Sound On Sight Radio #211: World Cup Of Movies Part 2
As World Cup fever continues unabated like that weird rash you never got looked at, Sound on Sight continues to take a look at soccer flicks. This time around, we’re a little more firmly heeled in the realm of the conventional “sports movie;” which is to say, you can expect there to be good guys, and for them to win at soccer. This includes two UK exports – the Vinnie Jones vehicle Mean Machine, also starring a then-nascent Jason Statham in a bit part, and 2001′s international feel-good hit Bend it Like Beckham, which unleashed that Keira Knightley kid upon an unsuspecting public. We’ll also be talking about Stephen Chow’s breakthrough flick, the martial arts/sports-movie/slapstick comedy hybrid Shaolin Soccer.
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Music Playlist:
Olé Olé Olé – We Are The Champions – Overtone with Yollandi Nortjie
Fancy Footwork – Chromeo
Search and Destroy – The Stooges
Punjabiyan Di Shaa – Bend It Like Beckham[ad#left-side-ad]
Ricky D is the editor-in-chief of Sound on Sight and one of the hosts of 'Sound On Sight Radio', the 'Sordid Cinema' podcast and our videocast titled 'Front Row Center'. He also contributes written reviews when time permits.
Favorite films: 'Salo', 'Contempt', 'The Vanishing', 'Pulp Fiction' & 'La Haine'
Favorite Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Billy Wilder & Stanley Kubrick 
How can you be a fan of Vinnie Jones? The guy is just a manikin. It worked in Lock, Stock but then did the same part in every other movie.