A great sports movie should also appeal to those who have no particular interest in sports. Accordingly, some of the best baseball movies could just as easily slot into other genres – they're comedies like The Bad News Bears, historical dramas like Eight Men Out, weepies, biopics, coming-of-age dramas and everything in between.
With this week's release of based-on-a-true-story feel-good drama Million Dollar Arm, Digital Spy takes a look at the ten best baseball movies.
1. Eight Men Out (1988)
John Sayles' 1988 drama tackles Major League Baseball's Black Sox scandal, in which eight underpaid members of the Chicago White Sox (including 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson) conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series. Sayles' terrific script perfectly captures the time and place and does a superb job of dramatising several elements of a complex story, with impressive attention to detail.
Very much an ensemble piece, the eclectic cast includes John Cusack (as...
With this week's release of based-on-a-true-story feel-good drama Million Dollar Arm, Digital Spy takes a look at the ten best baseball movies.
1. Eight Men Out (1988)
John Sayles' 1988 drama tackles Major League Baseball's Black Sox scandal, in which eight underpaid members of the Chicago White Sox (including 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson) conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the 1919 World Series. Sayles' terrific script perfectly captures the time and place and does a superb job of dramatising several elements of a complex story, with impressive attention to detail.
Very much an ensemble piece, the eclectic cast includes John Cusack (as...
- 8/30/2014
- Digital Spy
Years ago when I was talking to Jon Favreau about "Made," I brought up a scene that he shot in Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles that serves as the lair of Peter Falk's lowly kingpin. Favreau barely knew where I was referring to, and I would assume he had lived in Los Angeles since filming "Swingers."
I mention this not to name drop, but because if you don't live in Southern California, you might not understand what limbo has befallen "Cemetery Junction," Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's first feature together in the wake of successful TV series like "The Office" and "Extras." It will be released on DVD next week, but it was dumped first into the Glendale Exchange 10 for a weeklong release that pulled in all of six customers on Monday night and was only publicized by a mention on Movieline and a Ben Stiller tweet,...
I mention this not to name drop, but because if you don't live in Southern California, you might not understand what limbo has befallen "Cemetery Junction," Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's first feature together in the wake of successful TV series like "The Office" and "Extras." It will be released on DVD next week, but it was dumped first into the Glendale Exchange 10 for a weeklong release that pulled in all of six customers on Monday night and was only publicized by a mention on Movieline and a Ben Stiller tweet,...
- 8/10/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
After the exceedingly large pile of stinking turd that was The Invention of Lying and some pretty dodgy starring roles, it's a relief to see Ricky Gervais reunited with writing partner, Stephen Merchant, and once again churning out the good stuff.
The highly anticipated Cemetery Junction follows a group of friends in the summer of 1973 who are still in the “same house, same room and same sheets [they] were born in”. Freddie Taylor (Christian Cooke) aspires towards a swanky car and big house to go with a successful family. From the age of 15, Bruce Pearson (Tom Hughes) has been saying he'll leave Reading and ever since his mother left, starting a fight is his answer to everything. Snork (Jack Doolan) is the endearing bumbler who works in the train station and unsuccessfully uses “They call me Snork because I've got a nose for muff” as his introductory line. The three boys...
The highly anticipated Cemetery Junction follows a group of friends in the summer of 1973 who are still in the “same house, same room and same sheets [they] were born in”. Freddie Taylor (Christian Cooke) aspires towards a swanky car and big house to go with a successful family. From the age of 15, Bruce Pearson (Tom Hughes) has been saying he'll leave Reading and ever since his mother left, starting a fight is his answer to everything. Snork (Jack Doolan) is the endearing bumbler who works in the train station and unsuccessfully uses “They call me Snork because I've got a nose for muff” as his introductory line. The three boys...
- 4/13/2010
- by admin@shadowlocked.com (Leo Owen)
- Shadowlocked
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