Tag: #moviereview

Draft Day

Well I’m a little late on this one but whatever, here we go. I was avoiding doing important stuff and scrolling through the HBO On Demand movie menu when I came across a movie called Draft Day. As an avid NFL watcher and a die-hard Eagles fan, I was immediately intrigued. The movie was about how the general manager of…

All In Or Naw: The Gambler

Are you all in? I recently watched The Gambler with Mark Wahlberg and watching his character ride the self-destruction train was fascinating. Wahlberg plays the role of a novelist turned university professor who grew up with money but somewhere after the loss of his grandfather begins to lose himself. His weapon of choice, gambling. For him, this time consuming hobby was…

McFarland, USA: Dashing Underdogs

So on my 12 hour flight to South Korea I watched a great sports movie called McFarland, USA. It’s about a outrageous football coach who after losing his job gets hired at a high school in the hood in California. Him and his family, who were Caucasian, became the minorities in a community that was made up of Mexican-Americans. He…