Tag: Boxing

• Creed

  Up until the last 15 minutes, this was the okayest movie of 2015. And then BAM. I’m yelling at the tv.

  Being Tori

  12.22.15

  Movies, One-Liners

  action, Boxing, Creed, Michael B. Jordan, Rocky Balboa, Sports, Sylvester Stallone, TAKE IT!

• Southpaw

  If Jake Gyllenhaal isn’t already one of your favourite actors, or if he’s not already a role model to scores of aspiring actors, he will be after this movie. He made me feel all the emotions. Granted, I probably would have loved this movie even if it had been mediocre (I unabashedly love all sports…

  Being Tori

  09.21.15

  Movies, One-Liners

  Boxing, Forest Whitaker, graphic, inspiring, Jake Gyllenhall, movie, Rachel McAdams, Southpaw, sports movie, TAKE IT!, violence

• Games with All Lit Up – Boxing

  Turns out I’m not great with schedules—even those I set for myself. So here’s my Thursday post on Saturday. Boxing has traditions that go back as far as ancient Rome and Greece but it wasn’t until the 1700s that rules were first introduced (eeeekkk!). These rules ushered in the modern era of boxing, with protective…

  Being Tori

  07.11.15

  Books, I wrote this

  Aaron Cully Drake, All Lit Up, Boxing, CanLit, Do You Think This Is Strange?, Jeannette Walls, Lisa Genova, PanLit Games, Still Alice, The Glass Castle