The 5 Essential Brandon Lee Movies
Last month, I used my “Five Essential Movies” column to talk about Bruce Lee – and the only five “Bruce Lee movies” he made before his untimely death at age…
The 5 Essential Bruce Lee Movies
My “Five Essential Movies” series is typically reserved for a genre/subgenre/whathaveyou made up of a million movies, distilling them down to the five that you need to know. Bruce Lee,…
Barbie (2023) Review and Analysis
The night after I saw Barbie (2023) in theaters, I scoured the internet for an actual analysis of the movie’s themes and social commentary. I had read tons and tons of…
Throwback: Baseball Movies: The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)
It’s that time of year again: the end of the school year, when I show my 7th-grade students The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, one of my favorite baseball…
Sports Movies: Air (2023)
Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort, Air, chronicles the formation of a pop-culture partnership that now rivals peanut butter and jelly: Nike and Michael Jordan. Today, it seems so obvious. Nike Basketball…
The 5 Essential Boxing Movies
I’ve gone on record saying that baseball is the sport that best translates to film. I stand by that, but there’s probably no sport that works best for our most…