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That Championship Season *** (1982, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen, Paul Sorvino) – Classic Movie Review 11,648

Writer-director Jason Miller’s 1982 drama That Championship Season stars a grand line-up in Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Robert Mitchum, Martin Sheen and Paul Sorvino. It is an impressive and touching, though theatrical and flat film […]

Oct, 14

Keep Smiling ** (1938, Gracie Fields, Roger Livesey, Mary Maguire) – Classic Movie Review 11,601

Lancashire lass Gracie Fields gets the glossy 20th Century Fox treatment in director Monty Banks’s 1938 British comedy musical film Keep Smiling [Smiling Along], an amusing if undemanding tale of the mishaps that befall a […]

Sep, 26

Wildcats ** (1986, Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively) – Classic Movie Review 11,306

‘Her dream was to coach high school football. Her nightmare was Central High.’ Director Michael Ritchie’s 1986 film Wildcats stars Goldie Hawn as Molly, a girls’ PT teacher track coach who becomes an American football […]

Jun, 14

Knute Rockne All American **** (1940, Pat O’Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 7304

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1940 sports drama Knute Rockne All American (also known as Knockout: A Modern Hero) is an enjoyable, if hokey biography of America’s legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute ‘Rock’ Rockne (played by […]

Jul, 17

Holiday on the Buses * (1973, Reg Varney, Stephen Lewis, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Anna Karen, Bob Grant) – Classic Movie Review 6877

Director Bryan Izzard’s 1973 British comedy is the third and final film spinoff from the hit TV show and sees comedy god Reg Varney back as bus conductor Stan Butler, who goes on a busman’s […]

Apr, 02

Hardball *** (2001, Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Michael McGlone, Michael B Jordan, D B Sweeney) – Classic Movie Review 4888

In this pleasant, good-hearted 2001 sports drama film, Keanu Reeves scores a home run as Conor O’Neill, who gets into a mess scalping tickets, gambling and drinking. He so is desperate for a loan from […]

Jan, 14

The Replacements *** (2000, Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Jack Warden, Jon Favreau, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 4887

Director Howard Deutch’s genial, enjoyable and well-acted 2000 sports comedy The Replacements stars Keanu Reeves as Shane Falco, the scab strike-breaking American pro-football player, who replaces the All-Pro star quarterback Eddie Martel (Brett Cullen) when […]

Jan, 14

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