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Movie: Air

Set in the mid-1980s, the film centers on Sonny Vacarro (Matt Damon), who Nike's Phil Knight (Ben Affleck, also directing) has hired to save their failing basketball division. It’s Sonny’s job to scout the upcoming NBA draft and select the rookie talent that would be best to build brands around. So while others want to use the limited budget on a handful of prospects, including future NBA mid-carders like Sam Bowie and Mel Turpin, Sonny sees something in this scrawny kid from North Carolina: Michael Jordan. And Sonny wants to do something unprecedented, which is put the entire budget on Jordan and nobody else. [more inside]
posted by Gin and Broadband on Apr 8, 2023 - 9 comments

Movie: School Ties

Lines are draw at a New England prep school when a new student's secret is revealed. [more inside]
posted by Stuka on Feb 5, 2023 - 7 comments

Movie: Dogma

The latest battle in the eternal war between Good and Evil has come to New Jersey in the late, late 20th Century. Angels, demons, apostles and prophets (of a sort) walk among the cynics and innocents of America and duke it out for the fate of humankind. [more inside]
posted by Marky on Oct 6, 2022 - 28 comments

Movie: Good Will Hunting

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life. [more inside]
posted by nubs on Apr 25, 2015 - 34 comments

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