Kobayashi’s pitiless take on Japan’s professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. Read More »
Sport
Two Half-Times in Hell AKA Két félidö a pokolban (1961) Zoltán Fábri, Imre Sinkovits, Dezsö Garas, László Márkus
On Hitler’s birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans. Read More »
The Great White Hope (1970) Martin Ritt, James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert
Boxer Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) is the world’s reigning heavyweight boxing champion. Read More »
Offside AKA Dar Alanda Kisa Paslasmalar (2000) Serdar Akar, Savas Dinçel, Erkan Can, Müjde Ar
Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father’s store Read More »
The Flanagan Boy AKA Bad Blonde (1953) Reginald Le Borg, Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater
The film opens at a carnival with two barkers calling for onlookers to enter the tent where an audience Read More »
Silver Skates (1943) Leslie Goodwins, Kenny Baker, Belita, Patricia Morison
Claire (Patricia Morison), owner of an ice-show, faces bankruptcy because Belita (Belita), star of the show Read More »
Gatica, the Monkey AKA Gatica, el Mono (1993) Leonardo Favio, Edgardo Nieva, Horacio Taicher, Juan Costa
A biopic relating the life of Argentinian boxer José María Gatica. Read More »
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab AKA Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Keisuke Noro, Michiko Sawa
Wada Koji fights to become a boxing champion. Read More »
Too Many Girls (1940) George Abbott, Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller
Mr Casey’s daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge he sends Read More »
So This Is College (1929) Sam Wood, Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Cliff Edwards
Biff and Eddie are the best of friends. They are college seniors; roommates at the Fraternity; and star teammates on the USC Football team. Read More »
Dead Solid Perfect (1988) Bobby Roth, Randy Quaid, Kathryn Harrold, Jack Warden
Made for Cable TV movie. A second-string pro golfer desprate for his shot at success tours the country. Read More »
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976) John Badham, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor
Tired of being treated like a slave by team owner Sallison Potter (Ted Ross) Read More »
Waterboys (2001) Shinobu Yaguchi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura
All it takes for a bunch of schoolboys to join the swim club is the arrival of a pretty teacher who clearly is considered a babe. Read More »
Rocco and His Brothers AKA Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960) Luchino Visconti, Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. Read More »
Too Many Winners (1947) William Beaudine, Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall, Ralph Dunn
Michael Shayne accepts an assignment to investigate a gang of pari-mutual race tickets Read More »