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Baan Muay Thai indie film review

Oct 29, 2019
2 min

Baan Muay Thai indie film review

★★★ Directed by: #CharlesGarrett Written by: Charles Garrett Starring: Charles Garrett, #SuttiyaJamlongpan, #PrachaTetsungnoen Indie Film Review by: Chris Olson Baan Muay Thai Movie Review An authentic yet flawed indie drama from filmmaker Charles Garrett, Baan Muay Thai is your classic sporting underdog story with a Thai flavour. Garret not only writes and directs here but stars as Max, the central character, who quits his city trader job in London to head back to Thailand t

Only God Knows short film

Sep 17, 2018
2 min

Only God Knows short film

★★★ Directed by: Sunny Dhillon Written by: Sunny Dhillon Starring: Sunny Dhillon, John Hutch, Laila Phillips and Darren Swain Short Film Review by: Hannah Sayer Sunny Dhillon’s short film Only God Knows has played across the festival circuit and sees him take on the roles of writer, director and actor. He plays a once top ranked boxer Dominic Corella who lost his wife and is dangerously close to losing his daughter too. The short film explores many themes, but its handling of

Morales short film

Jan 11, 2018
2 min

Morales short film

Directed by Elias Pabon Short Film Review by Annie Vincent A thoughtful exploration of the commitment and dedication of an athlete, Morales is a polished and professional short film from Elias Pabon. At the opening of the film, we’re introduced to Daniel Morales; clearly, a dedicated athlete, in the throws of training, which includes meditation on a beach, running even in snow, and hard grafting in the training ring. A flashback sees him competing in a professional ring and l

Bleed for This

Nov 25, 2016
3 min

Bleed for This

★★★ Directed by Ben Younger Starring Miles Teller, Ciaran Hinds, Aaron Eckhart, Film Review by Sean Drake The opening sequence of Writer and Director Ben Younger’s Bleed For This is perhaps the most fitting of openings for a film that aims to depict the story of a man who, regardless of the circumstances, chose to do things his own way irrespective of what he was told. Arriving late to the weigh-in of a title bout against Roger Mayweather because he was trying to shed those

Coalville Gold documentary review

Oct 25, 2016
2 min

Coalville Gold documentary review

Directed by Ross Bolidai Starring Stevie Gold Short Documentary Film Review by Evie Brudenall Film has never shied away from depicting the sport of boxing (now there’s an understatement), and this passion and penchant for such storytelling has now bled into documentary with Coalville Gold. Coalville Gold follows Stevie Gold, a reformed criminal seeking absolution and positive recognition through bare – knuckle boxing. However, after breaking his hand, splitting up with his

Corinthian short film

Oct 20, 2016
2 min

Corinthian short film

Directed by Mark A. C. Brown and Frederic Fournier Written by Mark A.C. Brown Short Film Review by Hannah Sayer Starring David Whitney, Victoria Johnston, Matt Prendergast, John Terence, Chris Spyrides Corinthian is an eerily quiet and intense short film which follows a family who are caught up in the brutal world of illegal underground bare knuckle boxing. The title Corinthian is a term used to describe someone when they are showcasing the highest standards of amateur sport

Six Rounds indie film

Sep 20, 2016
3 min

Six Rounds indie film

★★★★★ Directed by Marcus Flemmings Starring Adam J. Bernard, Phoebe Torrance and Santino Zicchi Indie Film Review by Owen Herman Set in the wake of the 2011 riots, Six Rounds explores the character of Stally (Adam J. Bernard) as he is dragged, by emotional blackmail and pride, into the past that he desperately needs to escape. The opening moments tell us it is going to be another film about boxing, but the monochrome look and the camera’s focus on almost nothing but Stally’

Touch Gloves documentary

Jun 26, 2016
2 min

Touch Gloves documentary

★★★★ Directed by Felipe Jorge Documentary Film Review by Owen Herman Boxing has always had a strong relationship with cinema, be it fictional like the Rocky franchise or documentaries about the sport’s greatest characters and stories. Indie documentary Touch Gloves isn’t new or original, but it does move away from the heroic underdogs or world champions that are so often featured on screen. Instead, Touch Gloves goes into the real heart of the sport: the local gyms that keep