Distilled Capitalism, Surprisingly Delightful, Sports Movie, Statistical Bromance, Hair Raising, these are the words we are using to describe this weeks pick. Welcome to episode thirty-two of season 6 of Flicks XRayed, this week we are playing baseball and are reviewing Moneyball. Host, Underappreciated Player Tony is joined by co-host with Irreparable Nerve Damage Sarah and guests Talent Scout Katie, Rookie of the Year Ashley, and Failed Prodigy Ryan. This week we play a game of Release Year for Baseball Movies with Numbers, The Price is Right and The Flicks Awesome Lodge Word Game. So tune in as we discuss at length about Baseball, Jonah Hill, Numbers, and sooo much more.
Our Ratings
Talent Scout Katie 4.25
Rookie of the Year Ashley 4
Failed Prodigy Ryan 3
Has Irreparable Nerve Damage Sarah 4.5
Underappreciated Player Tony 4.25
20/25 80%
Synopsis and Starring
Synopsis: Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A’s, one day has an epiphany: Baseball’s conventional wisdom is all wrong. Faced with a tight budget, Beane must reinvent his team by outsmarting the richer ball clubs. Joining forces with Ivy League graduate Peter Brand, Beane prepares to challenge old-school traditions. He recruits bargain-bin players whom the scouts have labeled as flawed, but have game-winning potential. Based on the book by Michael Lewis.
Directed by Bennett Miller
Starring
Brad Pitt as Billy Beane
Robin Wright as Sharon
Jonah Hill as Peter Brand
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Art Howe
Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg
Game 1
Release Year for Baseball Movies
Moneyball.……….2011
- A League of Their Own.……….1992
- Bad News Bears.……….1976
- Bad News Bears (Remake) ……….2005
- Field of Dreams……….1989
- The Rookie……….2002
- 42.……….2013
- Major League……….1989
- The Sandlot……….1993
- The Benchwarmers……….2006
- Summer Catch.……….2001
- The Babe……….1992
Game 2
The Figures
| Budget | $50,000,000 (estimated) |
| Domestic: | $75,605,492 |
| Foreign: | $34,600,724 |
| Bonus 1: (Opening Weekend 2,993 Theaters) | $19,501,302 |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings Critic Ratings: Audience Ratings: | 94% 86% |
| IMDB Rating: | 76% (7.6) |
Game 3
The Awesome Lodge Word Game
Movies with balls – Katie
- Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs
- Rollerball
- The Cannonball Run
- Dragonball evolution
- Dodgeball an Underdog Story
- Space Balls
- Monsters Ball
- Balls of Fury
- Thunderball
- Balto
2011 Box Office Topping Movies – Ryan
- True Grit
- Hall Pass
- Rio
- Thor
- Ghost Protocol
- Super 8
- Green Lantern
- Limitless
- The Rite
- The Roommate
Brad Pitt Movies – Ashley
- Fight Club
- Oceans 11
- Inglourious Basterds
- Se7en
- Snatch
- Troy
- World War Z
- Mr & Mrs Smith
- Burn After Reading
- Legends of the Fall
Jonah Hill Movies – Ryan
- 21 Jump Street
- Superbad
- Megamind
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- War Dogs
- Accepted
- Strange Wilderness
- Funny People
- Get Him To The Greek
- This Is The End
Math Movies – Ashley
- A Beautiful Mind
- Good Will Hunting
- 21
- Hidden Figures
- The Imitation Game
- The Martian
- The Number 23
- The Theory of Everything
- The Big Short
- Infinity
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