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As regular readers know, I avoid interviews like the plague - not because I can't do them, but because I usually find them boring. I ask the subject the same questions he or she has been asked a thousand times, and get the same rehearsed responses...
Professional sports are a mixture of athletic achievements and multibillion-dollar business elements. When it comes to sports-based movies, the vast majority focus on the former, often paying lip-service (if that) to the latter. Air joins the like...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-09-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Affleck
Cast: Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, ...
While Bed of Roses lacks the freshness of When Harry Met Sally and the smart sensuality of Before Sunrise, it nevertheless possesses enough intelligence and energy to lift it into the upper echelon of "traditional" modern romances. And, with so ma...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-01-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Michael Goldenberg
Cast: Mary Stuart Masterson, Christian Slater, Pamela Segall, ...
If one was to make a list of the best baseball-themed movies of all time, Bull Durham would have to be in consideration. Alongside the likes of The Natural and Field of Dreams, it remains one of the best-loved hardball titles. Filmmakers like the...
U.S. Release Date: 1988-06-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: DRAMA/COMEDY
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, ...
This past week, Robert Iger became the latest voice to join a growing chorus advocating a major overhaul of the current movie distribution system. With DVD sales outstripping ticket sales, the time has come to stop thinking of home video as a "...
Little Indian, Big City, the American name given to Herve Palud's 1995 French fish-out-of-water comedy, L'Indian dans la Ville, is easily one of the most tedious viewing experiences of 1996. I came as close to walking out of this movie as anything...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-03-22
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Herve Palud
Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Ludwig Briand, Patrick Timsit, ...
This is what happens when someone takes what might have been a moderately-entertaining television Christmas special and tries to adapt it for the big screen. The Santa Clause isn't an unmitigated disaster, but it's also a whole lot less impres...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-11-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Wendy Crewson, ...