SLAP SHOT — CLASSIC FILM PICK
Rooted in America’s downturned economic reality of the late ‘70s, “Slap Shot” (1977) was the brainchild of screenwriter Nancy Dowd,…
Sports Comedy
THE BAD NEWS BEARS — CLASSIC FILM PICK
Capsules Blog, Children's Cinema, Classic Cinema, Coming-of-Age, FIVE STARS, Sports Comedy, Video Essay
Rife with every non-politically-correct social tic that ‘70s America had to offer, “The Bad News Bears” (1976) is a sports…
GOON
Trading on hockey’s blood-splattering brutality as a ripe source for comic possibilities, “Goon” is a warm-hearted sports comedy with a…
THE WINNING SEASON
Sam Rockwell’s never-ending ability to create intriguing characters proves essential to writer/director James C. Strouse, whose formulaic tale of redemption…
FIRED UP!
A shameless celebration of female nubility, “Fired Up!” is a peppy teen sex comedy that draws on a perfectly pitched…
BAD NEWS BEARS
How the game is played takes precedence over winning or losing in a remake of Michael Ritchie’s classic baseball comedy…
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
This animated darling of this year’s Cannes Film Festival is more execution than story, but oh what exquisite execution. Champion…
THE BENCHWARMERS
Puerile, inane and filled with gross-out humor “The Benchwarmers” is a comedy, ostensibly aimed at pre-teen nerds, that will only…
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