Feelgood comedy Champions wins points for casting learning disabled actors – but Hollywood should be aiming higher than the way it treats their characters‘I wanna say the right thing but if I can’t call them the r-word, what can I call them?” Marcus (p...
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The famous Mexican ultramarathon festival known as Caballo Blanco (White Horse) pits outsiders against Indigenous runners in Urique, Chihuahua state. In its 20th year, the weekend attracts 1,200 people of all ages to compete in the races, the longest o...
Grumpy coach Harrelson trains a team of teens with learning disabilities in this remake of the Spanish film Campeones This big-hearted underdog sports comedy runs on rails, with no great surprises, but it’s likable. It’s the story of Marcus (Woody Harr...
The second part of this documentary portrait of the tennis star’s rise and fall does fill out the story but it sure takes its time It is a pleasure, as well as a relief, to be able now to see the second part of Alex Gibney’s documentary about the disgr...
From surfing and tennis to Formula One and football, TV hopes to lure a younger audience with behind-the-scenes seriesThere’s a moment early in the first episode of Netflix’s behind-the-scenes tennis show Break Point at which 22-year-old Costeen Hatzi,...
Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and Lily Tomlin make for soothing company in a silly but good-natured film about NFL fansDuring the Patriots dynasty of 17 division titles across our century’s first two decades, quarterback Tom Brady held a superna...
HBO’s four-hour series on the legendary basketball player has moments of insight but feeds into a trend of turning every sports figure into a cultural iconShaq, the new HBO docuseries on the NBA giant, takes its oddest turn when former Los Angeles Lake...
Singer says she will not be playing at 2022 opening ceremony and would only perform in Qatar if it improves its human rights recordDua Lipa has denied reports she will perform at the World Cup opening ceremony in Qatar.The chart-topping 27-year-old sin...
The best banger drivers from Britain and Europe compete at the Unlimited National Championship of the World in Ipswich after qualifying at events through the year Continue reading...
The Welcome to Wrexham docu-series shows just how immersed in the club Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney areIn an early episode of Welcome to Wrexham, there is a scene recorded on a movie lot shortly after Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney meet in person...