Review 110min Genre:       Drama Director:     Regina King Cast:         Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr.…and more Writers:     Kemp Powers -Synopsis- During the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s historic heavyweight championship victory over Sonny Liston in 1964 and on the eve of his conversion to Islam, cultural icons and leaders of the black community Clay, Muslim minister […]

Review 108min Genre:        Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance Director:      Takashi Miike Cast:          Masataka Kubota, Sakurako Konishi, Becky…and more Writers:      Masa Nakamura -Synopsis- After receiving a bleak diagnosis, a young Japanese boxer’s life is forever changed when he inadvertently gets caught in the middle of a Yakuza drug-smuggling conspiracy and gang war, after he meets a […]

Review 130min Genre:     Drama, Sport Director:  Steven Caple Jr. Cast:       Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Sylvester Stallone…more Writers:   Cheo Hodari Coker, Sylvester Stallone, Juel Taylor… and more -Synopsis- With new responsibilities on the table and much to lose, new heavyweight champion ‘Adonis Creed’ is confronted by history and a daunting new challenge . . . […]

Review 92min Genre:       Drama Director:    Paddy Considine Cast:         Paddy Considine, Jodie Whittaker, Tony Pitts…and more Writer:      Paddy Considine -Synopsis- When British boxing veteran and middleweight champion ‘Matty Burton’ suffers a catastrophic brain injury during a fight, he’s forced to effectively re-start his life, with huge emotional implications for his wife and infant daughter . . […]

Review 117min Genre:      Fact-based, Drama, Sport Director:   Ben Younger Cast:        Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Ciarán Hinds…and more Writers:    Ben Younger, Angelo Pizzo  and Pippa Bianco -Synopsis- Miles Teller stars in a biographical drama about the life of “The Pazmanian Devil” Vinny Pazienza; self-styled, ferocious East Coast American boxer and former Lightweight and Middleweight world champion, […]

Review 133min Genre:     Action, Drama Director:  Ryan Coogler Cast:       Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson…more Writers:   Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington and Sylvester Stallone -Synopsis- Young Michael B. Jordan (Fantastic Four, Fruitvale Station) stars in a ‘Rocky’ spin-off as the late “Apollo Creed’s” troubled illegitimate son who enlists the help of his dad’s legendary “Italian […]

To celebrate Friday’s release of Ryan Coogler’s ‘Rocky’ boxing drama spin-off ‘Creed’ starring Michael B. Jordan, we break down our top 5 movie performances from actors who have clearly studied the sweet pugilistic science, in films that represent the sport accurately so classic ‘Rocky’ films are out of the running… and we’re not interested in actual […]

Week 2 August 2015 Let’s see some hustle!, what are your favorite movie sporting gurus?, here’s our selection for the most memorable and entertaining movie coaches. Let us know what you think by liking and commenting and please subscribe for more weekly videos, you can follow us on: Twitter- https://twitter.com/FilmPhonic Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/FilmPhonic Welcome to the […]

Review 123min Genre:    Drama, Action, Sport Director: Antoine Fuqua Cast:      Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whitaker…and more Writer:    Kurt Sutter Jake Gyllenhaal undergoes another drastic physical transformation to star as undisputed light-heavyweight champion “Billy Hope”, a fierce and unpredictable competitor in and out of the ring, but when tragedy strikes and his life spirals out […]