Sentences with phrase «inspirational sports flick»
John Lee Hancock «s modest list of directorial credits, includes 2009's The Blind Side, which earned a Best Picture nomination, and another inspirational sports flick, The Rookie (2002).
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Carter is no stranger to high - school sports drama, helming the 2005 inspirational basketball flick, Coach Carter (which is set in nearby Richmond, CA), and even starting off his behind - the - scenes role by directing several episodes of the high - school basketball TV show he appeared in as a regular cast member, «The White Shadow».
In his new fight - flick Bleed for This, writer - director Ben Younger — best known for the Mamet-esque white - collar crime drama Boiler Room — achieves a better result focusing on one of Durán's more colorful opponents: Vinny «The Pazmanian Devil» Paz (née Pazienza), whose comeback from a catastrophic injury seems more far - fetched than any sports flick's faux - inspirational contrivance.