“The Hill” is a based-on-a-true story sports drama co-written by Angelo Pizzo, who wrote 1986’s “Hoosiers” and 1993’s “Rudy”. Not a bad resume for the genre. The A-list actor headlining “The Hill” is Dennis Quaid, who’s starred in more than a dozen sports films, including “The Rookie”, “The Express”, “Any Given Sunday” and “Blue Miracle”. […]
“Show me the fastball!” The most famous film about the life of a sports agent is 1996’s Oscar-winning football dramedy, “Jerry Maguire”. The last sports movie to win the Best Picture Oscar was the 2004 Clint Eastwood boxing drama, “Million Dollar Baby”. 10 years later, Disney uses 2/3 of that title for their newest “Based […]