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Bull Durham, a review by Antares

Bull Durham





Year: 1988
Film Studio: Orion Pictures, Mount Company
Genre: Sports, Comedy, Romance
Length: 108 Min.

Director
Ron Shelton (1945)

Writing
Ron Shelton (1945)...Written By

Producer
Mark Burg
Charles Hirschhorn
David V. Lester
Thom Mount (1948)

Cinematographer
Bobby Byrne

Music
Michael Convertino (1953)...Composer

Stars
Kevin Costner (1955) as Crash Davis
Susan Sarandon (1946) as Annie Savoy
Tim Robbins (1958) as Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh
Trey Wilson (1948) as Joe Riggins
Robert Wuhl (1951) as Larry Hockett
William O'Leary (1957) as Jimmy
David Neidorf as Bobby
Danny Gans (1956) as Deke

Review
       The late eighties saw the release of some of the best sports movies ever made. In a span of five years Hoosiers, The Natural, Eight Men Out, Field of Dreams, Major League and Bull Durham Davis (Kevin Costner), Ebby Calvin LaLoosh (Tim Robbins), a newly signed bonus baby pitcher for the Durham Bulls, was blessed by the gods with a thunderbolt for a right arm. Unfortunately, he hits the strike zone as frequently as a real thunderbolt strikes the same place on earth twice. Davis is a journeyman catcher who has bounced around the minor leagues his whole career and is traded to the Bulls as . His sole purpose with the Bulls is to give LaLoosh the guidance and instruction needed to help graduate up to is truly her soul mate and that she really is in love with him. She too will have to be guided by , before she can also graduate to the big league of a lasting meaningful relationship.

       A first rate comedy and a quasi love story help to make Bull Durham an enjoyable romp that can be appreciated by both sexes, especially when viewed back-to-back with its sister film Field of Dreams, also starring Costner. To some this is the only way to truly kick off the baseball season each year.


Review Criterion
- The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.
- Not quite an immortal film, yet a masterpiece in its own right.
- Historically important film, considered a classic.
- Borderline viewable.
- A gangrenous and festering pustule in the chronicles of celluloid.


(From Bull Durham (1988) on August 4th, 2010)

The Fish Child, a review by Tom

The Fish Child (2009/Argentina) IMDb Peccadillo Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Lucía Puenzo Writing: Lucía Puenzo (Writer) Length: 92 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Inés Efron as Lala
Mariela Vitale (Emme) as la Guayi
Pep Munné as el Juez Bronté
Diego Velázquez as el Vasco
Arnaldo André as Sócrates Espina

Plot:
Lala, (Inés Efrón) a teenager from the most exclusive suburban neighborhood in Argentina, is in love with the Guayi, the 20-year-old Payaguayan maid working at her mansion. The pair hatch a plan to rob Lala's family to fund their dream of living together in Paraguay, but while Lala waits to be reunited with her lover, she is detained in a prison in the outskirts of Buenos Aires for a crime she committed long ago. Desperate to be with her girlfriend, Lala devises a dangerous rescue plan to get her back.

Boasting beautiful cinematography and electrifying performances from its two female leads, celebrated Argentine director Lucía Puenzo (XXY) returns with a gripping tale of forbidden lesbian romance and a crime heist gone awry.

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Storyboard Comparisons
• Trailers

An okay movie. A little clichéd. The young lesbian couple is involved in a crime and one of them is now trying to get to the other who is in prison.
The two leads are natural beauties.
This is my first Argentinian movie.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on March 14th, 2011)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

The Nanny: Season One (1993/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (Canada) Length: 515 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Plot:
Fran Drescher, Charles Shaughnessy, Daniel Davis, Lauren Lane, Nicholle Tom, Benjamin Salisbury, Madeline Zima, and Renee Taylor star in this hilarious sitcom about the nanny with the face from Vogue and the voice from Queens. This DVD collection includes all 22 episodes from the first season of this hilarious show. Fran Drescher stars in her defining role as street-smart Fran Fine, a diva down-on-her-luck who finds herself hired for a job she never even applied for! Now, she's the nanny for a rich, sophisticated family in Manhattan, and when this blue-collar girl from the block moves in with the blue blood, widowed Broadway producer and his three children, comedy is red hot!


The Nanny
1.01 Pilot
Writer: Peter Marc Jacobson (Original Characters By), Fran Drescher (Original Characters By), Peter Marc Jacobson (Screenwriter), Robert Sternin (Screenwriter), Prudence Fraser (Screenwriter), Fran Drescher (Original Material By), Peter Marc Jacobson (Original Material By)
Director: Lee Shallat
Cast

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 13th, 2012)