Fields of Glory

Apr 30 2024 32 ep. 52 mins 3

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Sports movie reviews with all the lit and crit you need!

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Batch 7: For the Love of the Game

Apr 30 2024 43 mins

Biggs and Aaron look back at the batch For the Love of the Game. We look at Wimbledon, Jerry Maguire, and The Cutting Edge to explore marginalized women, aggrieved men, and the tropes and structures of rom coms. Watch that toe pick! Support the show through⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ Send an⁠⁠ ⁠email⁠⁠⁠ to the show⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find short movie reviews on Letterboxd by Bi

The Cutting Edge (1992)

Apr 23 2024 53 mins

Biggs and Aaron lace up the skates and head back to the 90’s to watch The Cutting Edge. We continue talking about sidelining women champions, love / hate romance, and daddy issues. If only Moira Kelly could be in charge! Support the show through⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ Send an⁠⁠ ⁠email⁠⁠⁠ to the show⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find short movie reviews on Letterboxd by Biggs and Aa

Wimbledon (2004)

Apr 16 2024 50 mins

Biggs and Aaron continue their batch on For the Love of the Game exploring internal monologue, sidelining women champions, and gender / genre trouble in sports films. If you want a movie with high stakes - this isn’t your film. If you want a quotable movie - this isn’t your film either. But it IS a movie about tennis, and tennis is cool! Support the show through⁠ ⁠⁠Patreo

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Apr 09 2024 53 mins

Biggs and Aaron kick off Batch 7 with one of the most quoted movies in cinema: Jerry Maguire. “Show me the money.” “You had me at hello.” and “The human head weighs eight pounds.” It’s a train wreck of male exceptionalism and yet another example to talk about chronic traumatic encephalopathy apologetic. If that’s not enough, there is a TON of product placement - wha

Extra Innings: Nyad (2023)

Apr 02 2024 52 mins

The first episode of Extra Innings explores 2024 Oscar nominated Nyad. Biggs torches boomers taking too many last hurrahs, Aaron adores basic sound politics, and Diana Nyad blows EVERYONE’s mind. Support the show through⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ Send an⁠⁠ ⁠email⁠⁠⁠ to the show⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find short movie reviews on Letterboxd by Biggs and Aaron

Batch 6: Hustlin’

Mar 26 2024 34 mins

Biggs and Aaron cap the batch on Hustin’ with a look back at The Hustler (1961), Over the Top (1987), and Rounders (1998). We explore the persona of the rogue, Sly Stallone’s alternative as rule follower, and the stakes of hustling which include not only your cash but also any hope you may have for love. You either spot the sucker or you are the sucker, and it is arguably crimi

Rounders (1998)

Mar 19 2024 54 mins

This week Biggs and Aaron stack up their chips and settle down with America’s REAL past time - POKER. We watch 1998’s Rounders and talk Casino Capitalism, the Poker Mindset and how those ideals differ from those found in games like whist. Hold ‘em or fold ‘em, either way you are ALL IN. Support the show through⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ Send an⁠⁠ ⁠email⁠⁠⁠ to th

Over the Top (1987)

Mar 12 2024 56 mins

This week we abandon our boy, jump in a truck, arm wrestle across the United States, reconnect with the boy, drive through the gate of our father in law, and compete with Sly in the Cannon Pictures classic(?) Over the Top! Support the show through⁠ ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ Send an⁠⁠ ⁠email⁠⁠⁠ to the show⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find short movie reviews on Letterboxd by Biggs and Aa

The Hustler (1961)

Mar 05 2024 54 mins

Biggs and Aaron start the second batch of season two following “Fast Eddie” Felson in The Hustler. There’s a little bit about what makes noir, a little bit about what makes a hustler, and a lot of dough up for grabs. The only thing cooler than the saxophone is Paul Newman (two words: SMOKE SHOW), so stop what you are doing and get in on the action. Support the show through⁠

Sideline Report: Viridiana Lieberman

Feb 27 2024 77 mins

Biggs and Aaron sit down with Veridiana Lieberman, director of Born To Play, as well as editor for 30 for 30 and Emmy award winning I Am Evidence for the first ever installment of the Sideline Report. We talk about diegetic and non-diegetic sound, the history of the male gaze in women’s sports film, and a lot more. Don’t miss this episode. Support the show through⁠ ⁠⁠Patr