassel, Lukas
Directors: Sheridan, Peter
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Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old republican, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England. At Borstal, Brendan is forced to live face-to-face with those he perceived as “the enemy,” a confrontation that reveals a deep inner conflict in the young Brendan and forces a self-examination that is both traumatic and revealing. Events take an unexpected turn and Brendan is thrown into a complete spin. In the emotional vortex, he finally faces up to the truth.

Rigged (2008)

Monday, November 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Ortis, Chad | Neuenswander, Rebecca | Hanover, Kurt | Anajjar, Lahcen | Bartholomew, Adrian | Bavel, Ari | Buswell, Richard A. | Campbell, Robert P. | Dutton, Garrett | Fellin, Jeffrey | Fowler, Will | Graf, David Alan | Hence, Stephen | Kellogg, James | Laurans, Jonathan
Directors: Dillon, Jonathan
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Michael Dublin is a full-time con man working the underground boxing circuit. A lonely drifter on the run from a past best forgotten, he moves from one scam to another, leaving a trail of enemies in his wake. Dublin invents his best scam yet when he meets Katherine Paker, a female fighter with the skills to take down a man twice her size. In a scheme Dublin calls “fight-rigging, in reverse”, the two hit the road working fights in seedy basement bars, abandoned warehouses, and backwoods county fairs. But Dublin’s shady past catches up with them and suddenly the stakes are higher - and more dangerous - than they’d ever imagined.

Rocky Balboa (2006)

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Young, Burt | Tarver, Antonio | Hughes, Geraldine | Ventimiglia, Milo | Burton, Tony | Benza, A.J. | Kelly III, James Francis | Shire, Talia | DiBella, Lou | Tyson, Mike | Sanders, Henry G. | Lovell, Pedro | Gerena, Ana | Boyd, Angela
Directors: Stallone, Sylvester
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A widower of many years now Rocky has fallen into a routine of looking back to his past. A coincidental meeting with a girl that is now all grown up gets him back on track. Rocky always wanting to help those that he cares about lends a hand out for she and her son. Rocky now owns a small restaurant in the heart of Philly, he finds himself telling stories to those that ask about old fights and taking photos with his fans. Paulie, his wife’s brother shows him an ESPN exclusive about a virtual fight between reigning undefeated heavy weight champion of the world Mason “The Line” Dixon. The virtual bout intrigues everyone with Rocky “the Italion Stallion” as the winner. Rocky feels like he needs to get back in the ring not for a title shot, but for some local fights that will satisfy his love of the game. When Rocky is approached by Dixon’s managers Rocky can’t turn the semi charity event down. After tying things back up with his son, Rocky, Duke (his former trainer), Paulie, and Rocky Jr. get to work training the still in shape former 2 time heavy weight champion of the world. You’ll be inspired by the heart vs skill bout of ten amazing rounds.

Snatch. (2000)

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Statham, Jason | Graham, Stephen | Ford, Alan | Pitt, Brad | Farina, Dennis | Serbedzija, Rade | Gee, Robbie | James, Lennie | Jones, Vinnie | Del Toro, Benicio | Reid, Mike | Flemyng, Jason | Beckwith, Andy | Beck, William | Bremner, Ewen
Directors: Ritchie, Guy
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Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets the shit kicked out of him by Pitt, a ‘pikey’ ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including ‘Cousin Avi’, ‘Boris The Blade’, ‘Franky Four Fingers’ and ‘Bullet Tooth Tony’. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!

Fight Club (1999)

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Norton, Edward | Pitt, Brad | Bonham Carter, Helena | Meat Loaf | Grenier, Zach | Arquette, Richmond | Andrews, David | Maguire, George | Bondurant, Eugenie | Cabot, Christina | Colston, Sydney 'Big Dawg' | Singer, Rachel | Cronenweth, Christie | De Zarn, Tim | Buzzington, Ezra
Directors: Fincher, David
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You’re young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. You eventually find comfort in going to support groups for lukemia and cancer victims when there’s nothing wrong with you until they’re hijacked from you by another faker. Then you meet Tyler Durden, a man that shows you that not only can you live without material needs but that self-destruction, the collapse of society and making dynamite from soap might not be such a bad idea either.

Gangs of New York (2002)

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | History
Countries: Germany | Italy | Netherlands | UK | USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Day-Lewis, Daniel | Diaz, Cameron | Broadbent, Jim | Thomas, Henry | Neeson, Liam | Gleeson, Brendan | Reilly, John C. | Lewis, Gary | Graham, Stephen | Marsan, Eddie | McCowen, Alec | Gilliard Jr., Larry | Seymour, Cara | Hemmings, David
Directors: Scorsese, Martin
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As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in Manhattan’s Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon returns seeking revenge against the rival gang leader who killed his father. But Amsterdam’s personal vendetta becomes part of the gang warfare that erupts as he and his fellow Irishmen fight to carve a place for themselves in their newly adopted homeland!

Bandits (2001)

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Willis, Bruce | Thornton, Billy Bob | Blanchett, Cate | Garity, Troy | O'Byrne, Brian F. | Travis, Stacey | Slayton, Bobby | Jones, January | Skye, Azura | Miley, Peggy | Converse-Roberts, William | Riehle, Richard | Mercurio, Micole | Burkholder, Scott | Burch, Anthony
Directors: Levinson, Barry
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A charismatic convict (Bruce Willis) and a hypochondriac inmate (Billy Bob Thornton) break out of prison in a cement truck and immediately start a bank robbing spree. Becoming known as the “Sleepover Bandits”, the two kidnap bank managers the night before their robbery, spend the night with their families, and then all go to the bank in the morning to get the dough. Using a dim-witted stunt man (Troy Garrity) as their getaway driver and lookout, the three successfully pull off several jobs that gets them recognition on a tv show about America’s criminals. When a bored housewife (Cate Blanchett) with a failing marriage decides to runaway, she ends up in the hands of the criminals. Initially attracted to Willis, she nonetheless also ends up in bed with Thornton and a confused romantic relationship begins. Continuing along with their spree, the bandits hit the wall when the bank managers realize that they are non-violent and therefore no threat to them or their employees. This leads to one more big score at the Alamo Bank, where in the very opening scenes, things appear to go awry.

Devil’s Advocate, The (1997)

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Thriller
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Reeves, Keanu | Pacino, Al | Theron, Charlize | Jones, Jeffrey | Ivey, Judith | Nielsen, Connie | Nelson, Craig T. | Tunie, Tamara | Santiago-Hudson, Ruben | Monk, Debra | Ruginis, Vyto | Harrington, Laura | Gray, Pamela | Matarazzo, Heather | Wyner, George
Directors: Hackford, Taylor
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Based on a book by Andrew Neiderman, the film centers on a young lawyer who joins a New York firm only to discover that his boss has an increasingly bizarre personality.

Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Clooney, George | Birt, Cecelia Ann | Nolan, Paul L. | Florence, Carol | Galinski, Lori | Mac, Bernie | Pitt, Brad | Gantt, Mark | Perez, Timothy Paul | Gould, Elliott | Patton, Frank | Affleck, Casey | Caan, Scott | Jemison, Eddie | Hernandez, Jorge R.
Directors: Soderbergh, Steven
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A gangster by the name of Danny Ocean (George Clooney) rounds up a gang of associates to stage heists of three major Las Vegas casino’s (Bellagio, The Mirage, and the MGM Grand) simultaneously during a popular boxing event.