The Longshots (movie)

If you visit your regular food market today, notice what seems to be a run on all manner of snack items and brewed beverages, and don't understand what's happening, the chances are better than good that you are not a fan or follower of one of the National...

Johnny Cash’s song “I’ve Been Everywhere” fits Joe LePage pretty well.  After growing up about an hour away from Indianapolis, in Delphi, Joe has lived “everywhere.” Joe has lived in Alabama, Colorado, Montana,...

Keke Palmer didn’t think Hollywood would be easy after earning a SAG award nomination for her role in the 2004 TV miniseries “The Wool Cap” and starring in the critically-acclaimed 2006 film “Akeelah and the Bee” before she...

Second of a two-part look at Tony nominations. With Broadway showing renewed energy this year, thanks to a surge of quality across the boards, upcoming nominations for the 60th Tony Awards figure to generate plenty of conversation — and not just...

Bully psychology -- They're awful! They're cool! -- gets a middling workout in "The Education of Charlie Banks," a campus drama set in the late '70s to early '80s, when gawkward Ivy League student Charlie (Jesse Eisenberg) is thrown into close quarters...

The Longshots is a certifiable crowd pleaser, an agreeable variation on the kid sports movie formula whose family-friendly messages outweigh its corny over familiarity. It's set in the world of Pop Warner (pre-high school) football and the first girl...

The Chronicles of Narnia:Prince Caspian Disney, $29.99/$39.99; Blu-ray, $40.99 After the massive success of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," the relatively modest returns for the sequel "Prince Caspian" baffled many....

Musicians in need of a metronome could pick up a steady beat from " The Longshots," a thoroughly conventional sports-underdog movie based on the real-life first female quarterback in the Pop Warner junior football league. The film ticks steadily through...