The financial and artistic success of Creed, a Rocky sequel that was thoughtful and character-driven in a way that most Rocky sequels aren't, inspired optimism that subsequent chapters would follow suit. At the center was a dynamic new character, Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan), son of Apollo...

"What's your favorite baseball movie?" is a pretty tough question. Just because two movies deal with the same sport doesn't mean they have anything else in common. Baseball movies come in all shapes, sizes, tones, and attitudes, so with a new season just getting underway, use this handy guide to...

If we were playing Family Feud and the question was “Name a Kevin Costner movie,” your best bet would be to hit that plunger and yell out one of his sports films. While a certain “Sly” actor has created an athletic hero who has his own statue, when you think of sports on film, Costner is...

In October 2013, I lost my battle with a liver disease known as PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis. It causes the bile ducts to swell up, and sometimes swell shut, which turns the body into a giant clogged toilet. When that happens, your skin turns yellow and your eyes do a great impression of...

An inspiring story anemically told.

The winsome horse-racing documentary is a swift, smooth ride.

The film can't kick sports drama cliches.

There are two kinds of inspiring Olympic movies: the kind that awe us with accounts of athletes in peak condition, and the kind that amuse us with accounts of regular people who somehow found Olympic glory. This second kind is more relatable. You're not fast enough to be Jesse Owens, and you don't...