There's nothing that compares to watching a live sporting event in real-time, an experience that can be full of action, emotion, and unpredictability for the viewer. A sports documentary may not be the same as watching live, but can actually offer even more, capturing that excitement while also adding perspective and nuance that can deepen any fan's appreciation of pretty much any sport.
But what makes a sports documentary great? That's a question for which there's not a single easy answer, given that different documentaries offer different pleasures depending on their focus, agenda, and, to a certain extent, the way in which they're put together. With that in mind, it shouldn't be surprising that Netflix is a phenomenal source for documentaries and docuseries set in the world of sports, spanning pretty much every sport imaginable. Some of these feature some of the biggest names in sports, while others highlight fascinating...
But what makes a sports documentary great? That's a question for which there's not a single easy answer, given that different documentaries offer different pleasures depending on their focus, agenda, and, to a certain extent, the way in which they're put together. With that in mind, it shouldn't be surprising that Netflix is a phenomenal source for documentaries and docuseries set in the world of sports, spanning pretty much every sport imaginable. Some of these feature some of the biggest names in sports, while others highlight fascinating...
- 1/14/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- Slash Film
Los Angeles, CA (October 10, 2016) . The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) have announced the nominees for the inaugural Critics. Choice Documentary Awards. The winners will be presented their awards at a gala event on Thursday, November 3, 2016 at Bric, in Brooklyn, New York.
.It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,. said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin.
.This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics. Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3rd..
13th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America...
.It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,. said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin.
.This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism. We look forward to celebrating all these fine and important achievements at the first Critics. Choice Documentary Awards gala on November 3rd..
13th, 30 For 30: O.J.: Made in America...
- 10/11/2016
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (Bfca) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) have announced the nominees for their inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards, taking place next month at a first-time gala event in Brooklyn, New York. Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” Ezra Edelman’s “O.J.: Made in America” and Clay Tweel’s “Gleason” lead the pack of nominees, with five nominations each. Other nominees include Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson,” the gob-smacking “Weiner” and recent Netflix features “Amanda Knox” and “Audrie & Daisy.”
“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,” said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin. “This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism.
“It is an amazing time for documentaries, with the ever-increasing number of platforms enabling producers to reach enthusiastic and growing audiences for non-fiction storytelling,” said Bfca and Btja President Joey Berlin. “This is clearly demonstrated in the depth and quality of our inaugural nominees. We have a wealth of brilliant creators who are bringing to light some of the most entertaining and illuminating stories being told today. Indeed, documentary filmmaking is modern investigative journalism.
- 10/10/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Deadpool (Tim Miller)
As Hollywood struggles to reinvent their array of superheroes with each iteration, it’s no surprise that audiences would become hungry for something off the beaten path. While it’s not the first post-modern comic-book adaptation, Deadpool is billed as ushering in a new direction: a fan-spurred, self-aware tentpole that’s R-rated to its core, featuring a wise-ass character (don’t call him...
Deadpool (Tim Miller)
As Hollywood struggles to reinvent their array of superheroes with each iteration, it’s no surprise that audiences would become hungry for something off the beaten path. While it’s not the first post-modern comic-book adaptation, Deadpool is billed as ushering in a new direction: a fan-spurred, self-aware tentpole that’s R-rated to its core, featuring a wise-ass character (don’t call him...
- 4/29/2016
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning
Stars: Scott Adkins, Jean Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Mariah Bonner | Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson, Jon Greenhalgh | Directed by John Hyams
Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren return for the third official sequel (apparently the two Showtime movies made by Rigel Entertainment are no longer considered to be official) to the 1992 action flick directed by Roland Emmerich. This time round the story follows John (Adkins) as he wakes up from a coma after his wife and daughter were killed in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme) and the rogue army of genetically enhanced soldiers led by back-from-the-dead leader Andrew (Lundgren). In the process, John discovers more about himself and begins to question everything he believes to be true…
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning sets its stall out early,...
