Tag: Netflix
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Getting to know Lukas Podolski in ‘Poldi’ (2026)
Lukas Podolski is to Germany as David Beckham is to England. They are both members of golden generations of their National Teams. They are both pretty good at generating personal wealth. They both have their own documentaries.
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‘Mourinho’ (2026) shows why José is a Legend
José Mourinho has been around so long, it is worthwhile to know why he is a legend. This 3-episode docuseries provides lots of player opinions, exciting game footage, and his own past and present answers to questions to establish what made him legendary.
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[Review] ‘Emi Martinez: The Kid who Stops Time’ (2026)
I normally stay away from movies about current footballers, because such films are just 2 hour commercials. But this Emi Martinez hybrid documentary from Director Gustavo Cova is a delight and could be great family fare.
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‘Bomb Scared’ (2017) is not a soccer movie
Fe de Etarras is a Spanish comedy about Basque terrorists. Obviously, that sentence means the film will be received with some controversy.
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Enjoy Diego Luna’s comedic corruption in ‘Mexico 86’ (2026)
Mexico 86 is one of the few soccer movies where I changed my opinion about the film after reading interviews of Director Gabriel Ripstein.
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A Return to the WC by ‘Norway: The Dark Horse’ (2026)
Norway: The Dark Horse tells the inside story of how Norway qualified for WC2026, as told by those who finally did it. It is an engaging 2-episode docuseries that was released on Netflix just prior to the start of the tournament. Which meant that I didn’t have time to watch it until after the WC…
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Football Confessions of a Hatchet Man – ‘Untold UK: Vinnie Jones’ (2026)
As part of its buildup for WC 2026, Netflix has released a few shows created for Untold UK. Two of them are quite similar rags to riches stories: that of Jamie Vardy and Vinnie Jones. Had they not been footballers, they would have been factory workers or bricklayers. Both films are excellent, but Vinnie’s documentary…
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A short-term worlds-greatest phenom — ‘Ronaldinho: The One and Only’ (2026)
Ronaldinho: The One and Only, the Netflix 3-part series about the iconic Brazilian player, is entertaining enough that my hubby watched the whole thing — almost 3 hours.
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WTF went wrong – ‘The Bus: A French Football Mutiny’ (2026)
Le Bus: Les Bleus en grève gives us insider information on the truly catastrophic disaster that was France at WC 2010 in South Africa.
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Enthralling — ‘Untold UK: Jamie Vardy’ (2026)
Part of the Netflix Untold series, the Jamie Vardy story took a very long time to get to our screens. It’s been over a decade since he beat 5000:1 odds and put Leicester City FC at the top of the Premier League.
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The universal comical tropes of ‘Football Parents’ (2025)
Soccer Moms and Soccer Dads, the Dutch Netflix series Football Parents (Voetbalouders) is for you — if you want to see all the archetypes of you and your fellow team parents personified and exaggerated in film. Writer-Director-Star Ilse Warringa has pulled characters from her 15 years on the touchlines of youth football so that you…
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‘Back in Action’ (2025) is watchable but not a soccer movie
The title Back in Action is a double-entendre. Not only is the action comedy about a pair of retired spies unwillingly forced back into duty, but it also marks the return of Cameron Diaz to the screen after a 10 year absence.
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‘#SeAcabó’ (2024) is a diary of champions
Whether you remember this Netflix documentary as #SeAcabó: Diario de las campeonas or as the English title It’s All Over: The kiss that changed Spanish football, you should remember one thing. These women rose as one above president Luis Rubiales of the Spanish Federation and his underlings. And if you want to see how the…
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Review: ‘An Invisible Victim – The Eliza Samudio Case’ (2024)
Categorized as a True Crime film, the Brazilian documentary A Vítima Invisível: O Caso Eliza Samúdio is really more of a tragedy. A story like this makes me wonder if victims will ever receive justice. Or will celebrities always be able to get away with their crimes, even murder?
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What if Jerry Maguire were a Japanese ‘Old Rookie’ (2022)
I found this 10-episode Japanese TV series on Netflix, where its English title was changed from Old Rookie to the inexplicable The Old Dog, New Tricks? Perhaps Netflix added the question mark to the title to let us know that they didn’t really know what to do with the show. That’s a shame. It deserves…
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Notes: I’m boycotting ‘Terim’ (2022)
I had the docuseries Terim queued up in my Netflix watchlist. But then The Athletic published this article about Hakan Sukur, one of Turkey’s finest footballers.
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‘Untold: Hope Solo vs US Soccer’ (2024) or Hope Solo vs Herself?
In many ways, Hope Solo is a duplicate of the Tonya Harding story. Both athletes were products of the non-conformist Pacific Northwest, had a non-nurturing home life, were fatherless, and struggled economically. Both were determined not to be defined by their circumstances, but to rise above them and become champions. Of course, the reason you…
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Netflix shows what makes Club América so popular
Club América touts itself as the winningest club in Mexico. This 5-hour Netflix series is entitled Club América vs. Club América because it compares mainly the 2020-2021 season under Manager Santiago Solari with the club’s over 100 year history. Because if you are at the top, you often compete against yourself and your history.
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[Review] ‘The Playbook: A Coach’s Rules for Life’ (2020)
Click on my #Coaching tag, and you’ll see 24 documentary films and series that give insight on soccer coaches at all different levels. The stories range from youth to high school to Liverpool, Leeds, ManU, Barcelona, and Argentina. While I found something to learn in all these films, I highly recommend watching the Netflix series…
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Gumption gets Fathima on the Mic (2023)
Even without a soccer setting, Sesham Mike-il Fathima is a drama difficult to categorize. It’s not really a sports film but more about female empowerment as protagonist Fathima pursues her goal of becoming a match commentator in the IFL Indian Football League. The title translates as “Up next, Fathima on the mic (microphone)”.
