Kevinography, part 16: McFarland, USA (2015)

This is part 16 in a series in which, for reasons not really clear, I watch all watchable movies with Kevin Costner. And maybe even some unwatchable ones. I will then comment on them here for you, including a synopsis in case you aren't familiar with them.

Synopsis: Mr. White (Kevin Costner) is a football teacher who gets angry quickly and cycles through jobs quickly. Now he hits the end of the line in southern California immigrant community McFarland, where he's hired as teacher and assistant coach. He quickly gets into another fight that leads to his dismissal from the football team, but he discovers something else: the Mexican-American kids that make up the school are damn good runners. So he trains them for cross-country running - and they train him in becoming a member of the community. When the team qualifies for the statewide competition, the stakes get a lot higher...

Kevinography, part 15 - No way out (1987)

This is part 15 in a series in which, for reasons not really clear, I watch all watchable movies with Kevin Costner. And maybe even some unwatchable ones. I will then comment on them here for you, including a synopsis in case you aren't familiar with them.

Synopsis: Navy officer Tom Farell (Kevin Costner) gets an assignment as personal liasion to the shady Secretary of Defense Brice (Gene Hackman) and his slimy assistant, Duvall (Will Patton). Things get complicated when Farell falls in love with the same woman that Brice has enlisted as his mistress, Susan Atwell (Sean Young). In a fit of jealous rage, Brice kills his mistress - not knowing who her lover is. Farell knows, and he's now an integral part of the investigation - an investigation that Brice is trying to steer into the direction of fingering an unknown Russian agent. Said agent would be Farell, who needs to prove his innocence before Brice finds out who exactly is leading his "investigation"...