Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sportfilms, aggregated by home.social.
It’s My Time review – Michelle Yeoh excels in Rocky-style quest to be Rubik’s Cube champ
By Cath Clarke
True story about a former maths teacher who became a puzzle champion in retirement is squeezed into predictable sports-movie formula
#Film #Dramafilms #Biopics #Puzzlegames #Sportfilms #Sport #Comedyfilms #China #MichelleYeoh #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CathClarke
Why boxing is still a box office smash hit even as the sport’s popularity wanes | Emma John
By Emma John
Fighters have always provided rich material for stories on stage and screen and the appeal to audiences has not wavered
#Boxing #Sport #Sportfilms #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #EmmaJohn
Sydney Sweeney naked sports ad controversy: what’s she playing at? - The Latest
By Presented by Lucy Hough with Elle Hunt ; produced by Angus Neale ; senior producer Ryan Ramgobin ; executive producer Zoe Hitch
The actor Sydney Sweeney is under fire for ‘sexualising women’s sports’ in an ad campaign for US sports prediction company Novig, which features a series of images of her in various states of undress as she pretends to play different sports. The ad has been widely criticised by a number of sportswomen, including Olympic swimmer Ariarne Titmus who described it as ‘infuriating’ and a ‘kick in the teeth’ to women who have ‘spent decades perfecting their craft’. Sweeney has responded by saying the ad was about ‘embracing a fun idea’. Lucy Hough speaks to Guardian writer Elle Hunt
#SydneySweeney #Sport #Sportfilms #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PresentedbyLucyHoughwithElleHunt #producedbyAngusNeale #seniorproducerRyanRamgobin #executiveproducerZoeHitch
Sydney Sweeney under fire for ‘sexualising women’s sport’ in sports prediction ad
By Jo Khan
Actor appears naked in ad while mock playing various sports
#Sport #SydneySweeney #Australiasport #Sportfilms #TheGuardian #JoKhan
‘New Girl was so scary I had to stop smoking pot’: Jake Johnson on perseverance, pickleball and Prince https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/21/new-girl-was-so-scary-i-had-to-stop-smoking-pot-jake-johnson-on-perseverance-pickleball-and-prince #Film #Culture #UsNews #BenStiller #ComedyFilms #SportFilms #Comedy
‘New Girl was so scary I had to stop smoking pot’: Jake Johnson on perseverance, pickleball and Prince
By Rebecca Nicholson
As Nick in the blockbuster TV comedy, the actor was adored by millions. So will his new comedy The Dink, which he jokes is a ‘sexier Challengers’, make him even more popular?
#Film #Culture #USnews #BenStiller #Comedyfilms #Sportfilms #Comedy #TheGuardian #RebeccaNicholson
They Fight review – boxing drama is an emotional gutpunch
By Andrew Lawrence
Anchored by an indelible André Holland performance, the film finds tenderness and warmth amid its gritty Washington DC backdrop
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/14/they-fight-movie-review-boxing-drama
#Sportfilms #Dramafilms #Film #Culture #Boxing #Sport #Disney #Hulu #TheGuardian #AndrewLawrence
‘Treats its audience like adults’: why Moneyball is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/11/moneyball-feelgood-movie #Moneyball #Film #BradPitt #AaronSorkin #Culture #SportFilms #JonahHill #Baseball #DramaFilms #BennettMiller #Sport
‘An uprising against loneliness’: why have football ultras become a cultural obsession? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/28/an-uprising-against-loneliness-why-have-football-ultras-become-a-cultural-obsession #DocumentaryFilms #Film #Football #Gangs #Society #Sport #SportFilms #Culture #Communities
Memo to Timothée Chalamet: instead of total-immersion ping pong, maybe take the year off | Stuart Heritage https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/08/timothee-chalamet-oscar-ping-pong-marty-supreme #TimothéeChalamet #ACompleteUnknown #Awardsandprizes #Sportfilms #BobDylan #Culture #Oscars #Sport #Music #Film
Tiger Woods biopic in the works with the Obamas set to produce https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/mar/12/tiger-woods-movie-biopic #AmazonPrimeVideo #MichelleObama #BarackObama #TigerWoods #Sportfilms #USsports #Biopics #Culture #USnews #Amazon #Sport #Film #Golf
‘Endlessly rewatchable’: why Diggstown AKA Midnight Sting is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/30/diggstown-midnight-sting-feel-good-movie #Dramafilms #Sportfilms #Culture #Film
King of the Fells: Joss Naylor, the shepherd with an unbeatable running record https://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2024/dec/18/king-of-the-fells-joss-naylor-the-shepherd-with-an-unbeatable-running-record #Documentaryfilms #Distancerunning #LakeDistrict #Ruralaffairs #Lifeandstyle #Men'shealth #Olderpeople #Sportfilms #Mountains #Running #Fitness #Sport
Three things with pro surfer Matt Formston: ‘Voiceover technology just opened my whole world’ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jul/29/three-things-with-pro-surfer-matt-formston-voiceover-technology-just-opened-my-whole-world #Australianlifestyle #Australiasport #Lifeandstyle #Sportfilms #Surfing
Young Woman and the Sea review – Disney’s surface-level swimming biopic lacks depth https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/30/young-woman-and-the-sea-review-disney-daisy-ridley #ChristopherEccleston #WaltDisneyCompany #DaisyRidley #Dramafilms #Sportfilms #Swimming #Biopics #Culture #Film
Double fault: Challengers is as bad in the bedroom as it is on the tennis court https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/06/challengers-movie-review-zendaya-luca-guadagnino #LucaGuadagnino #Romancefilms #Sportfilms #Dramafilms #Zendaya #Culture #Tennis #Film
Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/28/20-best-sports-movies-challengers-zidane-raging-bull-bend-it-like-beckham-john-mcenroe-rocky-senna #Sportfilms #Dramafilms #Culture #Sport #Film