Stephanie's mom is encouraging Stephanie to dump them both and choose a former high
school football star who's just returned to town.
Tatum's Jimmy Logan is an embodiment of an America that has fallen short of its promise to most people: A former high
school football star who blew out his knee in college and is now largely useless to the masters of the universe, but for his ability to take commands in the service economy.
Not exact matches
Trice, already big in high
school, played
football on several very good teams at East Tech under a very good coach, Sam Willaman,
who had
starred at Ohio State.
As both opponents and teammates in junior
football in Sacramento, the Jacksons laid the groundwork to become high
school stars who are now turning the head of college recruiters nationwide.
A top student and
football star in South Central L.A., Kitam Hamm is one of a growing number of high
school athletes
who face life - and - death decisions every day as they try to survive in gang - infested communities
Brian Presley also
stars in this drama about a former
football star who gets a second chance as a high
school coach.
They include Jimmy (Channing Tatum), a former high
school football star whose promising career was cut short by a knee injury, and his brother Clyde (Adam Driver), a bartender
who lost his forearm near the tail end of his second Iraq tour.
When the Game Stands Tall Director: Thomas Carter
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Alexander Ludwig, Michael Chiklis, Laura Dern Synopsis: The journey of legendary
football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel),
who took the De La Salle High
School Spartans from obscurity to a 151 - game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.
But Fogelman is smarter than that and so are his characters, especially Cannavale's Tom and his no - nonsense wife, Samantha (Jennifer Garner),
who initially resist Danny's dramatic intrusion (complete with
football - field - sized tour bus) into their placid suburban lives, but soon realize that there are certain advantages to having a rock
star in the family — like jumping to the front of the line for an elite Manhattan
school specializing in the needs of children like their ADHD - afflicted daughter, Hope (Giselle Eisenberg).
Denzel Washington
stars as a newly appointed African - American coach
who must contend with a popular white coach (played by Will Patton), and with the high
school football team's first season as a racially integrated unit.
OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening February 20, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Fired Up (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, partying, partial nudity and pervasive crude humor) Teen comedy about a couple of high
school's
football stars (Eric Christian Olsen and Nicholas D'Agosto)
who hatch a plan to spend the summer at a camp filled with gorgeous girls by quitting the team to try out for the cheerleading squad instead.
The eyes — and hopes — of many in the city rest this summer on Nathaniel Anderson, a native son, college
football star, and former high
school principal
who will become the superintendent of the 12,000 - student system on July 1.
«The great
schools will be the ones
who help unveil a galaxy of black
stars for Indigenous young people; not just the
football stars but the Indigenous
stars who shine in trades, professions, business, arts, cultural and civic life.
If you saw this holiday season's hit movie The Blind Side, you may think you know all about Michael Oher, the young black man
who was taken in by a well - off white family and eventually became a
star left tackle on his high
school football team, then for Ole Miss, and now for the Baltimore Ravens.