Movies with Balls

Movies with Balls
Author: Kyle Bandujo
Publisher: Quirk Books
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2024-09-24
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1683693760

Featuring original illustrations of fantasy memorabilia, ticket stubs, and playmaps, Movies with Balls will make you want to rewatch the movies you already love, and discover gems you’ve never seen. Play ball! If you’re the kind of fan who cheers every single time you watch Rocky beat Drago, or remembers who said “Be the ball, Danny” and “If you build it, he will come,” this is the book for you. Movies with Balls celebrates and analyzes more than two dozen of the greatest sports films of all time, with expert play-by-play and color commentary on the movies themselves and the athleticism they portray. You’ll be transported into fictional arenas, stadiums, gyms, fields, and golf courses to relive the climactic moments from: Caddyshack The Natural Field of Dreams Dodgeball The Karate Kid Rocky IV The Waterboy Bend it Like Beckham Creed And many more!

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach
Author: Kelly Robson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250163846

"Brilliantly structured . . . with a delicious tension carefully developed among the wonderful characters." —The New York Times Experience this far-reaching, mind-bending science fiction adventure that uses time travel to merge climate fiction with historical fantasy. From Kelly Robson, Aurora Award winner, Campbell, Nebula, and Theodore Sturgeon finalist, and author of Waters of Versailles Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined planet or luxuriate in a less tainted past. In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation that first moved back up to the surface of the Earth from the underground hells, to reclaim humanity's ancestral habitat. She's spent her entire life restoring river ecosystems, but lately the kind of long-term restoration projects Minh works on have been stalled due to the invention of time travel. When she gets the opportunity take a team to 2000 BC to survey the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, she jumps at the chance to uncover the secrets of the shadowy think tank that controls time travel technology. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Thinking with Data

Thinking with Data
Author: Marsha Lovett
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0805854215

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Great Balls of Fire

Great Balls of Fire
Author: Myra Lewis
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 373
Release: 1989
Genre: Rock musicians
ISBN: 9780749301323

Movie Menus

Movie Menus
Author: Francine Segan
Publisher: Villard
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0307538648

Movie Menus pairs classic movies with easy recipes updated from historic cookbooks to help you create a sensational dining experience for any film genre. Both foodies and film buffs will find their passions fulfilled in this deliciously cinematic cookbook, which gathers authentic recipes from the cultures and eras portrayed in your favorite films: Old-Fashioned Southern Fried Chicken with Gravy to savor with Gone with the Wind; Spaghetti and Meatballs with Eggplant for The Godfather; Pan-Seared Steak and Onions with The Alamo; a Victory Garden Salad for Patton. The chapters are organized into ten distinct film genres—everything from “Pharaohs and Philosophers” and “Knights and Kings” to “The Wild West” and “Romantic Dinner for Two”—with a dozen or so recipes each. Treat your family to a complete meal served in popcorn bowls while watching Shrek, or enjoy a Renaissance feast with Shakespeare in Love. Spiced with film factoids, black-and-white movie stills, famous lines, and bloopers, Movie Menus is as fun to read as it is to use, and promises to be a classic.

Total Cults: How to Love Movies You Probably Shouldn't

Total Cults: How to Love Movies You Probably Shouldn't
Author: Doctor Gogol
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2014-11-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1326095196

Remember that movie? You know, the one where the guy in the rubber sea creature outfit drives a quad-bike into a reactor at the centre of an alien spaceship? The one that despite its lack of production value, terrible script and wobbly politics still fills you full of warmth when you think of it? Well we at TotalCults.com are right there with you. So join us as we review, dissect and discuss all manner of crazy movies and weird TV shows in a celebration of all that is looked down upon in the world of cult entertainment!

Movies of the '90s

Movies of the '90s
Author: Riley Webster
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2023-11-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1039189342

The 1990s was an amazing decade for movies, witnessing the release of dozens of incredible films, including The Matrix, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Fargo, Jurassic Park, and so many more. Despite this embarrassment of riches, author Riley Webster believes this decade has never received as much praise or as many kudos as it deserves—until now. Whether you’re a serious cinephile, a casual viewer, or merely seeking a heavy dose of 1990s nostalgia, this is the book for you.

Film Theory Goes to the Movies

Film Theory Goes to the Movies
Author: Jim Collins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1135216460

Film Theory Goes to the Movies fills the gap in film theory literature which has failed to analyze high-grossing blockbusters. The contributors in this volume, however, discuss such popular films as The Silence of the Lambs, Dances With Wolves, Terminator II, Pretty Woman, Truth or Dare, Mystery Train, and Jungle Fever. They employ a variety of critical approaches, from industry analysis to reception study, to close readings informed by feminist, deconstructive and postmodernist theory, as well as recent developments in African American and gay and lesbian criticism. An important introduction to contemporary Hollywood, this anthology will be of interest to those involved in the fields of film theory, literary theory, popular culture, and women's studies.

A Round-Heeled Woman

A Round-Heeled Woman
Author: Jane Juska
Publisher: Villard
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2004-05-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0812967879

“Round-heeled” is an old-fashioned label for a woman who is promiscuous—someone who nowadays might be called “easy.” It’s a surprising way for a cultured English teacher with a passion for the novels of Anthony Trollope to describe herself, but then that’s just the first of many surprises to be found in this poignant, funny, utterly unique memoir. Jane Juska is a smart, energetic divorcée who decided she’d been celibate too long, and placed the following personal ad in her favorite newspaper, The New York Review of Books: Before I turn 67—next March—I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like. If you want to talk first, Trollope works for me. This closing reference was a nod to her favorite author, of course. The response was overwhelming, and Juska took a sabbatical from teaching to meet some of the men who had replied. And since her ad made it clear that she wasn’t expecting just hand-holding, her dates zipped from first base to home plate in record time. Juska is a totally engaging, perceptive writer, funny and frank about her exploits. It’s high time someone revealed the fact that older single people are as eager for sex and intimacy as their younger counterparts. Jane Juska’s brave, honest memoir will probably raise eyebrows and blood pressure, but it will undoubtedly appeal to the very large audience of grown-up readers who will be fascinated and inspired by her daring adventure.