Tag: tennis

  • The Disco Years

    Tom Peters looks back to 1978, the year in high school that he came out of the closet. Tom’s mom is both sweet and intrusive, urging him to take out girls. She also drags him to her disco-dancing lessons. His friendship with Matt becomes his first love, and then Matt turns on Tom with homophobic venom. Later, Matt and Matt’s new girlfriend trash the classroom of an effeminate teacher with more vicious homophobia. At first, Tom joins in heaping scorn on the teacher, then he has to decide if it isn’t time to open the closet door. A crisis of sorts ensues with his mom, and disco proves to be a balm.

  • The Prince of Tennis: A Day on Survival Mountain

    Echizen and the Seigaku regulars took a day off of their normal routines and went hiking on a mountain, where a tennis resort awaits their arrival. Expecting to do some special training, the team reaches the destination only to find their precious tennis courts taken over by a group of college tennis players. However, Ryoma is more than happy to teach them a thing or two about how to play “real” tennis.

  • Wimbledon

    Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran has watched his number slip to 119 as his confidence on the court slowly ebbs away.  Now, on the eve of his leaving the world of professional tennis, he’s granted a wild card, allowing him to play his final Wimbledon tournament…make that his final tournament ever.

  • Match Point

    Chris, a former tennis player, looks for work as an instructor. He meets Tom Hewett, a wealthy young man whose sister Chloe falls in love with Chris. But Chris has his eye on Tom’s fiancee Nola.

  • The Prince of Tennis

    Twelve year old tennis prodigy, Ryoma Echizen attends the distinguished school of Seishun Academy Middle School with his eyes set on being on the regulars team of the tennis club, which the school is famous for.

  • Bee Movie

    Barry B. Benson, a recent college graduate who wants more out of his life than making honey, decides to sue the human race after learning about the exploitation of bees at the hands of mankind.

  • A Perfect Match

    Cheerful Tian-xiang wins over aloof CEO Xiao-nan, turning tension into romance. Can they overcome past struggles to find true happiness?

  • Private Lessons

    An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.

  • The Prince of Tennis: Showdown in England’s Tennis Fortress

    Seigaku travels to England to play a tournament representing Japan but they are attacked by a group of street tennis players who were banned from playing official tournaments because of their rough play.