1. Rudy

   This is a story about a boy who grew up loving Notre Dame Football, and made a goal to play football their one day. Throughout his whole life he was really small, and wasn't the best athlete, but he never gave up on his dream. No one believed that he could accomplish this dream except for his best friend. So after high school he worked at his family refinery with his best friend. After a couple years his best friend died in an explosion in the refinery. The death of his best friend pushed him to try and accomplish his dream. So he went and tried to get in Notre Dame, and after a couple semesters of trying to get accepted there he finally was accepted. He tried out for the football team, and made the team. Then it goes on to show his determination to get to play. Now go watch the movie so you find out the end.

2. Remember the Titans

   This story took place in Alabama while race between blacks and whites was a huge issue. One white high school and one black high school were combined into one school. The only mixed race school in the region. They had to go through controversies of race that no other school had to go through. They finally united into a strong football team, and the movie shows how a community can come together an strive for one goal together. Do they win the championship or not? You need to watch the movie to find out.

3. Hoosiers

   A small town basketball team gets a new basketball coach. No one really knows about him, but the town finds out how he physical abused players on his old team and was fired. The town bands together to fire this coach but the small town finally decides to give him a second chance. This team has a long shot to win the championship, but this coach brings the team to the distance to the championship game. What is the out come? You need to find out!

These are the top 3 sport movies of all time. These movies show good life lessons that we all can apply to our lives. These movies even bring a tear drop once in a while to my eyes. So you need to go and watch these movies and experience these movies first hand!

In my opinion, finding a film worth watching these days is a rarity. I saw several films and television shows over the years and while I will not "give away" too much about the following films in my article, I do want to give a few worthwhile thoughts.

First in my list of films in this article is Home Alone 2:Lost in New York,

starring a young actor we haven't heard much from in the last couple of years named Macaulay Culkin. While many may say "that's an old film" because it was made back in the 1990's,

I wil defend it's place in this list by stating that l do not particularly like the direction most of today's movies are taking.

There is no originality in most of them and there is often WAY too much profanity, I don't know about you but hearing the language in a lot of today's films makes me wonder "what happened to

all the good movies?" Why can't they make movies these days without spewing the f-word or other related words every other minute?

Is people's vocabulary and intelligence really getting that limited?

I know you may be thinking "sometimes they use that language for emphasis"

but to me that is just an excuse, and profanity to me takes away from the quality of the film.

Anyway now that I have vented my frustrations a bit, the second film I do suggest is worthwhile is

Friday Night Lights, and Remember the Titans is third on my list.

There is also a film that you may not have heard much about it is called Simon Birch.

(Good storyline, film work could be better though)

I also recommend the film Coach Carter for all you basketball fans.

I will begin weekly film reviews and sharing some of my favorites with the masses.

I hope you all will enjoy and if you have any recommendations yourselves that I haven't noted,

feel free to do so. If you enjoyed my film reviews feel free also to check out my weekly music reviews here.

The player at the center of this series, based on the manga created by Oh!Great, is Ikki Minami, your usual tough, streetwise kid who tends to be all talk whose mouth and attitude get him into trouble, whether it be with local gangs like the Skull Saders or with the Noyamanos, the four beautiful sisters he lives with (he does have the usual “heart of gold” characters of this type have, with a sense of honor that comes into play throughout the series). Following a humiliating fight with the Skull Saders, Ikki sneaks a peek into an “off-limits” room at the Noyamano house and discovers a surprising (to him, at least) secret: the sisters are Storm Riders themselves. “Borrowing” (okay, stealing) a pair of ATs, Ikki takes up the sport himself and discovers a world he never expected as he forms his own team and learns how to kick butt and take names.

Admittedly, there's really not a whole lot that's new about “Air Gear” that most folks haven't seen before. For the sports-based part of the series, you got the rookie player who learns the sport as he goes (thus helping the audience learn at the same time, which admittedly is a necessary element), the other more experienced players of various personalities from goofy to downright mean, and the dream to aim for the top, meeting all challenges along the way. Many of the teams in the series seem more like street gangs, terrorizing students and neighborhoods when they're not challenging each other. Perhaps in a unique anime twist, the teams that have shown up so far have members that all wear masks of some type, making them seem like the “faceless minions” you might see on a “Power Ranger”-type show, with only the leaders showing their faces. Kind of goofy in a sense, since I'm not sure if even real life Japanese gangs are like this, but it sort of works for this show.

