You changed my life, coach!

  🚨All of the 'You Changed My Life, Coach!' posts contain major spoilers 🚨 'A League of Their Own' is a 1992 film starring Geena Davis , Tom Hanks , and Madonna . Here's the Wikipedia page . I've seen this film at least once before. Geena Davis plays Dottie Hinson, and baseball star in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League  which was a real thing that happened in the USA between 1943 and 1954. Due to the Second World War's impact on baseball with many or most players being away somebody came up with the idea of a professional womens' league so that the fans could still watch baseball. What happened to Geena Davis yeah? She was a really good movie star. Kind of like Tom Hanks as it happens. Like, a bankable and relatable actor who could get a film made and carry it. Geena Davis not having an equivalent career to Tom Hanks makes me a bit sad. Tom Hanks plays a drunk asshole. Madonna is alright but it's a bit cynical to have her on the p...

🚨All of the 'You Changed My Life, Coach!' posts contain major spoilers 🚨 'Bottom of the 9th' is a 2019 film starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara . Its title in the UK is 'A Second Chance'. Here's the Wikipedia page .   Joe Manganiello plays Sonny Stano, a former baseball prospect who's just been released from prison after a long sentence after he killed somebody. It turns out the killing was an accident but he was still responsible. Several times in the film Sonny regrets being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sonny finds himself living in his old neighbourhood in the Bronx in his recently deceased mother's apartment. He needs to find work, and starts off in a fish packing business. Before too long he reconnects with his former coach (played by Michael Rispoli ). He also reconnects with his former girlfriend Angela (Sofia Vergara), who is a single mother. Angela's police officer cousin isn't too pleased about this, because Sonny...

  🚨All of the 'You Changed My Life, Coach!' posts contain major spoilers 🚨 'Finding the Way Back' (the UK title) is a film released in 2020 starring Ben Affleck. Here's the Wikipedia page .  Ben Affleck plays an alcoholic construction worker who is recruited to become head coach of the basketball team at the high school he used to attend when the previous coach has a heart attack. I'm a fan of Ben Affleck, I think he's a talented actor. I think he was the best Batman, for a start. Ben Affleck's performance here is good, really good even, but there's something off about this film and ultimately I found it unsatisfying. I think perhaps it's a story about alcoholism and grief that has a bit too much inspriational sports movie thrown in.  I'm sure everybody tried their best though and hey I've never made a feature film. The portrayal of Ben Affleck's character's alcoholism is pretty strong. The last time I remember alcoholism being ...