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The Perfect Game proves that you don’t always have to reach for lofty heights to work. It’s certainly not a classic. It’s a simple pleasure for those times when that’s all you need.
Touching Home is stronger when it focuses on the small-town life than when it steps on the ball diamond. The decent cast elevates it to a tolerable level.
Chasing 3000 is a nostalgia-fueled bore that uses baseball history as a backdrop for a formulaic road trip movie. Rory Culkin, Trevor Morgan and Ray Liotta star.
Filled with heavy dialogue, Game 6 is a film that feels more appropriate for the stage. That said, it takes on challenging themes and deep thoughts.
Ever imagined you were John McClane’s son? Neither have I. But this promotional featurette has plenty of explosions, one-liners and classical music.
Baseball Movies · Films: D · Reviews: D
A lively celebration of baseball as America’s pastime set during an era where the game was at its peak.
Baseball Movies · Films: B · Reviews: B
To a batter, a great curveball is so obvious and so frustrating at the same time. Robert Lorenz’s Trouble with the Curve is much the same.
Baseball Movies · Films: R · Reviews: R
Although somewhat soft in tackling some of the more controversial aspects, it is still a fascinating look at the sport outside of the bright stadium lights and manicured lawns of the big leagues.
Roskam shows the most confidence when things are unsettling and different from the genre underworld in which the plot resides.
Filled with pain disguised as comedy, it presents a real-life Peter Pan complex where letting go of one’s youth is complicated and painful.
Filled with awesome robots, aliens, wars and soap opera theatrics, many of my childhood mornings were spent transfixed to my TV, waiting to see what happened next. Even today, the show stands out as a technical marvel.
Baseball Movies · Films: M · Reviews: M
Keeps the economic talk in check and brings the human drama to the forefront.
While The Rocketeer never crashes, it’s a bumpy ride of cartoonish characters, a flimsy plot and an overall sense of letdown.
A film that says all the right things while tackling tough subjects. It’s hard not to respect its message of love and equality. Despite all this, The Help plays it too safe.