Stars: Scott Adkins, Jean Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Mariah Bonner | Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson, Jon Greenhalgh | Directed by John Hyams
Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren return for the third official sequel (apparently the two Showtime movies made by Rigel Entertainment are no longer considered to be official) to the 1992 action flick directed by Roland Emmerich. This time round the story follows John (Adkins) as he wakes up from a coma after his wife and daughter were killed in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme) and the rogue army of genetically enhanced soldiers led by back-from-the-dead leader Andrew (Lundgren). In the process, John discovers more about himself and begins to question everything he believes to be true…
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning sets its stall out early,...
- 2/5/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
With Universal Soldier: Regeneration director John Hyams brought the franchise to a brutal and startling new level. In the sequel to his sequel, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning, he unleashes an altogether different kind of beast.
From the Press Release
Action legends Jean-Claude Van Damme (The Expendables 2) and Dolph Lundgren
(The Expendables 2) are back for the ultimate battle between soldiers in Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning, available January 22nd on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum) and Ultimate Fighting Champion (Ufc) Former Heavyweight Champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski join Van Damme and Lundgren for the latest action-packed chapter in the series. This time, an army of Universal Soldiers has gone A.W.O.L. and only one man can stop them.
Director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), hailed by the Village Voice as a leading candidate for best action director working today,...
From the Press Release
Action legends Jean-Claude Van Damme (The Expendables 2) and Dolph Lundgren
(The Expendables 2) are back for the ultimate battle between soldiers in Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning, available January 22nd on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum) and Ultimate Fighting Champion (Ufc) Former Heavyweight Champion Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski join Van Damme and Lundgren for the latest action-packed chapter in the series. This time, an army of Universal Soldiers has gone A.W.O.L. and only one man can stop them.
Director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), hailed by the Village Voice as a leading candidate for best action director working today,...
- 1/3/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Directed by John Hyams
Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson, and Jon Greenhalgh
USA, 2012
In a landscape of tired genre exercises and lame action reboots, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning feels like a tidal wave of renewal. In the hands of director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), the franchise not only gets a stylistic facelift, but expands its mark to seriously deranged and disturbing places. While Regeneration was populated by battered and faded faces, each highlighted by the melancholic irony of such a reboot, Hyams’ latest goes further in embracing the monsters these films have bred since 1992.
While Luc Deveraux (Van Damme) and Andrew Scott (Lundgren) were mainstays in past entries, they’re merely whittled down to minor roles this time around. Scott Adkins is the primary star and our surrogate into Hyams’ dreary and foreboding landscape of slain bodies and jilted psyches. Adkins plays John,...
Directed by John Hyams
Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson, and Jon Greenhalgh
USA, 2012
In a landscape of tired genre exercises and lame action reboots, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning feels like a tidal wave of renewal. In the hands of director John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Regeneration), the franchise not only gets a stylistic facelift, but expands its mark to seriously deranged and disturbing places. While Regeneration was populated by battered and faded faces, each highlighted by the melancholic irony of such a reboot, Hyams’ latest goes further in embracing the monsters these films have bred since 1992.
While Luc Deveraux (Van Damme) and Andrew Scott (Lundgren) were mainstays in past entries, they’re merely whittled down to minor roles this time around. Scott Adkins is the primary star and our surrogate into Hyams’ dreary and foreboding landscape of slain bodies and jilted psyches. Adkins plays John,...
- 12/1/2012
- by Ty Landis
- SoundOnSight
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins duke it out in Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Directed by John Hyams
Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson and Jon Greenhalgh
USA, 2012
Although it looks like a generic action movie on paper, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is actually a lot messier on screen, both physically and stylistically. Combining Gaspar Noé-style strobe light disorientation and long takes with David Cronenberg-inspired body wreckage, the movie looks and feels like a departure from the normal action movie affair; yet, at its heart, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is still fairly generic.
The story centers on John (Scott Adkins), a man recovering from a coma and the brutal deaths of his wife and daughter. With a vivid picture of the killer, Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), in his mind, John tries to figure out what exactly happened and why.
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Directed by John Hyams
Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson and Jon Greenhalgh
USA, 2012
Although it looks like a generic action movie on paper, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is actually a lot messier on screen, both physically and stylistically. Combining Gaspar Noé-style strobe light disorientation and long takes with David Cronenberg-inspired body wreckage, the movie looks and feels like a departure from the normal action movie affair; yet, at its heart, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is still fairly generic.
