eHero (2018)
Drama | Sport
An up-and-coming video gamer faces his greatest challenge yet as he and his team must overcome a fiery gaming superstar, as well as their own battling egos, to win the ultimate video game championship.
Starring: Sean Astin, Chloe Rose, Varun Saranga, Greg Hovanessian, Michael Boisvert
Director: Joseph Procopio
Mix / Mixed Doubles / Mikkusu (2017)
Family | Sport
Tamiko used to be a very good ping pong player as a child, but she is now twenty-eight years old and left the sport behind. Her mother Hanako had taught her how to play imposing discipline and regimen, but following the former's death the daughter had felt free by quitting the sport and instead leading an ordinary life. One of her co-workers Akihiko asks her to go steady one day, but soon sleeps with a pretty co-worker called Airi. Having lost her chance with this man she quits her job and returns to her hometown. Here her mother once owned a ping pong club. At the same time, the man she lost has joined the company's ping pong club prompting her to want to beat him. She begins to practice again.
Starring: Yui Aragaki, Eita, Ryôko Hirosue
Director: Jun'ichi Ishikawa
Tati Shorts (1934-1978)
Comedy | Short | Sport
Jacques Tati's career, which stretched from the midthirties to the late seventies, encompasses more than just the six features for which he's best known. The charming short films he wrote or directed are essential parts of his filmography as well. Collected here, they include three wacky 1930s comedies he wrote and starred in – On demande une brute (1934), Gai dimanche (1935), and Soigne ton gauche (1936) – and two later films he directed and starred in: L'ecole des facteurs (1946), which introduces the postman character reprised in Jour de fête, and Cours du soir (1967), made during the filming of PlayTime. Also included are Dégustation maison (1977), a César-winning short by Tati's daughter Sophie Tatischeff, shot in the town from Jour de fête, and Forza Bastia (1978), a soccer documentary begun by Tati and completed by Tatischeff after his death.
Starring: Jacques Tati
Perfect / Parfaites (2016)
Documentary | Sport
Perfect follows the Canadian synchronised swimming team beyond the beauty, to the brawn it takes to qualify for Rio 2016.
Starring: Claudia Holzner, Marie-Lou Morin, Meng Chen, Karine Thomas, Jacqueline Simoneau
Director: Jérémie Battaglia
Amateur (2018)
Drama | Sport
A young basketball player struggles to fit in with his new team.
Starring: Sharon Leal, Josh Charles, Brian White, Michael Rainey Jr., Corey Parker Robinson
Director: Ryan Koo
Racquet (1979)
Comedy | Sport
Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.
Starring: Bert Convy, Lynda Day George, Edie Adams, Phil Silvers
Director: David Winters
Chasing Evel: The Robbie Knievel Story (2017)
Biography | Documentary | Sport
Robbie Knievel, 52 and the owner of 20 world records and 350 jumps worldwide, life is uncovered through his personal pursuit of sobriety and the need of continuing his father's legacy by jumping once again.
Starring: Robbie Knievel, Bill Rundle, Alicia Knievel, Lathan McKay, Gary Davis, Rob Koebel, Bob Einstein
Director: Jesse James Miller
I, Tonya (2017)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.
Starring: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Mckenna Grace, Bojana Novakovic, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser
Director: Craig Gillespie
The Cheerleaders (1973)
Comedy | Sport
A group of cheerleaders from the local high school decide to show their school spirit for their football team by sleeping with the opponents the night before the game so that they can be so worn out the opposition won't be able to play.
Starring: Kimberly Hyde, Patrick Wright, John Bracci, Clair Dia, Denise Dillaway, Paul Glickler
Director: Paul Glickler
The Natural (1984)
Drama | Sport
An unknown comes out of seemingly nowhere to become a legendary player with almost divine talent.
Starring: Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Michael Madsen
Director: Barry Levinson
Downhill (2016)
Action | Horror | Sport | Thriller
After his best friend dies in a racing accident, biking star Joe agrees to go back on the wheels for an exhibition in Chile. On a test run with his girlfriend Stephanie, they stumble upon a badly injured man dying from a mysterious virus. That's the start of a very bad day for them as they become the target of relentless killers ready to do anything to keep their secret to go out of the mountains.
Starring: Natalie Burn, Bryce Draper, Eyal Meyer, Ariel Levy, Luke Massy, Ignacia Allamand, Matías López
Director: Patricio Valladares
Anabolic Life / Perception (2017)
Sport | Thriller
A young man obsessed with body image is thrust into a world of steroids, crime, and deception.
Starring: Lou Ferrigno Jr., Sharon Lawrence, Noel Gugliemi, Daniel Baldwin, Christopher Rich, Sophie Simmons
Director: Landon Williams
Dirt (2018)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sport
In search of a lifeline for his struggling off road racing team, a man takes on a young car thief looking for a second chance, but as their worlds collide, they must struggle to forge a successful alliance.
Starring: Kevin Dillon, DeRon Horton, Christina Moore, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Matthew Glave, Blake Heron
Director: Alex Ranarivelo
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Jump In! (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance | Sport
A teenager is pressured by his father to become a boxer – but a local girl introduces him to the very different sport of rope-jumping.
Starring: Corbin Bleu, Keke Palmer, David Reivers, Shanica Knowles, Laivan Greene, Kylee Russell
Director: Paul Hoen
Borg vs. McEnroe / Borg McEnroe (2017)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The story of the 1980s tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
Starring: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny, David Bamber, Robert Emms
Director: Janus Metz
The Chief (2010)
Biography | Drama | Sport
The life & times of Art Rooney Sr. – bootlegger, gambler, politician, and American success story.
Starring: Tom Atkins, Susan Moran
Director: Steve Parys
Born Strong (2017)
Documentary | Drama | Sport
The four strongest men on the planet compete for the crown. We meet each 400-pound giant in his home country, then on to The Arnold Strongman Classic. Starring Eddie Hall, Hafthor Bjornsson, Brian Shaw and Zydrunas Savickas.
Starring: Eddie Hall, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Brian Shaw, Zyndrunas Savickas
Director: Gary Cohen, Ross Hockrow
Woman of the Year (1942)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Minor Watson, William Bendix
Director: George Stevens
Mukoku (2017)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Sport
Kengo Yatabe's mother dies and his father is in a coma. He, like his father, was good at kendo. Those days are long gone and he now lofts around as a security guard and generally wastes time. Meeting the young Tooru Kengo is inspired and decides to shape up.
Starring: Gô Ayano, Nijirô Murakami, Atsuko Maeda, Reiko Kataoka, Misuzu Kanno, Suon Kan, Jun Fubuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Akira Emoto
Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Sport
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Starring: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Andrea Riseborough, Alan Cumming, Eric Christian Olsen
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
