Haiku Reviews #14: Sports
It's the best time of year for sports fans.
Sports fans are living high this time of year. Football is now in full swing, the baseball playoffs are about to begin, and basketball and hockey are almost a go as they approach the pre-season.
But there are no live sports during your lunch break. Watch these movies before the games start:
Rollerball (1975)
Forget “Condor,” this
is just the best ‘70s
paranoia flick.
The Waterboy (1998)
Fairuza Balk scared
me so much as a young boy.
And Kathy Bates too!
Kareem: Minority of One (2015)
Kareem is one of
the best ever. Why does this
just mention his height?
Rocky IV (1985)
The new director’s
cut is so funny. Who thought
this needed some work?
Love & Basketball (2000)
A movie that makes
sure to deliver on both
parts of the title.
Necessary Roughness (1991)
Bakula in a
Canadian Tuxedo
and a cigarette!
King Richard (2021)
Still think it’s weird to
make a movie about the
Williams sisters’…Dad.
Untold: Sign Stealer (2024)
Is he cheating? No.
Turns out he is just, as a
coach calls him, “Rain Man.”
Semi-Pro (2008)
Well, at least it taught
people about the coolest
b-ball league ever
Vick (2020)
Few have seen these highs
and these lows. That’s why we make
documentaries.
For more Haiku Reviews:
Haiku Reviews #3: 1999 Edition
Haiku Reviews #4: Cut the Cord, July 2022
Haiku Reviews #5: Halloween 2022
Haiku Reviews #7: Steven Spielberg
Haiku Reviews #8: Halloween 2023 Part I
Haiku Reviews #9: Halloween 2023 Part II
Haiku Reviews #10: 1983 Edition
Haiku Reviews #11: 1992 Edition