Making her directorial debut, actress Drew Barrymore gives female roller derby movies a rejuvenation not seen since Raquel Welch “graced” the silver screen as K.C. Carr in 1972′s “Kansas City Bomber”. “Whip It” stars Ellen Page (“Juno”) as Bliss Cavendar, an indie-rock loving misfit, a combat-boot-wearin’ square peg in the very round hole of Bodeen, Texas, where football and beauty pageants are the guiding lights, yet she finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery by discovering a roller derby league in nearby Austin. [...]
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It is about halftime, so grab another cold one and enjoy this brilliant new five-part documentary on Showtime celebrating the 50th season of “The Other League”. From its tumultuous beginnings to its unlikely merger with its all-powerful well-established rival NFL, follow the birth of this brilliantly innovative upstart league filled with unique personalities both on and off the field. [...] For the Vikings to get to the top of the North, they’ll have to do it riding the 39 year-old arm of Brett Favre. Of course he will have one of the league’s best running backs, Adrian Peterson, to hand off to. Favre will also have speedy Bernard Berrian to stretch defesnes, but they will miss the leadership of veteran center Matt Birk. [...] |
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