The trials and tribulations of small town Texas football players, their friends, family, and coaching staff.
DISC 5: I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SEX, EXTENDED FAMILIES, CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES.

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Joe Bonaparte's father wants him to pursue his musical talent, but Joe wants to be a boxer. Persuading near-bankrupt manager Tom Moody to give him a chance, Joe quickly rises in his new profession. When Joe's doubts grow about his future in the ring, Moody's girl Lorna uses her feminine wiles to keep him boxing. But when tough gangster Eddie wants to "buy a piece" of Joe, Lorna herself begins to have second thoughts... Classic boxing drama with a dash of noir. find out more...

30 years ago, Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen and Henry 'Razor' Sharp were boxing rivals but Razor decided to leave the ring for good the night before they were due to battle it out for the championship, which ultimately put an end to both their careers. With each of them having achieved a win in their previous two matches, the pair now have the opportunity to face each other a third and final time. Can either of them prove they still have what it takes to win? It is what it is; likable..ish, schmal find out more...

Conor O'Neill is a gambler and when we meet up with him, he's not very successful. Deep in debt to some pretty hard arse loan sharks Conor reluctantly accepts a job to coach a motley crew of inner city Chicago kids how to play baseball. Hardball is not an original slab of movie making but it is an enjoyable and ultimately uplifting drama, in a "oh I just knew that was going to happen" sought of way. find out more...

Wimpish dork Kevin needs his bullying step-father's respect and, having been misguidedly told by his mum that his real dad was Evel Knievel's personal test rider, he decides to do this by driving his crappy moped over 15 school buses. His need to prove himself is enhanced by the return from college of his next door neighbour, and secret heartthrob, Denise. His first attempt results, naturally, in humiliating failure but the event becomes widely viewed on the internet and a local radio offers to find out more...

Despite not living to his 30th birthday, Jean Vigo is still considered one of the great masters of French cinema. He only made 4 films and all of them are contained here, beautifully restored and with plenty of extras, including a feature length documentary on the director. L'Atlante tells the story of two newly weds living on board a barge on the Seine, Zero de Conduite contains a satirical tale of student revolt, A Propos de Nice is a documentary about the French coastal town, and Taris cinegr find out more...

Central India 1893, and the villagers of Champaner have just been informed by the local British commander that the enforced tax (Lagaan) is to be doubled. One young man stands up to colonial authority, pleading that any increase will cripple the community, and the nasty Brit in charge gives him one option, win a game of cricket, which the Indians have never before played, against the colonials and the tax will be scrapped, lose, and it will be tripled. Will the village cripple, the last man in, find out more...

Returning to France to compete a year after he's been injured, an American racer finds himself drawn to the widow of a fellow speed freak who was killed in the same accident. find out more...

Set during the mid 1920s Leatherheads is a romantic comedy drama that uses the backdrop of American football's transition from hicks getting brutal in a cow field to the money spinning cash cow that we know and love today. Beautifully visualised and likeably performed this is a very pleasantly tasteful way to allow a couple of hours to slip you by. find out more...

An ambitious young tennis coach makes friends in high places, gets a comfy well paid job and charms the boss's daughter into accepting a proposal of marriage. Unfortunately our smooth talking protagonist falls for the considerably sexier ex of his best mate and what began as a shiny ‘Notting Hill' style drama gradually descends into a shiny unlikely thriller. As a slickly put together slice of no-brainer entertainment Match Point does the business, as a touted return to form for Woody Allen, how find out more...