Its out -went w/the Skankster who is 11. It owned the box office last weekend
He loved it- kept asking me who is this Harrison Ford guy
Entertaining in an 11 year old kind of way- good way to kill a couple of hours w /some tweenagers in tow
I'm waiting to see Brad Pitt in Moneyball next month-unfortunately that is purely a Yank movie -even though its an interesting true stor if your're not American you probably wont be interested in the least
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Not sure about Yank only. I've read Moneyball and so have many non-Yanks that I know. You just need to be a sports nut with an unhealthy interest in player drafting and trading. Lends itself to any sport really.
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Re: Cowboys & Aliens
Must admit I was taken in with the action aspect of Cowboys and Aliens, and the Daniel Craig aspect but then I was watching thinking huh? How much can I suspend my reality on this one I wonder. Anyway, STILL have to see Super 8 first, if I can find somewhere it's still on
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The Billy Beane/Billy James story is a great one
Billy James who is the father of sabermetrics now works for the Boston Red Sox - who used him to turn around a 50 year slump in the franchise & eventually win the wold series
Bascially his premise was that baseball was evaluating players using the wrong statistics. He started tracking a completely different set of stats in his Baseball Abstract & the rest is history
Moneyball/Brad Pitt/Trailer
Billy James who is the father of sabermetrics now works for the Boston Red Sox - who used him to turn around a 50 year slump in the franchise & eventually win the wold series
Bascially his premise was that baseball was evaluating players using the wrong statistics. He started tracking a completely different set of stats in his Baseball Abstract & the rest is history
Moneyball/Brad Pitt/Trailer
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Re: Cowboys & Aliens
Damn it Skank - I want to watch this now, it looks great
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Re: Cowboys & Aliens
Cowboys & Aliens - good fun if you can take it for what it is.
Passed on the Imax version at the new Lido, haven't been there yet, but the showing was a bit late.
Passed on the Imax version at the new Lido, haven't been there yet, but the showing was a bit late.
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