The story centers on John (Scott Adkins), a man recovering from a coma and the brutal deaths of his wife and daughter. With a vivid picture of the killer, Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), in his mind, John tries to figure out what exactly happened and why.
- 11/30/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning
Stars: Scott Adkins, Jean Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Mariah Bonner | Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson, Jon Greenhalgh | Directed by John Hyams
Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren return for the third official sequel (apparently the two Showtime movies made by Rigel Entertainment are no longer considered to be official) to the 1992 action flick directed by Roland Emmerich. This time round the story follows John (Adkins) as he wakes up from a coma after his wife and daughter were killed in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme) and the rogue army of genetically enhanced soldiers led by back-from-the-dead leader Andrew (Lundgren). In the process, John discovers more about himself and begins to question everything he believes to be true…
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning sets its stall out early,...
Stars: Scott Adkins, Jean Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Mariah Bonner | Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson, Jon Greenhalgh | Directed by John Hyams
Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren return for the third official sequel (apparently the two Showtime movies made by Rigel Entertainment are no longer considered to be official) to the 1992 action flick directed by Roland Emmerich. This time round the story follows John (Adkins) as he wakes up from a coma after his wife and daughter were killed in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme) and the rogue army of genetically enhanced soldiers led by back-from-the-dead leader Andrew (Lundgren). In the process, John discovers more about himself and begins to question everything he believes to be true…
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning sets its stall out early,...
- 10/27/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Check out these new posters for Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren! The John Hyams sci-fi film opens November 30th in theaters from Magnet Releasing, but you can catch it on VOD from now! Also with Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski, the film's scripted by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson and Jon Greenhalgh. Day of Reckoning ups the ante in the Universal Soldier series, giving you more hard-hitting, bloody, no-holds-barred fighting action. John (Adkins, The Expendables 2) wakes up from a coma after his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme). While John tries to piece his reality back together, things get more complicated when he is pursued by a relentless UniSol (Arlovski). As John gets closer to Deveraux and the rouge army...
- 10/25/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out these new posters for Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning for Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren! The John Hyams sci-fi film opens November 30th in theaters from Magnet Releasing, but you can catch it on VOD from now! Also with Andrei “The Pit Bull” Arlovski, the film's scripted by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson and Jon Greenhalgh. Day of Reckoning ups the ante in the Universal Soldier series, giving you more hard-hitting, bloody, no-holds-barred fighting action. John (Adkins, The Expendables 2) wakes up from a coma after his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme). While John tries to piece his reality back together, things get more complicated when he is pursued by a relentless UniSol (Arlovski). As John gets closer to Deveraux and the rouge army...
- 10/25/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
Directed by John Hyams
Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson and Jon Greenhalgh
USA, 2012
Although it looks like a generic action movie on paper, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is actually a lot messier on screen, both physically and stylistically. Combining Gaspar Noé-style strobe light disorientation and long takes with David Cronenberg-inspired body wreckage, the movie looks and feels like a departure from the normal action movie affair; yet, at its heart, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is still fairly generic.
The story centers on John (Scott Adkins), a man recovering from a coma and the brutal deaths of his wife and daughter. With a vivid picture of the killer, Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), in his mind, John tries to figure out what exactly happened and why. Things are complicated as he’s shadowed by a mysterious character (Mma fighter Andrei Arlovski...
Directed by John Hyams
Written by John Hyams, Doug Magnuson and Jon Greenhalgh
USA, 2012
Although it looks like a generic action movie on paper, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is actually a lot messier on screen, both physically and stylistically. Combining Gaspar Noé-style strobe light disorientation and long takes with David Cronenberg-inspired body wreckage, the movie looks and feels like a departure from the normal action movie affair; yet, at its heart, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning is still fairly generic.
The story centers on John (Scott Adkins), a man recovering from a coma and the brutal deaths of his wife and daughter. With a vivid picture of the killer, Luc Deveraux (Jean-Claude Van Damme), in his mind, John tries to figure out what exactly happened and why. Things are complicated as he’s shadowed by a mysterious character (Mma fighter Andrei Arlovski...
- 10/22/2012
- by Justin Li
- SoundOnSight
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