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Guilty Pleasure – Side Out

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Side Out

For Throwback Thursday we turn our attention to some Beach Volleyball. While not Olympic quality, Side Out manages to highlight the sport in its own way. Working his way to law school, and staying with his uncle (Terry Kiser) for the summer, Monroe Clark (C. Thomas Howell) is ill-prepared for the world he’s walking into. While attempting to evict people from their homes, Monroe runs across degenerate gambler and beach bum Zack Barnes (Peter Horton). Despite his uncle needing Barnes evicted for a lucrative land deal, Monroe strikes up a friendship with the former beach volleyball player and a pair of other locals (Courtney Thorne-Smith and Christopher Rydell) leading him to reassess what he wants out of his life.

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Bend It Like Beckham

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  • Title: Bend It Like Beckham
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Bend It Like Beckham

Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley star in this 2002 sports dramedy as two young women striving to fulfill their dreams of playing soccer despite the disapproval of each of their mothers. Impressed by seeing her play in the park with local boys, Jules (Knightley) recruits Jess (Nagra) to play for the amateur women’s football team. Despite her parents’ (Anupam Kher and Shaheen Khan) disapproval and near-total focus on her sister’s (Archie Panjabi) impending wedding, Jess decides to play in secret.

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