12 Most Recent Movie Reviews
- The universal comical tropes of ‘Football Parents’ (2025)
Soccer Moms and Soccer Dads, the Dutch Netflix series Football… Read more: The universal comical tropes of ‘Football Parents’ (2025) - Sorry JD Vance, but ‘SheBelongs’ on the pitch (2024)
A link to the free showing of the movie #SheBelongs… Read more: Sorry JD Vance, but ‘SheBelongs’ on the pitch (2024) - ‘Copa 71’ (2023) preserves the history we did not know
A benefit of having Serena Williams as an executive on… Read more: ‘Copa 71’ (2023) preserves the history we did not know - Colombian fun and fandom in ‘Maximum Penalty 2’ (2024)
La Pena Máxima 2 follows the 2001 iconic Colombian comedy… Read more: Colombian fun and fandom in ‘Maximum Penalty 2’ (2024) - In Guinea, a small boy triumphs with ‘The Golden Ball’ (1994)
The Ballon d’Or is an annual award in the shape… Read more: In Guinea, a small boy triumphs with ‘The Golden Ball’ (1994) - ‘Crazy for Football’ (2017) – a cure for psychosis?
Psychiatrist Santo Rullo had always wanted to coach football, and… Read more: ‘Crazy for Football’ (2017) – a cure for psychosis? - ‘In Oranje’ (2004) is a fine family film if you ignore the poisonings
In Oranje is a fantasy ghost film that, at over… Read more: ‘In Oranje’ (2004) is a fine family film if you ignore the poisonings - ‘Dear England’ is a play to experience (2025)
My husband and I went to England on a bucket… Read more: ‘Dear England’ is a play to experience (2025) - ‘Back in Action’ (2025) is watchable but not a soccer movie
The title Back in Action is a double-entendre. Not only… Read more: ‘Back in Action’ (2025) is watchable but not a soccer movie - Football builds community in ‘Las Leonas’ (2022)
Las Leonas is an 8v8 tournament in Rome, where 6… Read more: Football builds community in ‘Las Leonas’ (2022) - A struggle to play ‘Home Games’ in Kyiv (2018)
The documentary Home Games (Домашні ігри) follows a young woman… Read more: A struggle to play ‘Home Games’ in Kyiv (2018) - Notes: Best and Worst Soccer Movies in 2024
Last year, 2023, I reviewed 47 films/series. It turns out,… Read more: Notes: Best and Worst Soccer Movies in 2024
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