Posts Tagged ‘training’

Mr. Baseball (1992)

Friday, November 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance | Sport
Countries: Japan | USA
Actors: Tom Selleck | Ken Takakura | Aya Takanashi | Dennis Haysbert | Toshi Shioya | Kosuke Toyohara | Toshizo Fujiwara | Mak Takano | Kenji Morinaga | Joh Nishimura | Norihide Goto | Kensuke Toita | Naoki Fuji | Takanobu Hozumi | Leon Lee
Directors: Fred Schepisi
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A Major Leaguer down on his percentages gets traded to the Chuunichi Dragons , and has trouble adjusting to Japanese customs. He resists what he considers ridiculous and arbitrary rules of the club and belittles the etiquette expected of him as a representative of his team. When he starts seeing the interactions of his coach with the owners of the team, and falls in love with his trainer’s daughter, he begins to rethink his attitude.

Redbelt (2008)

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Jeffrey Addiss | Joseph Alfieri | Tim Allen | Douglas Barcellos | Craig Collington Bator | Matt Cable | Ryan Everett Canfield | Jose Pablo Cantillo | Randy Couture | Steve DeCastro | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Justin Fair | Scott Farrell | Hugh Fitzgerald | Mike Goldberg
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A fateful event leads to a job in the film business for top mixed-martial arts instructor Mike Terry. Though he refuses to participate in prize bouts, circumstances conspire to force him to consider entering such a competition.

The Karate Kid (1984)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Ralph Macchio | Pat Morita | Martin Kove | William Zabka | Ron Thomas | Rob Garrison | Chad McQueen | Tony O'Dell | Israel Juarbe | William Bassett | Larry B. Scott | Frank Burt Avalon | Jeff Fishman | Ken Daly | Tom Fridley
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Daniel is new in town, and is getting picked on by the local bullies, who all are adept in karate. Determined to stick up for himself, Daniel begins to teach himself karate, only to discover that the caretaker at his apartment seems to be a grand master in karate. Agreeing to teach Daniel, Mr. Miyagi shows Daniel that there is more to karate than violence, and perhaps the best way to solve the problem he has with the bullies is in the All Valley Karate Championship.

Mystery Men (1999)

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Genres: Action | Comedy | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Hank Azaria | Ben Stiller | William H. Macy | Geoffrey Rush | Janeane Garofalo | Greg Kinnear | Tom Waits | Paul Reubens | Claire Forlani | Eddie Izzard | Kel Mitchell | Wes Studi | Lena Olin | Ricky Jay | Louise Lasser
Directors: Kinka Usher
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In Champion City, would be superheroes like The Shoveler, The Blue Raja and Mr. Furious can’t seem to make a difference and impress either the city or its greatest superhero, Captain Amazing. However, when Captain Amazing is captured by his greatest enemy, Cassanova Frankenstein, these stumblebum heroes must join with other superhero hopefuls to save the Captain and the city.

The Master of Disguise (2002)

Friday, March 21st, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Dana Carvey | Jennifer Esposito | Harold Gould | James Brolin | Brent Spiner | Edie McClurg
Directors: Perry Andelin Blake
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A sweet-natured Italian waiter named Pistachio Disguisey at his father Fabbrizio’s restaurant, who happens to be a member of a family with supernatural skills of disguise. But moments later the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped Fabbrizio’s former arch-enemy, Devlin Bowman, a criminal mastermind in an attempt to steal the world’s most precious treasures from around the world. And it’s up to Pistachio to track down Bowman and save his family before Bowman kills them!