There's also some romantic comedy elements thrown into the mix, mostly with Ikki and his situation with the Noyamano sisters. He clashes repeatedly with their varying personalities, whether its short-tempered tomboy Mikan's disciplinary actions or youngest sister Shiraume's creation of creepy, ghoul-like dolls. He also has the traditional “relationship” with second-youngest sister Ringo, where she obviously has feelings for him but still gets irked by his antics and reacting in the usual manner (in other words, beats him up). Naturally, she also becomes jealous of Ikki's interest in the beautiful Storm Rider Simca, who seems to have her own interest in our hero, and denies any suggestion of feelings with her actions saying otherwise. Nothing a whole lot most of us haven't seen before, but still funny as hell, though it does make you wonder why Ikki stays with these girls if they treat him like crap.

Thankfully, the Air Treck stunts and battles are what help make this series entertaining to watch. Anyone who's into skateboarding or rollerblading will be interested in this aspect of the show, and because “Air Gear” is an animated show the characters can pull off stunts and tricks that would be next to impossible in real life (without CGI, of course). And all this thanks to the little engine that powers the skates, which the Storm Rider still needs to learn how to control, which Ikki learns the hard way. There even seems to be a sort of spiritual aspect to using ATs; during his first challenge, Ikki somehow envisions a “road” that allows him to perform some amazing stunts for his first time riding ATs, which end rather predictably since he is a rookie. It's another common element among sports-themed anime, and helps make “Air Gear” interesting to watch.

The fights themselves are a sort of combination of racing and street fights, where two competitors race to a certain point along a certain path, doing tricks along the way. This is where having a team comes in, since your opponent's teammates can and will try and stop you from winning the race, usually by any means necessary. This is also where the comparison to street gangs comes into play for a lot of teams, the best example being the Skull Saders who really seem to fight dirty, though there are some decent and honorable teams like the Rez-Boa-Dogs who try and balance it out. There are also plenty of rules and regulations to the fights, but that'd take too long to fully explain here and you pretty much have to watch the show to really get the gist of it.

ADV manages to provide a good dub track for the series, with some very appropriate voices for each character, such as Chris Patton for Ikki and Luci Christian for Ringo. The disc also boasts an impressive 5.1 surround sound track for the dub, which REALLY comes out during the show's opening sequence and the main bass line. When that comes on and you have the volume up, you WILL feel it, trust me. What the disc lacks is a decent list of bonus material, just the standard clean opening and closing animations and some ADV previews. You'd think ADV could provide something to help spice things up, like some character designs or even some “documentaries” about how the ATs work, but I guess not.

Cliches and lack of bonus material aside, “Air Gear” is still quite an entertaining piece to watch, particularly if you enjoy sports-themed shows. It's definitely worth checking out, at least, though adding it to your collection is up to you and your personal tastes.

Released by: ADV Films

Rating: 16+

Running time: 4 episodes, 100 minutes

Score: 7 out of 10

Go see “Rocky Balboa”

It’s really good. It’s the best one since the original, and to put that in prospective I liked #1, #2, #3, in that order (#4 and #5 not so much). The irony is that if you’re thinking to yourself, “why the hell would they make another Rocky movie?” Go see the film then you’ll know. This film justifies itself.

What if I hate Sylvester Stallone?

Nobody really hates Stallone, but there are a lot of people who resent someone like him, or Arnold for trying to actually act. There is a giant difference between not great acting, and bad acting. Just because someone made a career in action films doesn’t mean they act so badly that it’s distracting.

Harrison Ford tells a story about one of his first acting gigs. His roll was to deliver a coke to one of the lead characters. The director took Ford aside and mentioned that if he really wanted to be an actor he needed to make even a simple roll an Oscar worthy moment. Ford replied that he thought a great actor would be able to deliver the coke and never be noticed at all.

I’m with Ford on this one. The toughest acting roll is the one that doesn’t make you a superhero. Rocky Balboa has a hero side, yes, but there’s another side. Rocky is vulnerable in his un-sophistication. The completeness of his character lies in this dichotomy. He could be a walking stereotype but instead he is man we can easily identify with. The difference is brilliant acting.

Larger Story

This is an awesome movie for fans of the larger story. There are several scenes that beautifully illustrate every man’s struggle. Trying to work it out with his son. Trying to live as a widower. Going from King to Sage takes more wisdom and heart than any other stage in life. Most of our life we move forward and take ground. As a man ages his kingdom shrinks—the kids move out of the house and the income plateaus. Many folks pack up and head for Florida when they could still be a resource to their family and their community. Not that our society still places adequate value on sage advice.

Rocky is facing a great challenge because he isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, and he knows it. This movie could have been about fighting old age and staying on top, but it really wasn’t. Rocky struggles for significance. He has something left to contribute and with some people he is able to articulate what’s on his heart. With everyone else he has to show them his heart, and he has one last fight in him to do it. Rocky fought to win but winning was not the point. The point is to have the courage to be who you really are and never give up on that. That’s why he inspires.