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Ella es el Matador (She is the Matador) Trailer
by anngaff
posted August 19, 2009 at 9:30pm
From Women Make Movies:
"For Spaniards—and for the world—nothing has expressed the country’s traditionally rigid gender roles more powerfully than the image of the male matador. So sacred was the bullfighter’s masculinity to Spani...more
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JMac invokes stupidity clause
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 14, 2009 at 1:16pm
McCarville probably lost herself some fans during her twitterview yesterday when she claimed that her favorite summer movie was Transformers 2 and that she hated Order of the Phoenix. That's the Transformers that the well-known bastion of liberalism the...more
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Reel players – the best sports-themed chick flicks
by Pretty Tough
posted July 9, 2009 at 8:23pm
Looking for something to do on a hot, lazy summer afternoon?
If you feel the need to chill, how about settling in with a bucket of high-carb popcorn and creating your own movie marathon? We’ve watched all the films out there and put together a collecti...more
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Training Rules screening in Minneapolis
by Title IX Blog
posted June 23, 2009 at 12:42pm
Training Rules, the documentary about Rene Portland's anti-lesbian policies and the case brought against her and Penn State by former Lion Jennifer Harris, is screening tomorrow evening (Wednesday, June 24) at 7pm at the Walker Art Center. The movie, whic...more
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BFF: Bicycle Film Festival
by Pretty Tough
posted June 19, 2009 at 1:00pm
What do you get when you combine the worldwide cycling community (and some devoted sponsors) with movies, parties, musical performances and art exhibits ? You get The Bicycle Film Festival – an annual event that celebrates all things bicycle.
The 9th B...more
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Not to be missed: An evening with Vasquez
by Athletic Women Blog
posted June 14, 2009 at 12:10pm
If you follow "in the news", you have probably already seen this interview with Jenette Goldstein, but some things are better not left to chance. Goldstein's performance, as Private Vasquez, in Aliens not only pioneered the muscular action heroine in film...more
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Elisabeth Shue pumps up to battle piranhas
by Athletic Women Blog
posted June 5, 2009 at 12:23pm
A recent TMZ photo of Elisabeth Shue from the set of Piranha 3-D shows the 45-year-old former gymnast with an impressive set of guns. Shue, who plays Sheriff Julie Forester in the film, looks fit enough to battle prehistoric piranhas with her bare hands; ...more
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Surf movie: Dear and Yonder
by Pretty Tough
posted May 10, 2009 at 12:04pm
Dear and Yonder is an ocean odyssey of the female kind. Featuring surfers Lisa Andersen, Kassia Meador, Sofia Mulanovich, Sally Fitzgibbons, Belinda Baggs, Linda Benson, Rell Sunn, Silvana Lima, Prue Jeffries, Coco Ho, Stephanie Gilmore, and more, the e...more
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Rudo y Cursi: From A Left Wing goes to the Movies
by From A Left Wing
posted May 6, 2009 at 10:31am
Rudo y Cursi, Carlos Cuarón's comedy starring Gael Garcia Bernal & Diego Luna is as much about soccer as Footballer's Wives. The film is less a sports film than a parody of fútbol culture - of everything that the game produces around itself. But wh...more
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State: a fastpitch feature film
by Pretty Tough
posted May 4, 2009 at 10:14am
If you thought winning a State Championship was hard, try getting a feature film made. The biggest challenge for any movie is to raise the necessary production funds.
That’s exactly the challenge facing a group of Louisiana filmmakers. Their dream is...more
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A Wonder Woman of color?
by Athletic Women Blog
posted April 30, 2009 at 12:22pm
Does the idea of an African-American actress playing Wonder Woman make you uneasy? I know it does (as here, scroll down for comments) many traditionalists; i.e., those who would view negatively any deviation from the established image, a position that isn...more
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Getting Naked for Nike
by Laura Landgreen
posted April 24, 2009 at 1:45am
I first found out about Bear Butte Running Camp through a Nike Pack E-mail encouraging some of us Los Angeles area runners to audition for a new “Mockumentary” that Nike was filming. I read through the description of the ad and questioned whether or n...more
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"chin ups are near impossible and lunges suck"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted April 16, 2009 at 4:49pm
An utterance you might expect when a relatively unathletic actress is slated to play a superheroine, arguably the most common Hollywood casting blunder. This comes from Scarlett Johansson, who is trying to transform herself so she can play Black Widow in ...more
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Fight Night now available on DVD!
by Athletic Women Blog
posted April 14, 2009 at 11:56am
Fight Night (aka Rigged), which stars former taekwondo champion Rebecca Neuenswander, comes out on DVD today. You will find it at not only the usual outlets—Amazon, Best Buy, Netflix, etc.—but also the official website, where your purchase will most p...more
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Virginia Madsen teams up for female ski jumper doc
by Pretty Tough
posted April 10, 2009 at 7:24pm
Actress Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Prairie Home Companion, The Haunting) and Title IX Productions, the film company she formed last year, are taking on a good fight - the right for women ski jumpers to compete in the Olympic games.
Titled “Fighting Gr...more
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Shawn Johnson at Hannah Montana Movie Premiere
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 9, 2009 at 2:38pm
Shawn Johnson sure is having fun in Los Angeles! Apart from her roaring success on Dancing with the Stars (which after week 5 has her tied for 2nd), she has been seen hanging out with Mitchell Musso and other members of the Hannah Montana cast. On April...more
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Thoughts on Training Rules
by Title IX Blog
posted April 8, 2009 at 10:12am
Unfortunately not ours as we have not yet been able to see the recently premiered documentary about former Penn State b-ball coach Rene Portland. (We hear it will be available for distribution this fall.)But Training Rules debuted this past weekend at the...more
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Women's Soccer and Girl Fight
by Women's Sports Nation
posted April 5, 2009 at 1:33am
Since I don't have the mental capacity to follow live soccer stats, I found Girl Fight on HBO On Demand while attempting to follow the Saint Louis Athletica/Chicago Red Stars match on WPS's fancy Match Tracker. No matter how elaborate Match Tracker is, wi...more
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Pretty Tough Film Picks
by WomenTalkSports
posted January 24, 2009 at 2:24pm
Trailers for upcoming and fave sports-themed chick flicks....more
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Sundance pick: The Winning Season
by Pretty Tough
posted January 23, 2009 at 8:56pm
The Sundance Film Festival, which takes place each January in Park City, Utah, is wrapping up this weekend. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the U.S and renown for launching the careers of actors and directors who make films outside...more
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Movie Recommendation: Chrissa Stands Strong
by Sports Girls Play
posted January 13, 2009 at 11:33pm
This year’s Girl of the Year doll is Chrissa, a swimmer. The thing that is different about this year’s Girl of the Year is that American Girl released a movie, An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong, in addition to the doll and her books...more
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