After production for the first season took place in Los Angeles, filming for the second season of the BET series Games People Play will dribble over to Atlanta, taking place from March through May. The drama, which stars Lauren London (The Game), Karen Obilom (Doom Patrol), Sarunas Jackson (Freeform’s Good Trouble), Parker McKenna Posey (My… Continue reading Games People Play Shoots Season 2 in Atlanta
Tag: Sports
The Way Back
Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) is a broken-down shell of his former self. Now an alcoholic, he’s dealing with the death of his son and a marriage on the rocks. A former high school basketball sensation, who could have made it playing college ball if he wanted to, he walked away from the game and now… Continue reading The Way Back
Ford v Ferrari
Fact-based yarn about how legendary car designer Carol Shelby (Matt Damon) teamed up with loose cannon driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) to do the unthinkable: have Ford actually be a threat to Ferrari’s stranglehold on victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Of course it’s not an easy feat and Shelby and Miles have… Continue reading Ford v Ferrari
Fighting With My Family
Fact-based story of female professional wrestler, Paige, and how she grew up in a loving yet dysfunctional wrestling family (her family in Norwich, England owns a professional wresting organization called World Association of Wrestling). Through hard work, natural talent, charisma, a stroke of luck, and just being herself, Paige made it through a rigorous tryout… Continue reading Fighting With My Family
Trading Paint
John Travolta is constantly being crapped on by the majority of the entertainment media, not only for his “bad acting” but also for his odd/questionable projects (most recently Gotti and Speed Kills) and within the last year he stated that Fred Durst (of Limp Bizkit fame) was one of the best directors that he has… Continue reading Trading Paint
Uncle Drew
After draining his savings to enter a street basketball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Lil Rel Howery) then loses his team to his longtime rival, Mookie (Nick Kroll). In need of cash and desperate to win the tournament’s prize, Dax seeks the help of a much older but legendary street-baller, Uncle Drew (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving).… Continue reading Uncle Drew
Hands of Stone
This biopic of Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran rejects both of the traditional plotlines that usually trouble all boxing flicks: 1) mobsters are out to get him for refusing to take a fall, or 2) his girl wants him to forego the beatings. In this film by Venezuelan director Jonathan Jakubowicz, Robert De Niro plays Ray… Continue reading Hands of Stone
The Fits
Not unlike a hip-hop Picnic At Hanging Rock, this movie captures the allegorical wonder of a pre-teen named Toni, played by Royal Hightower, who rigorously trains at a boxing gym but desires to fit in with the Cincinnati school drill team. Her voyeuristic longings to be accepted by the “older” girls takes on a somewhat supernatural… Continue reading The Fits
Kosmo Vinyl
Soccer Rocker: Kosmo Vinyl on The Clash, Scorsese, Stiff Records, Casino Music, His Football-Obsessed Artwork and More “The Clash were for me, at that time, pound for pound the best rock ‘n’ roll band that I knew of,” declares Kosmo Vinyl, thinking back on his earliest encounter with the punk legends. “And I’ll stand by… Continue reading Kosmo Vinyl