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Friday, March 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Mark Hamill | Harrison Ford | Carrie Fisher | Billy Dee Williams | Anthony Daniels | David Prowse | Peter Mayhew | Kenny Baker | Frank Oz | Alec Guinness | Jeremy Bulloch | John Hollis | Jack Purvis | Des Webb | Clive Revill
Directors: Irvin Kershner
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The story of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and the others didn’t end with the destruction of the Death Star - it continues in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Imperial forces have since driven the Rebels to hide on the ice world Hoth. But even on such an icy, backwater world, they cannot escape the wicked Darth Vader’s eye for long, and he devastates the Rebel base in an assault with the horrible AT-AT walkers. Luke flees to Dagobah to begin Jedi Knight training with Yoda, while Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia and C-3PO run the blockade of Imperial Star Destroyers in the Millenium Falcon. The Imperials pursue them across the galaxy and eventually catch up with them at Bespin. Now Darth Vader plans to use them as bait to lure Luke Skywalker to him, and turns Han Solo over to Boba Fett as a prize to be delivered to crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Luke learns a terrible family secret after losing a swordfight with Vader. Will he - and the others - escape the Empire’s clutches?

Peaceful Warrior (2006)

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Scott Mechlowicz | Nick Nolte | Amy Smart | Tim DeKay | Ashton Holmes | Paul Wesley | B.J. Britt | Agnes Bruckner | Tom Tarantini | Beatrice Rosen | Ray Wise | Scott Caudill | Matthew Prater | Bart Conner | Jimmy Bradley
Directors: Victor Salva
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A moving tale about the power of the human spirit, Peaceful Warrior is based on Dan Millman’s perennially best-selling autobiographical novel, Way of the Peaceful Warrior. In the film, Scott Mechlowicz plays Dan, a talented-yet-arrogant college gymnast with Olympic dreams and a golden future. The athlete thinks he has it all: bookcases of trophies, endless friends, fast rides and disposable relationships. But all that is about to change. One day, Dan’s world is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a mysterious stranger he comes to know as Socrates (Nick Nolte)-a man who holds the power to tap into new worlds of strength and understanding. After he suffers a debilitating injury, with the mystical help of Socrates and an elusive young woman named Joy (Amy Smart), Dan will grow to realize that strength of spirit is what leads a man to his true greatness. From a screenplay by Kevin Bernhardt, Peaceful Warrior is directed by Victor Salva and produced by Mark Amin, Cami Winikoff, Robin Schorr and David Welch.

Remember the Titans (2000)

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Genres: Drama | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Denzel Washington | Will Patton | Wood Harris | Ryan Hurst | Donald Faison | Craig Kirkwood | Ethan Suplee | Kip Pardue | Hayden Panettiere | Nicole Ari Parker | Kate Bosworth | Earl Poitier | Ryan Gosling | Burgess Jenkins | Neal Ghant
Directors: Boaz Yakin
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Denzel Washington is hired as the T.C. Williams High football coach over a white coach in Alexandria, Virginia in the early 1970’s during a time when the school has just been integrated to allow blacks into the school.

Bloodsport (1988)

Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Genres: Action | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme | Donald Gibb | Leah Ayres | Norman Burton | Forest Whitaker | Roy Chiao | Philip Chan | Pierre Rafini | Bolo Yeung | Ken Siu | Kimo Lai Kwok Ki | Bernard Mariano | Bill Yuen Ping Kuen | Lily Leung | Joshua Schroder
Directors: Newt Arnold
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As a child, a miscreant Frank Dux was taken in and trained by a champion martial artist, who went so far as to adopt Frank into his family after the premature death of his own son. Now, decades later, Frank is a skilled martial artist himself and a solider in the U.S. Military. Upon the death of his surrogate father and sensai, Frank is informed of a mysterious, no-holds barred, highly illegal martial arts tournament in Hong Kong known only as the “kumeti.” At the bidding of his sensai and against direct orders from his military superiors Frank travels to Hong Kong to participate and uphold his master’s honor. In order to succeed not only will he have to win the tournament; he must also evade capture by two military police sent to arrest him and the prying questions of a nosy reporter eager for a story.

Flyboys (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Jesse James | Reiley McClendon | Stephen Baldwin | Tom Sizemore | J. Todd Adams | Dallen Gettling | Jennifer Slimko | Robert Costanzo | Vince Cecere | Frank D'Amico | Harrison Young | Blaire Baron | Tommy Hinkley | Joanne Baron | Dylan Kasch
Directors: Rocco DeVilliers
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Two kids from a small town accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob.