A packed, if middling and top-heavy, Rampage gave us a huge trios battle royal, another win for Jade Cargill, more of Team TNA (for some reason), and some awkward promos from various members of the AEW roster.
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Holiday Bash offered another match in the best-of-seven series between The Elite and Death Triangle, a reunion of sorts for Bryan Danielson and an old partner on the mic, a rare appearance on Dynamite for Hook, and a banging women’s main event where Jaime Hayter successfully defended her title against former champion Hikaru Shida.
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Here’s a look at AEW’s long-overdue video game set for 2023 with noticeable absence of one suspended wrestler.
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After a disappointing showing in the 2004 Olympics, director Jon Weinbach‘s documentary takes a look at changes to Team USA and the rededication of NBA players to bringing home the gold medal. The film touches on several subjects including Mike Krzyzewski taking over as head coach, the struggles for the team at the 2006 World Championship, the rise of LeBron James and Dwayne Wade as superstars, and how the addition of Kobe Bryant was the final piece of the puzzle for the 2008 team who would go on to dominate in Beijing.
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2016’s Hands of Stone is your typical biopic offering highlights of the life and career of professional boxer Roberto Durán (Edgar Ramírez). Writer/director Jonathan Jakubowicz‘s by-the-numbers approach doesn’t offer much in the way of surprises or insight into Durán, but the film’s cast is solid beginning with a strong performance from Ramírez with some effective boxing sequences covering some of the biggest fights of the first-half of Durán’s career.
Robert De Niro as Durán’s trainer, Ana de Armas as his wife, and Usher in some inspired casting as Sugar Ray Leonard, highlight the supporting cast. De Niro is in grumpy old manger mode butting heads with his fighter for most of the film while Ana de Armas steals some scenes into Durán’s personal life. While at times the film seems to think of her as an afterthought, she’s stunning here often beautifully framed by cinematographer M.I. Littin-Menz.
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