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“The Fighter” The Pride of Wahlberg
Dec 30th
Posted by Dan Culberson in Hotshots Movie Reviews
“The Pride of Wahlberg”
THE FIGHTER is a terrific knockout of a boxing movie about two real-life brothers from Lowell, Massachusetts, who had somewhat of a successful boxing career, one more than the other.
Mark Wahlberg produced the film and also stars as Micky Ward, the younger brother, Christian Bale stars as Dicky Eklund, the older brother, and Melissa Leo stars as Alice, their mother, who had them with different husbands, along with seven daughters.
The three major stars are contenders for acting awards in 2011, also including Amy Adams, who plays Micky’s girlfriend, Charlene.
The film begins in 1993 in Lowell with an HBO film crew interviewing Dicky, who is sitting on a couch and talking into the camera.
Dicky, who is called “The Pride of Lowell” because he is said to have once knocked Sugar Ray Leonard down in a fight, believes that he is being filmed because he is planning to make a comeback, but HBO has a different story in mind, which we learn later, also along with doubt about Dicky’s knockdown of Leonard.
Micky comes into the frame and sits down, and Dicky says, “This is my younger brother. I taught him everything he knows.”
Micky is also a welterweight boxer, Dicky is his trainer, and their mother is the manager of both their boxing careers.
However, Dicky is also a crack addict now, he is undependable and sometimes goes off on his own schedule, and Micky has lost three fights in a row.
Then Micky meets Charlene, who is working in a bar, and they start going out together. Charlene is also brought by Micky to family meetings, and to say that his family is “quite a family” would be a huge understatement.
Micky’s next fight takes an unexpected turn when his opponent catches the flu and can’t fight, but the promoter finds a substitute boxer who is just out of prison and is 20 pounds heavier than Micky.
But if Micky doesn’t fight, nobody gets paid, and so Micky takes one for the family.
However, Micky doesn’t like the way things are going with his career and especially with his family’s involvement with his career, and so he gets rid of Dicky and Alice, even though she has been managing both of them for 15 years.
THE FIGHTER can be called “The Pride of Wahlberg.”
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
The Fighter – Movie Trailer
Dec 28th
Posted by Channel 1 Networks in Movie Trailers
Mark Wahlberg stars in Paramount Pictures’ inspirational docudrama exploring the remarkable rise of Massachusetts-born, junior welterweight title winner “Irish” Micky Ward. A determined pugilist whose career in the ring was shepherded by his loyal half-brother, Dicky (Christian Bale) — a hard-living boxer-turned-trainer whose own career in the ring was nearly sent down for the count due to drugs and crime — perennial underdog Irish Micky rebounded from a disheartening series of defeats to win both the WBU Intercontinental Lightweight title and the WBU Light Welterweight title thanks to a fierce combination of determination and hard work. David O. Russell directs from a script by 8 Mile’s Scott Silver and Paul Attanasio (The Bourne Ultimatum).
Black Swan – Movie Trailer
Dec 23rd
Posted by Channel 1 Networks in Movie Trailers
A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, BLACK SWAN stars Natalie Portman as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Mila Kunis). A Fox Searchlight Pictures release by visionary director Darren Aronofsky (THE WRESTLER), BLACK SWAN takes a thrilling and at times terrifying journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect. BLACK SWAN follows the story of Nina (Portman), a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who zealously supports her daughter,s professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily (Kunis), who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side with a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.