The Fighter Competition
To mark the release of The Fighter on home video, Momentum Pictures have been kind enough to send us a couple of things out to offer up as competition prizes. Please email answers to adam@hopelies.com with the subject “Fighter Competition” by the end of Friday. Win a boxing robe with The Fighter! To celebrate The Fighter’s triumphant arrival … Read more
Monday Blu(e)s and DVD
It’s a quiet week on the home video front, with only David O. Russell’s Oscar nominated latest anywhere near to essential. Fret not tho, for we’re also running a competition this week, it’ll be up in a separate post this afternoon. Disc Of The Week The Fighter Upon theatrical release in January Hope Lies … Read more
A Legitimate Opponent? David O. Russell’s The Fighter
The sports movie genre might just be the most formulaic in all of the cinema. Boxing films have got to hit certain beats. Any “fighter” at the centre of an boxing film generally has a certain path upon which they must follow, more often than not inspired by that most archetypical of boxing movies the Rocky … Read more
