The Bad News Bears didn’t need a remake, but in 2005 we got one anyways. All that movie really accomplished is that it exposed a whole new generation to the hilarious crazy season of the Bad News Bears. I didn’t enjoy the original as much as this one and that could be because of the … More The Bad News Bears (2005)
I’m not one to rain down on classic films, but I just didn’t like the original Bad News Bears from 1976. It is hard for me to pinpoint exactly what I didn’t like, whether it was the cast, the setting of the late 70’s, or just the quality of the story. Not to take anything … More The Bad News Bears (1976)
I don’t think anyone in their wildest dreams could have pictured Bernie Mac playing Major League Baseball. In Mr. 3000 the comedy puts down the mic stand and picks up a baseball en route to a Hall of Fame career, that is until he finds out all 3000 of his hits don’t count. Mid aged … More Mr. 3000 (2004)
Mr. Baseball is the perfect example of how athletes with big contracts and big egos sometimes push themselves over the edge and out of a job. Tom Selleck is one of the game’s best players before the New York Yankees dump him and he ends up in the best league in Japan. Traditions collide on … More Mr. Baseball (1992)
I’m pretty sure at some point in my life I had already seen Angels in the Outfield. What I didn’t remember was how this movie is not as enjoyable as people make it out to be. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is so young and innocent here, that he is really a lovable kid surrounded by a terrible … More Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Little Big League is another film from a decade that tried to pump out many sports movies involving kids. I would say out of the handful of th0se baseball movies, this would be my favourite. Not only is this a story about growing up and making adult decisions as kid, but it is about accepting … More Little Big League (1994)
Rookie of the Year is very unrealistic, yet really comical. When someone gets injured it seems impossible to think they would become a better athlete, but that is exactly what happens to Henry Rowengartner, the worse little league player who turns into a starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. The story is fun and works … More Rookie of the Year (1993)
It only took until August 2017 to finally watch The Sandlot…and now I really wonder what all the fuss was about. The Sandlot is that coming of age tail that probably would have worked in the 1980’s but doesn’t really sit well with me for a movie released in 1993. I liked the historical references … More The Sandlot (1993)
The Major League franchise started out with a bang, limping into home with a mediocre sequel, before striking out with a third installment. Some of the major characters we’ve known to love or hate return for a really silly movie that never needed to be given the chance to take an at bat. If you … More Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
The story for Major League II had to be so bad that a handful of stars from the first film decided it wasn’t worth coming back. In an attempt to keep the humor going, some main characters under went a change of personality which ultimately failed, causing the entire movie to just fall flat. The … More Major League II (1994)
Ten Stars or Less 