Baseball Movies · Films: P · Reviews: P
The Perfect Game
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.
Author: Ryan Cracknell
Baseball Movies · Films: T · Reviews: T
Touching Home
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.
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Baseball Movies · Films: C · Reviews: C
Chasing 3000
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.
Baseball Movies · Films: G · Reviews: G
Game 6
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.
A Good Day to Die Hard – What’s It Like Being John McClane’s Son?
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
Damn Yankees
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
Trouble with the Curve
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
Road to the Big Leagues
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.
Bullhead
Roskam shows the most confidence when things are unsettling and different from the genre underworld in which the plot resides.
Young Adult
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.
