Play Balls!

Wow…A-Rod‘s life seems more exciting off-the-field!

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Touching Home

touching home_book I just read this book by The Miller Brothers about the making of their indie film, TOUCHING HOME, starring Ed Harris (not to be confused with Stealing Home or Coming Home). I’m not sure when the movie’s coming out or if it’s any good, but you can’t help but admire the chutzpah of these guys going all out to get their movie made. You can feel the hope and desperation at every turn.

The only thing I don’t like about their story is the film’s title. It’s an aesthetic thing. I don’t care for any title that begins with the suffix “-ing” — e.g., Finding Forrester, Searching For Bobby Fischer, Teaching Mrs. Tingle…but that’s my problem.

Play Moneyball!

moneyball bookI’m bummed. Was really looking forward to seeing how Steven Soderbergh was going to pull off the adaptation of Michael Lewis’s bestselling baseball book about the Oakland A’s, MONEYBALL, starring Brad Pitt — that is, before Sony decided to yank it out of sight.

But let’s hope Pitt & Soderbergh can come up with the dough sooner than later…

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