Field Of Screens

James and dKiff take a look at the all time classic The Karate Kid, a film that one of them has never seen and the other has had their life impacted by it so much they made some surprising life choices and committed to film not just one but two self shot parody/tribute films. All will be revealed...

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This week James and dKiff look at the classic 1992 women's baseball movie A League Of Their Own. Is it true? Who's the MVP? Why does a bus driver throw dirt in a woman's face? Some of these questions will be answered. 

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This week James and dKiff look at the classic football movie Any given Sunday. This movie may be twenty years old but it's themes around racism, placism and medical negligence among many other topics are as relevant today as they have ever been. Surely it's time for that follow up right? Any Given Monday?

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Have you ever wondered how true that true story was? How accurate the sport in your favourite sport movie is? Or how badly the fashion choices of the late 90s have aged? Well wonder no more!

Field of Screens, THE Sports Movie Podcast, presented by sports journalist David Kifford and Film Studies MA James Rowling look at a different entry to the genre and tear it apart limb from limb, or just ramble through a list of things they liked and didn't like. But it's funny, and interesting. We also keep you across the Sports Movie news and let you know what's on the streaming services for you to watch.

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This week for James’s Birthday Special the chaps take a look at White Men Can’t Jump, one of James’ favourite of the genre. A sophisticated, sharp and funny look at the world of streetball in LA with more of a grounding in reality than you might first realise. GET IN TOUCH
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This week James and dKiff take a look at some classic Disney On Ice with 1992's The Mighty Ducks. Find out all about this comedy romp and see if the standards of almost thirty years ago still hold up today. Just as the resurrection of the franchise has been announced for a new Disney+ series.

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In a bonus Retrospective ACTION! James and dKiff are joined by Rich from Betamax Video Club who also recently reviewed Escape To Victory on his own podcast. All three suggest and vote on the players that could take part in the POW side for the ever rumoured sequel.

Bullard or Beckham? Kaka or Milner? Hardy or Jackman? All these decisions and more will be made!

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This week James and dKiff have watched the true(ish) story that earned Steve Carell a Best Actor Oscar nomination, Foxcatcher. Both guys loved it the first time they watched this film but it seems like the years may not have treated this flick so well. What were the reasons for this? Listen to find out!

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A bonus episode looking back at Rocky IV as James and dKiff are joined by special guest Ryan Rebalkin, the host of Going The Distance: The Rocky Series Podcast. Ryan contacted us after we released our Rocky episode and kindly agreed to join us for a little conversation. We loved having Ryan on the show and his knowledge and love of Rocky, and almost all things Sly, was clear to see. Hopefully the first of many chats we'll bring you, I'm sure you'll all enjoy listening to him. Oh an dhit up his podcast too, it's great!

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This week James and dKiff watch the award winning Le Mans '66, or Ford v Ferrari as it's known across the pond. Not the strongest of titles but the film itself sure seemed to rev up our engines! Matt Damon and Christian Bale lead a great cast in what could be the mostly high rated film we've reviewed yet. This episode also features a short chat with Ryan Rebalkin, the host of Going The Distance: The Rocky Series Podcast and a full length bonus episode will be available very soon! Enjoy!

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