With Euro 2020 in full swing, Tom Jolliffe offers up 10 essential football films… The beautiful game. It inspires fevered passion across the globe. Football (let’s not open this can of worms my US chums…it is football, the one with the round ball you might call soccer), it’s a communal experience that can bring out […]
The Greatest Sports Movies of All Time?
Considering they’re perhaps the toughest theme to get right, sports movies have always had an enduring appeal amongst moviegoers. While the authenticity of the sporting action might be questionable at times, some have managed to do an amazing job, and even if they didn’t, there was plenty more about them to keep us entertained. Picking […]
Jaume Collet-Serra to direct Escape to Victory remake
Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows, The Commuter) has signed on to direct a remake of the classic World War II football movie Escape to Victory, which has been scripted by Gavin O’Connor (The Accountant) and Anthony Tambakis (Bad Boys For Life). As with the original movie (titled Victory in the U.S.), the remake will focus on […]
Five Essential Football Movies
With the 2018 FIFA World Cup about to kick off this week, Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Football Movies… It’s fair to say that films centred on football haven’t exactly set the world alight, especially when you consider its place as the world’s most popular sport. In fact, out of the trickle of movies […]
Raising Caine: Sir Michael Going On In Style
Tony Black on screen legend Michael Caine… His recent political leanings aside, Sir Michael Caine remains one of the surviving legends of British and indeed American cinema of the last fifty years, and this weekend’s Going in Style–a heist caper directed by none other than Scrubs‘ Zach Braff–sees him share top billing with fellow aged […]
The Callow Way – Why Football And Film Don’t Mix
This week, Neil Calloway looks at why soccer movies tend to bomb at the box office… The timing could not have been better; name recognition could not have been higher, it was the perfect time to release a film about an organisation that dominated the headlines for the past few weeks. It doesn’t always work […]