So, a bizarre sixty game baseball season is about to start. It will be played with no one in the stands. There will be no sunflower seeds because there will be no spitting. No one will high five a teammate who just hit a grand slam. Managers will have to yell at umpires from six… [Read More]
You Can Go Home Again: 1on1 with Rose McIver (BRAMPTON’S OWN)
Written and directed by Michael Doneger, Brampton’s Own tells the story of frustrated baseball player Dustin Kimmel (Alex Russell) who, after twelve years of fighting the battles of baseball’s minor league system, decides to retire from the sport and return to his small hometown where he was once a celebrated athlete. However, he quickly discovers that… [Read More]
Brampton’s Own: Driven by Distraction
Brampton’s Own tells the story of frustrated baseball player Dustin Kimmel (Alex Russell) who, after 12 years of fighting the battles of baseball’s minor league system, decides to retire from the sport and return to his small hometown where he was once a celebrated athlete. However, upon his return, he quickly discovers that much has… [Read More]
Fences – If I Do Not Have Love
“Some people build fences to keep people out; other people build fences to keep people in.” Fences is a film version of an August Wilson stage play which won both a Pulitzer and a Tony. (The screenplay was adapted by Wilson before his death.) Set in an African-American working class neighborhood in the 1950s it… [Read More]
Everybody Wants Some!! – What a Great Time That Was
The film reflects a slightly romantic view of this period of coming of age. These people are filled with optimism as their lives lay open before them. Of course we know that there will be stumbling blocks in the life ahead of them.
Where Hope Grows: Hope Springs Anew
DeSanctis plays the role of Produce with a childlike exuberance often missing in Hollywood today.
