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The Sandlot –
1993 (PG) – Baseball/Family/Comedy; Tom Guiry,
Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna. The neighborhood's best baseball
player befriends the sports-challenged new kid in the
summer of 1962.
A Day at the
Races – 1937 (N/R)(BW) – Horse Racing/Comedy;
The Marx Brothers, Maureen O'Sullivan, Allan Jones.
To pay off the mortgage of her high-priced sanitarium,
Judy's boyfriend enlists the help of the Marx Brothers
and enters his horse in the steeplechase.
The Longest Yard
– 1974 (R) – Football/Comedy; Burt
Reynolds, Eddie Albert. Ex-quarterback, doing time,
arranges a football game between prison guards and inmates.
Dead Solid Perfect
– 1988 (TV) – Golf/Drama; Randy Quaid,
Kathryn Harrold, Jack Warden. Kenny Lee finally makes
to the on the PGA Tour and finds his game and personal
life handicapped by his swinging new lifestyle.
Cobb – 1994
(R) – Baseball/Drama; Tommy Lee Jones, Robert
Wuhl, Lolita Davidovitch. Jones is at his scene-chewing
best as he portrays Ty Cobb, a mean, foul-mouthed, prejudiced
cantankerous old coot. No wonder he has the reputation
as "the most hated man in Baseball."
Rocky –
1976 (PG) - Boxing; Sylvestor Stallone, Talia
Shire, Burgess Merideth, Carl Weathers. Intense portrait
of a part-time hood and small-time boxer who gets picked
to fight a championship match.
Hoosiers –
1986 (PG) – Basketball/Drama; Gene Hackman, Barbara
Hershey, Dennis Hopper. Unorthodox methods of new coach
lead Indiana high school team to the state championships.
Swimfan –
2002 (PG 13) – Swimming/Thriller; Jesse Bradford,
Erika Christensen. Sexy stalker ruins the life of a
high school swimming star after a one-night stand.
Downhill Racer
– 1969 (PG) – Skiing/Olympics/Drama;
Robert Redford, Gene Hackman. Undisciplined and cocky
skier alienates nearly everyone around him in his quest
to become an Olympic champion.
Death Race 2000
– 1975 (R) – Racing/Comedy; David
Carradine, Slyvester Stallone. Campy, gory Roger Corman
fun-fest about a futuristic cross-country road rally
where the drivers score extra points by killing pedestrians
- with bonus points for the sick and elderly!
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