Excited, Terron joins the team without a second thought, looking forward to giving his passion all of his attention while getting help for his learning disability at this new school. Not only was the film released the Friday after the National Championship game between Villanova and Michigan, but it follows a wave of scandal in involving countless college basketball players. News broke right before March Madness got underway that many current and former college basketball players were given thousands of dollars to play for specific schools as well as sign with certain agents once they turned pro. Reports cited blue chip programs such as Duke, Kentucky, Arizona, North Carolina, and many, many more for offering benefits to players and their families.
Sign In. Amateur Hide Spoilers. Amateur is a simple story that shows the struggles of a talented young basketball player to fit on his new team. This movie reports the corruption on basketball and the way that it has changed. The actors were great,the plot was emotional and really enjoyable.
Still a virgin after 15 years in a convent, the demure Isabelle earns her living in New York by writing pornography, which she researches by buying magazines and hiring videos. She now wants revenge on Jacques, a crooked businessman for whom both Thomas and Edward worked. Learning from Edward that Thomas has data on disk that could destroy Jacques, she steals Jacques' phone number from Edward's address book while he is in the restroom. Upon returning, Edward gives her the address of a house upstate where she can hide.
Happy Easter! Fantastic early synch-sound home movie presented by our friends at the Chicago Film Society! Our fabulous colleague Melanie Williams wrote about our project for The Conversation, arguing that we need to do more to write all women filmmakers back into film history.