Michael Ritchie
Language
English
Description
Morris Buttermaker is an alcoholic pest removal worker and for a very short period of time a former professional baseball player, is recruited to coach and train a failing baseball team. All of these twelve-year-olds have been thrown out of the league. After losing every game they have played in so far, the kids force the coach to straighten up and teach them how to win before the season is over.
5) Fletch
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is a Los Angeles journalist who really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. This time, Fletch is in disguise as a bum, living at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is addressed by Alan Stanwyk, a rich man, who asks him, the bum, a favour. For the sum of $50,000, Fletch should kill poor cancer-ridden Mr. Stanwyk with a gun,...
6) Wildcats
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Molly McGrath becomes coach of the football team at Central High School, and turns the team into a winning team.
7) Diggstown
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Hustler Gabriel Caine, just out of prison, heads to Diggstown, a small town where boxing matches go down with no rules and high stakes, and tries to set up the town owner by arranging for ten Diggstown men to fight a retired contender in 24 hours.
10) A simple wish
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
When Anabel wished for a fairy-godmother, she never dreamed his name would be Murray. They have until midnight to rescue her dad, battle a wicked witch and recover stolen magic wands to restore the world to a place where wishes really can come true.
11) The scout
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A down and out baseball scout finds a truly amazing player in a small Mexican town, however, the player is literally crazy.
12) The survivors
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Donald Quinelle, a rising sales executive, is sacked by his boss's pet parrot the same day that Sonny Paluso watches his gas station go up in flames. Drowning their sorrows at a coffee shop, the two New Yorkers disarm a would-be bandit, Jack Locke, and briefly become media heroes--then quickly learn about the price and perils of survival in an insane world. Jack is freed by a bureaucratic slip-up and goes gunning for Sonny and Donald, who discover...
14) The Golden child
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
Murphy stars as a youth with mystical powers who's been kidnapped by an evil cult and must travel through the dangers of Tibet to obtain a sacred dagger.
15) Fletch lives
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Fletch inherits a Louisiana plantation from his aunt, and his new neighbors want him to leave town.
17) The candidate
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
While Richard Nixon is on his way to re-election by a landslide, a young, honest, idealistic lawyer begins to learn the truth about running for office, as a California Democrat who campaigns for the United States Senate.
19) Student bodies
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"A killer named the Breather tallies up a score of teenage bodies in this scathing parody of slasher films" --IMDb.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When a lawsuit creates a little league team with players no one else wanted, Morris Buttermaker agrees to coach the team using his own unique approach to sports; the Bears must find a new coach to help them play at the Astrodome in Houston; the Bears travel to Japan to play against their little league team.