Casey Chong with ten must-see boxing movies for your watch list… Boxing movies are as old as time, stretching way back to the black and white era with the likes of The Set-Up in 1949 and Somebody Up There Likes Me in 1956. Of course, no list of boxing movies would be complete without mentioning […]
Movie Review – Bleed for This (2016)
Bleed for This, 2016. Directed by Ben Younger. Starring Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Ciaran Hinds and Katey Sagal. SYNOPSIS: At the peak of his career in the 80s, boxer Vinny ‘Paz’ Pazienza had won the lightweight world championship, followed by the junior middleweight title. But shortly afterwards, a near fatal car crash landed him in […]
Movie Review – Bleed for This (2016)
Bleed for This, 2016. Written and Directed by Ben Younger. Starring Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Christine Evangelista, Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Clayton, Ted Levine, and Katey Sagal. SYNOPSIS: The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash, which left him not knowing if he’d ever walk again, made one […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Bleed for This (2016)
Bleed for This, 2016. Directed by Ben Younger. Starring: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Ciaran Hinds, Katey Sagal and Ted Levine. SYNOPSIS: Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller) has achieved enormous success as a lightweight boxer but his career is threatened when he fails in the Junior Welterweight title fight against Floyd Mayweather. When a devastating car accident […]
Miles Teller boxing drama Bleed For This acquires distributions deals at Cannes
In more news coming out of Cannes, the Miles Teller boxing drama Bleed For This has been picked up by both Sony Pictures Classics and Open Road Films for distribution deals for worldwide releases. Open Road has paid $4 million for the North American rights, while Sony is set to distribute the film across various […]
