Amateur: a true story about what makes a man
Thomas Page McBee is in training for a fight, a white collar charity boxing match in Madison Square Garden. If is goes ahead he will be...
20 April 2019
Rocky IV dir. by Sylvester Stallone
Oh Rocky IV, the worst of the Rocky films in some ways. But also the most Rocky in others. Also, the film that is pretty much...
20 October 2018
Rocky dir. by John G. Avildsen
I cannot believe I’ve never reviewed Rocky before, but then again it is one of those films I’ve seen so many times, and before blogging was...
22 September 2018
Creed dir. by Ryan Coogler
I find myself unable to really blurb this film. I mean, yeah, the bare bones of it are an orphan kid tries to find himself through...
18 January 2016
Real Steel [based on short story] by Richard Matheson dir. by Shawn Levy
Set in the not too distant future, Real Steel is all about Robot Boxing. Human boxing just couldn’t live with the public’s demand for yet more...
8 April 2012
RTÉ Sports Person of the Year Awards | gaelick
Katie Taylor is undoubtedly Ireland’s greatest sports person ever. She is one of the greatest female boxers in the world.Her father, and coach, Peter Taylor has...
24 December 2011
The Fighter dir. by David O. Russell
IMDb ; Metacritic Micky Ward is the youngest of a large family. All his life he has looked up to his older brother, Dicky, who once...
20 March 2011
Rocky Balboa dir. by Sylvester Stallone
It isn’t often that you describe a boxing film as sweet. It isn’t often I describe a film as sweet and mean that in a positive...
27 January 2007
Cinderella Man dir. by Ron Howard
– Joe Gould Based on the true story of James J Braddock. A boxing film. Set during the Depression. Consider all of these things and you...
16 September 2005
Million Dollar Baby [based on book] by F.X. Toole dir. by Clint Eastwood
The critics have been raving over this film. Don’t know why, I found it overlong, boring and more than a little predictable.
22 January 2004