Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Read More »
Sport
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) Robert Wise, Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane
The abuse Rocky Barbella endures at the hand of his father and subsequent run-ins with the law lead him in Read More »
Flesh and Fury (1952) Joseph Pevney, Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow Read More »
Pat and Mike (1952) George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Aldo Ray
Pat’s a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiance is around. Read More »
The Bear (1984) Richard C. Sarafian, Gary Busey, Cynthia Leake, Carmen Thomas
Biopic about the great college football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant of the University of Alabama. Read More »
Wine, Women and Horses (1937) Louis King, Barton MacLane, Ann Sheridan, Dick Purcell
Gamblers Jim Turner and Valarie part company in Chicago and agree to meet at Saratoga Read More »
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Ken Burns, Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson
The story of Jack Johnson is huge. The first black Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1908 to 1915, he was rowdy, smart, rebellious, and proud. Read More »
The Boss’s Son at College AKA Daigaku no wakadanna (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Harurô Takeda, Yoshiko Tsubouchi
The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university’s rugby team. Read More »
Up and Down AKA Parpaillon (1993) Luc Moullet, Jean Abeillé, Clément Boutterin, Brigitte Canaan
A bicycle race is held every year in a pass of the Alps called Parpaillon. Read More »
Game 6 (2005) Michael Hoffman, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne
Nicky Rogan’s new play is opening on Broadway and many agree, he has written the best play his career. Read More »