1983 and a cold, bleak and struggling town of Ampipe plays home to Stefan Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) he has a plan to get a football scholarship and get out of town before he is swallowed up by a life in the steel mills. But can he make all the right moves in his quest for freedom, or will he fall foul of coaches, criminals and teenage pregnancy?

At Champions of Cinema we love nothing less than a movie about Football, but with our first foray into High School, is Joe too old to remember being a teenager and is James far and away from a steelworkers son? Join us as we start a new series of Tom Cruise movies!

The Hosts

Joe Walker is a Sports Coach and graduate of Loughborough University, with 16 years coaching experience and a degree in Sports Coaching. His first passion has always been movies and the stories that they tell.

James Marshall is a National Championship winning athlete and graduate of Loughborough University. He has a background in a variety of sports including American Football, Athletics and Swimming. He grew up with aspirations to pursue a life in Drama and Acting.

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Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics are one of the cheapest teams in Baseball, with a cut price roster of misfit and broken players can they do the impossible and compete with the big boys of Baseball?

Stepping onto the mound for the first time with a Baseball movie, Joe and James flirt with pivoting the podcast into Mathematics rather than Movies, with discussions about how Billionaires save money in their sport teams and whether economics really is the future of sports.

The Hosts

Joe Walker is a Sports Coach and graduate of Loughborough University, with 16 years coaching experience and a degree in Sports Coaching. His first passion has always been movies and the stories that they tell.

James Marshall is a National Championship winning athlete and graduate of Loughborough University. He has a background in a variety of sports including American Football, Athletics and Swimming. He grew up with aspirations to pursue a life in Drama and Acting.

Contact Info

Instagram - @championsofcinema

Tiktok - @champions.of.cine

Vinny Pazienza was a 5 time world champion boxer, but can he be a Champion of Cinema? Sure an athlete can come back in a game or a season to overcome their challenges and opponents, but Bleed for this sees Vinny having to overcome a broken neck just to make it back into the ring.

With James angering the gods of martial arts this episode, it nearly never made it to your ears, but after some quick editing work and a whole lot of heart and hustle, the boys rally in the 2nd half of the fight to bring you their newest episode.

The Hosts

Joe Walker is a Sports Coach and graduate of Loughborough University, with 16 years coaching experience and a degree in Sports Coaching. His first passion has always been movies and the stories that they tell.

James Marshall is a National Championship winning athlete and graduate of Loughborough University. He has a background in a variety of sports including American Football, Athletics and Swimming. He grew up with aspirations to pursue a life in Drama and Acting.

Contact Info

Instagram - @championsofcinema

Tiktok - @champions.of.cine