Pat’s a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiance is around. Read More »
Sport
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 »
Movie Movie (1978) Stanley Donen, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons
Three movie genres of the 1930s are satirized in this spoof of the traditional double feature. Read More »
Kid Galahad (1962) Phil Karlson, Elvis Presley, Gig Young, Lola Albright
When he completes his military service Walter Gulick returns to his birthplace, Cream Valley, New York. Read More »
Death on the Diamond (1934) Edward Sedgwick, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. Read More »