Tag Archives: baseball

Meet the Robinsons

IMDB Rating: 6.80
3740 votes

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Meet the Robinsons is filled with extraordinarily inappropriate and insensitive messages about adoption that will be disturbing to many children. The basic story is about an adorable baby whose birthmother leaves him on the doorstep of an orphanage. Portrayed as loving, sweet, extremely smart and overly appealing, he spends the next 12 years of his life wanting a family and being turned down by one family after another - in all, 114 couples refuse to adopt him. One disturbing scene shows a prospective dad losing interest in adopting the child because the youngster is more interested in science than sports. When he accidentally splatters them with food from his science project, both prospective parents walk out in a huff , leaving one very sad and disappointed little boy. Since no one else wants him, the child invents a time machine that will take him back in time to find his birth mother. The "bad guy" in his time travel journey turns out to be his best childhood buddy who was once his orphanage roommate. Now an emotional wreck resulting from being left behind when the orphanage was closed and shut down, the once-cute orphan is now mean and devious. The story continues with numerous monsters attacking the child as he continues to search for his birth mother.
Actors
MildredAngela Bassett
LewisDaniel Hansen
LewisJordan Fry
Also posted in 2007, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

Grease

IMDB Rating: 6.90
38781 votes

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What, you haven't seen it? Danny is the 'coolest' of the T Birds, a group of High School guys, they hang out with the Pink Ladies. Danny met Sandy during the summer holiday and now she's moved to the area and to his school, Rydell High. Sandy doesn't fit in with the 'cool' scene, and the Pink ladies, "Look at me I'm Sandra Dee, Blessed with my virginity" sings Rizzo, the Pink Ladies leader. A rival gang Scorpians want to race the T Birds car ("Go Greased Lightening ..."). Also there's a National Dance TV show coming to Rydall High ... There are a couple of rival suitors to Sandy and Danny, to liven the relationship up. And 'oh yes' - Graduation.
Actors
Danny ZukoJohn Travolta
Sandy OlssonOlivia Newton-John
Betty RizzoStockard Channing
Also posted in 1978, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)

Anger Management

IMDB Rating: 6.00
26137 votes

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After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik is ordered by Judge Daniels to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy Rydell, which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men and women. Buddy's unorthodox approach to therapy is confrontational and abrasive and Dave is bewildered by it. Then, after yet another mishap, Judge Daniels orders Dave to step up his therapy or wind up in jail. So, Buddy moves in with Dave to help him battle his inner demons. Buddy himself has no inner demons since he acts out at every opportunity and that includes making lewd comments about Dave's girlfriend Linda and goading Dave into confronting every slight, past or present, head-on. But Buddy finally goes too far and Dave must decide whether to crawl back into his shell or stand up for himself. Could it be that Buddy's confounding and contradictory treatment is just what the doctor ordered?
Actors
Dave BuznikAdam Sandler
Dr. Buddy RydellJack Nicholson
LindaMarisa Tomei
Also posted in 2003, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comments (8)

Mission: Impossible III

IMDB Rating: 6.90
35461 votes

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Former spy Ethan Hunt is called back into action to recover a missing IMF Agent. But complications arise when his fiancée is captured and he must fight to get her back.
Actors
Ethan HuntTom Cruise
Luther StickellVing Rhames
Benji DunnSimon Pegg
Also posted in 2006, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Zathura: A Space Adventure

IMDB Rating: 6.30
6346 votes

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Danny and Walter are two brothers who barely get along even while driving their parents to distraction as their older sister tries to ignore them. Despite their squabbling, the brothers manage cooperate enough to play an old mechanical board game named Zathura. However, after their first move, they find that the game has apparently flung them, their sister and their entire house into outer space. Furthermore, the brothers surmise the only way to return home is to finish the game. However with almost every move, new dangers arise as the siblings find themselves learning to cooperate in ways they never expected as they realize what they mean to each other.
Actors
DannyJonah Bobo
WalterJosh Hutcherson
AstronautDax Shepard
Also posted in 2005, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

Mr. 3000

IMDB Rating: 5.70
3387 votes

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Stan Ross was a baseball superstar who turned his back on the game years ago when he finally hit 3,000 hits. Years later, he's now a successful, self-made entrepreneur whose many businesses revolve around his title: Mr. 3000. But a clerical error has proven that Stan is just short three hits of his spectacular hit record. Now, with time on his side and the potential to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Stan must return back to the game and get back his title. But things have changed with age, and as Stan finds out, it's not too easy to get back into the game when he hasn't played for years, and he's nearing 50.
Actors
StanBernie Mac
Maureen "Mo" SimmonsAngela Bassett
BocaMichael Rispoli
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Drama, Sport | Comments (0)

A Cinderella Story

IMDB Rating: 5.30
6867 votes

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Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Sam Martin is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the school's Halloween dance.
Actors
SamHilary Duff
FionaJennifer Coolidge
AustinChad Michael Murray
Also posted in 2004, Comedy, Family, Romance | Comments (1)

Mystic River

IMDB Rating: 8.00
37630 votes

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Summer, 1975: in a tight blue-collar Boston neighborhood, three kids are playing when one is abducted and sexually abused for several days. Jump ahead: the victim, Dave, is haunted by memories and protective of his own son. Jimmy's an ex-con, father of three. Sean is a homicide detective, estranged from his pregnant wife. When Jimmy's teen daughter dies, Sean investigates, Dave's a suspect, and Jimmy vows to find the killer before the cops. The dead girl has a boyfriend whose long-missing father has a history with Jimmy. The boyfriend's a suspect, and when ballistics turns up a link to a gun owned by the young man's father, the case breaks. In the background, wives move events along.
Actors
Jimmy MarkumSean Penn
Dave BoyleTim Robbins
Sean DevineKevin Bacon
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (3)

Big Fish

IMDB Rating: 8.00
64787 votes

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The story revolves around a dying father and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his father's elusive life in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. Through these tales, the son begins to understand his father's great feats and his great failings.
Actors
Ed Bloom (Young)Ewan McGregor
Ed Bloom (Senior)Albert Finney
Will BloomBilly Crudup
Also posted in 2003, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)