See the issue: January 2008

Pick your poison to match your team's appetite: classic Sly Stallone shoot-'em-up or whacky Will Ferrell doing his thing. 

Rambo [Lionsgate]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone
Rated: R
Perfect for: Intense athletes who thrive on over-the-top action sequences and catchy one-liners
Synopsis: Twenty years after withdrawing from combat, super-soldier John Rambo (Stallone) heads back to the life he left behind. Now working as a river guide in northern Thailand, Rambo agrees to take an American missionary couple into the civil war-torn area of the Thai-Burma border to give victims aid and supplies. When the couple doesn’t return to the States, Rambo is forced to resurrect his warrior within.

Semi-Pro [New Line Cinema]
Starring: Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson
Rated: Not yet rated
Perfect for: Athletes who wanna laugh it up to mellow out before a big game
Synopsis: Will Ferrell stars as the one-hit-wonder-turned-basketball-team-owner/coach/player Jackie Moon. Moon’s team, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is stinking up the edgy, fast-paced American Basketball Association back in the 1970s. When the ABA merges with the NBA, the Tropics realize they need to win—or get pulled under by the current.

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