This week, we review Challengers. We also discuss sports movies in Concessions of a Cinephile, and more!

The Bloody Awesome Movie Podcast delivers a spoiler-free review of a film, usually a new release with some exceptions, every week. Then Matt Hudson (@wiwt_uk) from What I Watched Tonight and Jonathan Berk (@berkreviews) from Berkreviews.com will introduce a variety of movies or pop-culture-related topics in a series of segments. For some movies, a bonus episode that is full of spoilers will drop a few days later. 

Review of Challengers

• Director, writer, and cast provided by Letterboxd.com
• IMDb.com Synopsis: Tennis player turned coach Tashi has taken her husband, Art, and transformed him into a world-famous Grand Slam champion. To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she signs him up for a “Challenger” event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend.
• RATINGS:
  • 88% RT critic 
  • 75% RT audience
  • 83 Metascore, 
  • 7.8 IMDb user score
  • 4.2 Letterboxd, 
• RELEASE location / DATE: In theaters everywhere

Concessions of a Cinephile

In this segment, we switch to movie-motivated conversations of a large variety that could include headlines, trailers, top five lists, best of, competitions, etc….

Topic Best of Sport

Is Challengers a good Tennis movie? That question got us thinking about the best sports movies cinema has to offer! 

Sport	Jon	Matt
Football	The Replacements	Remember the Titans
Soccer	Bend it Like Beckham	The Damned United
Hockey	Mighty Ducks	Goon
Basketball	White Men Can’t Jump	The Way Back
Baseball	The Sandlot	A League of Their Own
Boxing	Creed	Million Dollar Baby/Rocky
OTHER: (sport/Movie)	Roller Derby: Whip It	MMA: WarriorProfessional wrestling: The Iron ClawFigure Skating: I, Tonya

Media Consumption

Movies, TV, Video Games, Music, Podcasts (not ours), etc that we use to pass the time

Matt’s consumption

• Dead Meat, Double Toasted
• Annihilation

Jon’s consumption

• Black Orpheus, A Bigger Splash, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Backspot
• Opposable Thumbs

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