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The Swimmer *** (2021, Omer Perelman Striks, Asaf Jonas, Ofek Nicki-Cohen) – Classic Movie Review 12,525

Omer Perelman Striks stars in the energetic and enjoyable 2021 film The Swimmer as determined Israeli rising star swimmer Erez, who battles against the odds to represent his country at the Olympic Games. Among his […]

May, 31

Million Dollar Mermaid ** (1952, Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon, David Brian) – Classic Movie Review 9373

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1952 MGM Technicolor musical Million Dollar Mermaid [The One Piece Bathing Suit] is a wet and washed-out biography of Annette Kellermann [Kellerman] (6 July 1887 – 6 November 1975), the turn-of-the-last-century champion […]

Feb, 12

Crawl *** (2019, Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark) – Movie Review

Director Alexandre Aja’s dark, gory and nasty horror movie Crawl (2019) has not a single laugh until after it is finished at the end credits, but it still manages to be a lot of unpleasant […]

Aug, 24

Taris, roi de l’eau [Taris] **** (1931, Jean Taris) – Classic Movie Review 8658

Jean Vigo films the French swimming champion Jean Taris performing different swimming acts as he gives us a tour of his water kingdom in the 10-minute avant garde 1931 sport documentary short film Taris, roi […]

Jun, 29

Captain Webb *** (2015, Warren Brown, Steve Oram, Georgia Maguire, Terry Mynott, Hannah Tointon) – Movie Review

Warren Brown captures exactly the right note as retired merchant seaman Captain Matthew Webb, who on 25 August 1875 survives fierce winds, treacherous currents and multiple jellyfish stings to swim from Dover to the shores […]

Aug, 06

Floating Skyscapers [Plynace wiezowce] **** (2013, Mateusz Banasiuk, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Bartosz Gelner, Katarzyna Herman) – Movie Review

Mateusz Banasiuk is stupendous as the sexily handsome young Polish swimming champ Kuba who, after two years with a clingy girlfriend Sylwia (Marta Nieradkiewicz), is warily discovering his homosexuality. He’s having anonymous sex when he […]

Nov, 28

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