by mike | Feb 13, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magical realism, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
Yes, I do write a lot about Field of Dreams, the best movie ever, and here I go again. This is my original post, which I did in 2012. It began as a short story by Canadian author W.P. Kinsella in an anthology of baseball stories titled, Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to...
by mike | Dec 12, 2019 | Baseball, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Sports Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I’ve seen some of my favorite movies so many times that I can recite much of the dialogue in a lot of them. Here are some more of my favorites. This post first ran in 2016. “I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down: I...
by mike | Nov 28, 2019 | Baseball, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
This remains one of my favorite baseball movies of all time. I first presented this post in 2016. When it comes to the 2007 film, The Final Season, I can’t deny that I’m somewhat biased. I love baseball; my baseball-loving bride is from Iowa, where this true story...
by mike | Sep 12, 2019 | Baseball, Creature Features, Epic Fantasy, Horror Movies, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
There are countless memorable lines from movies both classic and not-so-classic. Here are a few more of them. This post first ran in 2015. “Leave the gun…take the cannoli.” – Peter Clemenza (Richard Castellano) in The Godfather, the Best Picture of 1972. “I was...
by mike | Jul 1, 2019 | Baseball, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
Inspired by a true story, Chasing 3000 (2010) is, of course, a baseball movie that highlights the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder, Roberto Clemente. But transcending that, it is a moving testimonial to the powerful bond that exists between brothers, especially...
by mike | Dec 13, 2018 | Films About Writers, Movies, Research, Sports Movies, Uncategorized, Writing |
This is a compelling film that I first wrote about in 2015. Not a whole lot of folks saw the sports drama, Resurrecting the Champ—“inspired by a true story”—during its short theatrical run in 2007.That’s too bad, because it is an excellent film, and Samuel L....